PRINCETON POLICE BLOTTER: June 8

  • The rear driver’s side window of a vehicle was shattered with an unknown object while it was parked on Marion Road West. The incident was reported at 5:52 p.m. June 5. 
  • Julia Tarantino, 18, of Cranbury, and a 17-year-old juvenile were taken into custody for defiant trespassing after police responded to an alarm activation at Princeton High School at 3:07 p.m. June 5. The juvenile was released to a guardian. 
  • A Trek bicycle valued at $500 was reported stolen from a bicycle rack at the rear of a residence on the first block of Prospect Avenue between 7 a.m. June 3 and 10 a.m. June 5. It had been secured to the bicycle rack. 
  • A bicycle valued at $300 was stolen from the back porch of a house in the 100 block of Stanworth Lane between 9:15 p.m. June 3 and 10 a.m. June 4. A $100 bill was also taken from a purse that had been left on the back porch. 
  • Luis Gaitan, 38, of Lawrence Township was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $300 from Raritan Borough Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop for maintenance of lamps at 7:54 a.m. June 4 on Washington Road. 
  • Sean Parliament, 45, of Hamilton Township, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $501 from Manchester Township Municipal Court after he was stopped by police on Boudinot Street following a random license plate inquiry that indicated the registered owner had an active warrant for his arrest at 2:11 p.m. June 3. 
  • Jairo Lozano, 27, of Elizabeth, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $250 from Cranford Municipal Court after he was stopped by police on State Road for failure to wear a seatbelt at 12:27 p.m. June3. 
  • A purse, a backpack and a laptop computer were among the items taken from a Prospect Avenue house between 3 a.m. and 4:56 a.m. June 3.Several items were recovered from lawns on Prospect Avenue, except for some cash missing from one of the bags. 
  • A Trek mountain bicycle, worth $500, was stolen from the Princeton Theological Seminary campus between noon June 1 and 2:30 p.m. June 3. The bicycle was locked. 
  • Four juveniles were discovered inside an abandoned building in the 300 block of Witherspoon Street at 3:33 p.m. June 2. The juveniles entered the building through an unlocked door. Their parents were notified, and the juveniles were released to their custody. 
  • Maxwell Hammond, 28, of Hopewell, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $114 from Hightstown Borough Municipal Court after he was stopped for a maintenance of lamps violation on Mercer Street at 10:59 p.m. May 31. 
  • Jesus Cruz, 38, of Princeton, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $350 from New Brunswick Municipal Court following a pedestrian stop for drinking an alcoholic beverage in public on Mount Lucas Road at 4:56 p.m. May 31. 
  • Someone smashed the passenger side window of a car while it was parked in the 100 block of Witherspoon Street between 10:15 a.m. and 1:20 p.m. May 31. 
  • Alisson Desouza, 36, of South River, was charged with receiving stolen property, hindering apprehension and possession of drug paraphernalia after he was stopped by a police officer who thought he was stealing or might be in possession of a stolen bicycle on Nassau Street at 5:42 p.m. May 30. He was also found to have outstanding warrants totaling $1,950 from the New Brunswick and Hillside municipal courts. 
  • Luis Lazo-Silva, 18, of Princeton, and Cameron Besselaar-Abrams, 18, of Princeton, were charged with obstruction of the administration of law by flight after they ran from a car that was parked on Westcott Road at 3:36 a.m. May 30. Police stopped to investigate a suspicious vehicle, and the two men fled from the car. Mr. Lazo-Silva was also charged with tampering with public records for having false identification, and Mr. Besselaar-Abrams was also charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. 
  • Someone stole a drill and two electrical extension cords from a work site in the 200 block of Nassau Street between 9 a.m. May 19 and 5 p.m. May 23. The equipment was valued at a combined $1,300. 