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LAWRENCE POLICE BLOTTER: June 16

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A West Church Road resident reported the theft of $13,500 worth of jewelry, including rings, earrings and necklaces, from her home between May 18 and June 2. 
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A thief stole $290 worth of clothing from J.C. Penney at the Quaker Bridge Mall around 3 p.m. June 9. A store loss prevention officer saw the woman walking around in the women’s department, with clothing draped over her arm. She left the store without paying and got into a car and left. 
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Christina Dottino, 18, and a 17-year-old girl, both from Robbinsville, were charged with shoplifting for taking clothing worth a combined $1,433 from Lord & Taylor at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 5:36 p.m. June 9. They entered a fitting room with the clothing. A check of the fitting room revealed a few items left behind. 
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An assortment of brassieres and panties, valued at a combined $787, were reported missing from Victoria’s Secret at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 7:10 p.m. June 9. A store employee saw three women in the store, one of who was acting suspiciously. They left the store. The theft was discovered after an inventory of stock was conducted. 
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Sometime between June 8 and June 10, a back-flow valve was removed from a watering system on Fountayne Lane. The valve was valued at $750. 
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Two shoplifters, described as a white man and a Hispanic man, walked out of the ShopRite grocery store at the Mercer Mall with two packages of filet mignon, valued at a combined $180, sometime between 1:25 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. June 11. 
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Janiece Anglin, 19, of Hamilton, was charged with theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered for taking a cell phone, valued at $70, from a shelf in The Children’s Place store at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 5:11 p.m. June 12. The cell phone belonged to a 22-year-old Trenton woman. 
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A bicycle worth $350 was reported stolen from the side of a garage on Eldridge Avenue at 6:35 p.m. June 12. A witness saw a boy riding the bicycle down the street toward Eggerts Crossing Village. Police searched the area, but could not find it. 
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Hector Gomez-Morales, 63, of J. Russell Smith Road, was charged with driving under the influence, refusal to submit to a Breathalyzer test and careless driving after the car he was driving struck a mailbox on Bonnie Court at 10:33 a.m. June 14. 