Four Keurig coffeemakers, worth a combined $500, were reported stolen from Sears between 11:41 a.m. and 11:49 a.m. Feb. 4. A man was observed by store security picking up two of the coffeemakers and walking out of the door to a waiting car. A review of videotapes revealed the same man had picked up two coffeemakers a few minutes earlier and left the store without paying for them.
A patron at the News Jersey Athletic Club on Quakerbridge Road reported the theft of his wallet from a locker at the gym while he was working out between 3:27 p.m. and 3:55 p.m. Feb. 4.
The victim had placed his own lock on the locker before going into the gym for his workout, but when he returned, he found that he could not open his locker because someone had substituted another lock for his lock.
The thief used the victim’s credit card to make a purchase at J.C. Penney for $2,204.19, but attempted efforts to charge items to the credit card at the Macy’s and Coach stores were declined.
Someone broke off the driver’s side door handle and also damaged the steering column of a 2000 Honda Civic while it was parked in the lot at the Village Mill apartments on the Lawrenceville-Pennington Road between 5 p.m. Feb. 5 and 6 a.m. Feb. 6.
A 2000 Honda Civic was reported stolen sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. Feb. 6 while it was parked in the parking lot on Town Court South. A piece of the door handle was found on the ground near where the car had been parked. The car was valued at $1,000.
A thief stole two tip jars, containing about $40, from the countertop at the Starbucks Coffee Shop at the Mercer Mall between 6:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 26.
The owner of a 2010 Honda Accord reported that someone damaged the lock on the driver’s side door while the car was parked in Lot C at the Quaker Bridge Mall between noon and 3 p.m. Feb. 7. He tried to put his key in the lock but it would not work.
Gabrielle Munroe, 18, of Trenton, was charged with theft by deception for ringing up four gift cards at Macy’s, where she works, between Dec. 31 and Jan. 4, and not putting money in the cash register to cover them. The four gift cards were valued at a total of $1,650. She used them to purchase items, leaving a balance on two gift cards that were recovered.
Darryl Griffin, 21, of Ewing Township, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia at 1:37 a.m. Feb. 8 after the car in which he was riding was stopped for a motor vehicle violation on the Trenton Freeway. He was found to be in possession of a metal grinder, which contained some marijuana residue.
Two 17-year-old girls and a 16-year-old girl were charged with shoplifting jewelry and clothing worth a combined $111 at J.C. Penney at 7:40 p.m. Feb. 8. They were released to their guardians’ custody.
A 31-year-old Trenton man reported that he had been stabbed in the left bicep and the left thigh while he was attending a social event hosted by an outside group that had rented the social hall at the Trenton Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 11 on Betts Avenue at 2:52 a.m. Feb. 9.
Tyler Howe, 23, of Princeton, was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after the car in which he was riding was stopped at 11:37 p.m. Feb. 9 on Brunswick Pike. He had a metal grinder and a marijuana cigarette in his possession.
