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PRINCETON POLICE BLOTTER: Oct. 15

Joshua Bess, 29, of John Street, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $240 from Princeton Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on Birch Avenue on Oct. 9. 
Edwin Ortiz, 37, of The Bronx, New York, was arrested on outstanding warrants totaling $1,750 from multiple jurisdictions following a motor vehicle stop on Bayard Lane at 9:52 a.m. Oct. 8. 
Carmen Santos, 34, of Belle Mead, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $89 from Hamilton Township Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on State Road at 8:43 a.m. Oct. 7. 
Damara Robinson, 41, of Trenton, was arrested on outstanding warrants totaling $1,034 from multiple jurisdictions on Cherry Valley Road at 9:03 a.m. Oct. 7. 
John Young, 79, of Elm Road was arrested on outstanding warrants totaling $2,650 from multiple jurisdictions during a pedestrian check on Witherspoon Street at 1:12 p.m. Oct. 7. 
 Andrew Gorka, 25, of Mercerville, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $140 from Hamilton Township Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on Lawrenceville Road at 3:17 p.m. Oct. 7. 
 A 17-year-old girl was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street at 8:16 p.m. Oct. 7. 
 Michael Brake, 41, of Long Branch, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $500 from Long Branch Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on State Road at 2:50 p.m. Oct. 6. 
A Robert Road resident reported the theft of a FedEx package, containing $100 in merchandise, from the front porch of his home at 2:18 p.m. Oct. 7. A witness described the thief as a black man who was dressed in black and who left the area in a gray, four-door vehicle. The package was recovered in a hospital parking lot in Trenton. 
Bander Abuattieh was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $500 from Piscataway Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on Elm Road at 1:09 p.m. Oct. 12. 
A Princeton Recreation Department employee reported that sometime during the past three weeks, a vandal wrote graffiti with a black marker on a children’s swing set in Grover Park, adjacent to the Princeton Shopping Center. The incident was reported at 3:18 p.m. Oct. 12. 
Megan Furda, 25, of Trenton, was arrested on outstanding warrants totaling $550 from the Hamilton Township and Trenton municipal courts following a motor vehicle stop on State Road at 3:05 a.m. Oct. 11. She was also found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia. 
Sometime overnight between Oct. 10 and Oct. 11, someone struck and uprooted a small, 8-foot tree with a vehicle. The tree was planted behind a building in the 400 block of North Harrison Street. The replacement cost of the tree was estimated at $400 to $500. The incident was reported at 11:22 a.m. Oct. 11. 
Gabriela Solares, 24, of Red Oak Row, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $195 from South Brunswick Township Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop at 2:06 p.m. Oct. 11 on Karl Light Boulevard. 
Tyra Barksdale, 44, of Trenton, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $89 from Trenton Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street at 8:40 p.m. Oct. 11. 
Davis Kelly, 47, of Scarlet Oak Drive, was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle stop on Mount Lucas Road at 5:32 p.m. Oct. 10. 
An ATM technician reported finding a debit card-skimming device attached to an ATM machine in the 300 block of Nassau Street at 2:14 p.m. Oct. 12. The device was processed and removed by Police Department detectives. 