A vandal cut a plastic political sign, valued at $20, outside a home in the Berrien City neighborhood overnight between Feb. 2 and Feb. 3. The victim previously had two political signs stolen from the property. The incident was reported at 9:40 a.m. Feb. 2., Someone broke the post and damaged a mailbox belonging to a 47-year-old West Windsor Township resident. The incident occurred Feb. 1, but was not reported until 1:05 p.m. Feb. 2., Oleksandr Pistun, 37, of West Windsor Township, was charged with driving while intoxicated and assault by auto after he was involved in a two-car accident on Alexander Road at Carnegie Center Drive that injured the driver of the other car. Both drivers were taken to the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro following the accident, which occurred at 7:37 a.m. Jan. 31. He was released with a pending court date in Mercer County Superior Court., Someone created two checks using the personal information belonging to a 68-year-old West Windsor Township woman on Jan. 23, and cashed the two checks for a total of $1,800. The incident was reported at 10:58 a.m. Jan. 28., A 33-year-old Trenton woman reported the theft of her Apple iPhone 6 while she was at Walmart. Using the “Find My Phone” app, she learned the phone was in the Trenton area and then turned it off remotely. The incident was reported Jan. 27 at 9:34 a.m., The security manager at Hertz Corp. reported the theft of a 2015 Dodge from the company at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at Carnegie Center. Someone using a false identity rented the car on Nov. 1, 2016 and did not return it when the rental agreement expired. The car has been entered into the National Crime Information Center as a stolen vehicle. The incident was reported Jan. 27., Kathleen M. McNicholas, 40, of Feasterville, Pa., was charged with shoplifting for taking a black tote bag and filling it with 56 cans of baby formula, valued at $1,169.63, from Target at 500 Nassau Park Boulevard on Jan. 27.
