Linden NJ Shoplifting Charges
October 9, 2014
Linden is a major city with many depot stores including Walmart, Home Depot, Target, and ShopRite. These stores employ full time security guards called loss prevention officers to catch and prevent potential shoplifting, which can cost these stores millions in losses each year. These department stores contribute to a high number of arrests for shoplifting in Linden each year.
Police recently charged two men with shoplifting from Home Deport after the two allegedly took the fan out of ... Read More»
Cranford NJ Criminal Mischief Charges
September 25, 2014
Cranford Police were called to an altercation taking place in the street on September 19th around 9:45 pm. When police arrived, they discovered that a fight had taken place on Iroquois Road and the defendant, a local resident, was being detained by another man from Cranford. A police investigation revealed that the altercation took place because the defendant had crawled under a pickup truck parked in a nearby driveway on a neighbor and cut the other man's rear brake lines, according to ... Read More»
Carjacking in Elizabeth New Jersey
September 2, 2014
Elizabeth Police arrested a man after police say they found him driving a stolen car while carrying heroin early Thursday morning. According to police, the vehicle was reported as carjacked about 3 hours before police saw the suspect driving the stolen vehicle. The suspect was charged with receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. The victim was a 38-year-old woman who told police she had pulled over in the 400 block of Union Avenue when a man ... Read More»
Mountainside NJ Eluding Charges
September 2, 2014
Route 22 is a major highway that runs through Union County and leads to a large amount of motor vehicles stops. The quiet town of Mountainside hosts a stretch of the highway and sometimes a routine traffic stop can quickly turn into a dangerous situation. That is exactly what happened in the early hours of the morning when Mountainside Lt. Allan Attanasio pulled over a man for speeding around 4 a.m. on Route 22 West near Glenside Avenue. During the stop, the officer observed an ammunition ... Read More»