Tag: Princeton Police Department

  • Princeton Police blotter

    Princeton Police blotter

    Someone stole a paycheck belonging to a Leigh Avenue resident, forged her signature and cashed it. The check had been mailed to the victim by her employer. The incident of theft and forgery was reported April 26. Two backhoe attachments, valued at $2,000 each, were reported stolen from a construction site on Rollingmead Street. The…

  • Princeton police blotter

    Princeton police blotter

    A 24-year-old Lawrenceville man was charged with driving while intoxicated, assault by auto and obstructing the administration of law after he was involved in a car crash on Cherry Valley Road April 16. He was also found to have several outstanding warrants for his arrest. He was processed and turned over to the Mercer County…

  • Princeton Police blotter

    Princeton Police blotter

    A 28-year-old Trenton man was charged with hindering apprehension for allegedly providing false information to police after he was stopped on Witherspoon Street April 9. He was found to have an outstanding warrant from Trenton Municipal Court. He was processed and released to the Trenton Police Department. A 19-year-old West Windsor Township man was charged…

  • Princeton police blotter

    Princeton police blotter

    A 20-year-old Maple Shade man was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Pennington Borough Municipal Court. He was stopped by police on Palmer Square West for driving without headlights at 9:50 p.m. March 31. He was processed and released. A 31-year-old Princeton man was charged with burglary, theft and obstruction of the administration of law…

  • Princeton Police Department seeks re-accreditation

    Princeton Police Department seeks re-accreditation

    Residents who want to weigh in on the Princeton Police Department, which is seeking renewal of its accreditation, may do so through a short telephone call to an assessment team April 12. The Princeton Police Department gained its initial accreditation by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police in 2014. Its accreditation was…

  • Fire damages awning, porch of Quaker Meeting House

    Fire damages awning, porch of Quaker Meeting House

    The cause of an early morning fire that damaged the wooden awning and porch at the historic Stony Brook – or Quaker – Meeting House on Quaker Road April 3 is under investigation, according to the Princeton Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Police were sent to the 18th-century fieldstone building, which is…

  • A 30-year career

    A 30-year career

    Princeton police hold open house for police prospects Ask Andrew Bauta why he wants to become a police officer, and his answer is simple and direct. “I want a change,” said Bauta. He is currently a corrections officer at Trenton State Prison. “Working in a prison is not fun. I want to get out and…

  • Princeton Police blotter

    Princeton Police blotter

    An incident of lewdness was reported at an establishment on Witherspoon Street March 16. A woman told police that a man exposed his penis to her for about three minutes while she was seated inside an establishment. The man fled on Witherspoon Street toward Spring Street, where the victim lost sight of him. A man…

  • Chmiel attorney: Allow students to speak freely about Chmiel

    Chmiel attorney: Allow students to speak freely about Chmiel

    Princeton school board denies First Amendment allegations noting the dedication of two hours of public comment at recent meeting In the controversy over Princeton High School Principal Frank Chmiel’s dismissal, his attorney, David Schroth, has issued a warning to “some (of those) involved” to not stifle students from speaking freely about Chmiel. Schroth, who represents Chmiel…