MANALAPAN — Administrators in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District and police are reviewing an incident that involved a pupil at the Wemrock Brook School, Millhurst Road.
Police said that at 9:22 a.m. Dec. 11, Patrolman Morgan Joiner responded to the school to investigate a report of a male juvenile from Manalapan being in possession of two imitation firearms.
Joiner spoke with school administrators and security personnel who reported that the pupil was in possession of two Airsoft BB guns on the bus on his way to school and in a classroom. The pupil was removed from the building and the case is being reviewed.
In other incidents reported by police:
On Dec. 12 at 2:45 p.m., Detective Kenneth Mikulik and Patrolman Christopher Makwinski were on a plainclothes detail at the Englishtown Auction Sales, Wilson Avenue.
While the officers were on patrol, an individual later identified as Christian Importuna, 20, of Englishtown, ran past them. Police said Importuna was being followed by another individual who claimed that Importuna had shoplifted items from his retail stand.
Importuna was located and identified by the merchant. Importuna was charged with unlawful possession of an imitation firearm, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a controlled dangerous substance believed to be cocaine and shoplifting.
On Dec. 12 at 9:30 p.m., Patrolman Bryan Belardo responded to the police department parking lot in reference to a harassment/road rage incident. Following an investigation, the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the incident, Miguel Vazquezteles, 30, of Freehold Borough, was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and possession of open containers of alcohol in a motor vehicle.