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PRESS RELEASES 2009JANUARY 2009 Date of Incident: 01/10/2009 Time of Incident: 12:35 PM Type of Incident: VEHICLE TAKEN W/O OWNERS CONSENT On the above date and time the Andover Twp Police responded to a residence on Newton-Sparta Rd for a report of a 14 year old boy who had taken his mother's 1995 Ford Bronco and drove off during Saturday's snowstorm. Upon arrival Ptl. Richard Then and Ptl. Brian Kithcart spoke with the mother who stated that her son was very upset at the time he left. Patrols searched the area for the vehicle, but it could not be located. While Ptl. Then was checking the VFW hall on Yates Ave, a witness told him that he observed a young male walking in the area 20 minutes prior wearing only a T-shirt. Ptl. Then and Kithcart found fresh footprints in the snow leading from Yates Ave through the woods, across Newton-Sparta Rd and back into a wooded area behind Drake's Pond. The subject was quickly located hiding under a tree. While in the presence of patrols, the juvenile stated that he was having thoughts of harming himself. He was transported to Newton Memorial Hospital along with his mother for an evaluation. He was charged with taking a vehicle without the owner's consent and being an unlicensed driver. The vehicle was located a short distance away, hidden behind a business on Stickles Pond Rd, and returned to the owner.
Date of Incident: 01/11/2009 Time of Incident: 12:00 AM Type of Incident: HIT AND RUN THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION REGARDING A HIT AND RUN. ON 01/11/2009 SUNDAY MORNING, BETWEEN 12:00 AM AND 3:00 AM A VEHICLE TRAVELING ON SKYTOP ROAD TOWARDS LIMECREST ROAD, LEFT THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WENT THROUGH THE MAILBOX POST FOR #31, CONTINUED THROUGH THE YARD, DESTROYED AN 8 FOOT HIGH FENCE AND STRUCK A LARGE TREE. THE VEHICLE THEN LEFT THE SCENE. POLICE DETERMINED FROM PARTS LEFT ON THE SCENE THAT THE VEHICLE IS A 1995-1997 HONDA ACCORD, COLOR SHERWOOD PEARL GREEN. THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE INCLUDING NO DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR AND NO TURN SIGNAL HOUSING. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT PTL. STEVE MURRELL AT (973) 383-5544
FEBRUARY 2009 Date of Incident: 02/13/2009 Time of Incident: Type of Incident: MAIL FRAUD / SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE WANT TO WARN AREA RESIDENTS OF A POSSIBLE SCAM AFTER A RESIDENT RECEIVED A LETTER FROM "FAST FORWARDING INC." FROM BOLTON, ONTARIO. THE LETTER INCLUDED A CHECK FOR $4,977.00 AND STATED THAT THE RECIPIENT HAD WON $179,000. THE LETTER FURTHER STATED THAT IN ORDER FOR THE WINNINGS TO BE RELEASED, THE CHECK HAD TO BE CASHED AND $2,995 HAD TO BE SENT BACK TO THE COMPANY. THIS IS A COMMON SCAM THAT USUALLY TARGETS SENIOR CITIZENS. IF RESIDENTS RECEIVE ANY SUSPICIOUS MAIL THEY ARE URGED TO CALL THEIR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
Date of Incident: 02/14/2009 Time of Incident: 12:17 AM Type of Incident: MVA / DWI ARREST AT THE ABOVE TIME AND DATE, THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF A CAR VS. POLE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON COUNTY RT 613 NEAR ROSEVILLE RD. AFTER A BRIEF INVESTIGATION, THE DRIVER, ADAM WELCH, 37, OF NORWICH ,CT, WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. HE WAS RELEASED PENDING A MUNICIPAL COURT DATE. THE INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY PTL. BRIAN KERN WITH ASSISTANCE FROM PTL. STEVE MURRELL AND RON SMITH. ALSO ASSISTING WAS PTL. DANIEL DEWALD OF THE BYRAM POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MARCH 2009 Date of Incident: 03/05/2009 Time of Incident: 01:42 AM Type of Incident: DWI / MVA ON 03/05/2009 AT 1:42 AM THE ANDOVER TWP. POLICE
RECEIVED A REPORT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH ON LIMECREST
ROAD BY OLD CREAMERY ROAD. UPON ARRIVAL PATROL FOUND A
1999 BMW M3 ON IT'S PASSENGER SIDE PROPPED AGAINST TWO
TREES. A MALE WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS THE DRIVER,
STATED TWO FRIENDS WERE TRAPPED IN THE CAR. THE DRIVER
IDENTIFIED AS MATTHEW C. WOZNIAK 22, OF BYRAM WAS
ARRESTED AT THE SCENE FOR D.W.I. AND TRANSPORTED TO
NEWTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE GAVE A BLOOD SAMPLE.
THE ANDOVER TWP. FIRE DEPT. WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE
LAKELAND EMERGENCY SQUAD EXTRICATED THE TWO PASSENGERS.
COLIN M. NAGY, 21 OF BYRAM, THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AND
THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE HAD SIGNIFICANT
INJURIES TO BOTH HIS LEGS. THE REAR PASSENGER, DALE R.
APPLEBY JR. 23 OF BYRAM, HAD A COLLAR BONE INJURY. BOTH
WERE FLOWN TO MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. MR. WOZNIAK
WAS CHARGED WITH D.W.I., RECKLESS DRIVING, AND FAILURE
TO MAINTAIN HIS LANE. CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE PENDING
FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THE BMW HAD MASSIVE DAMAGE OVER
THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN IMPOUNDED FOR FURTHER
EVALUATION. THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY PTL.
BRIAN KITHCART, PTL. STEVE MURRELL, DET. ERIC DANIELSON,
AND THE SUSSEX COUNTY CRASH TEAM.
Date of Incident: 03/05/2009 Time of Incident: 01:42 AM Type of Incident: FOLLOW-UP CHARGES FROM MVA THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT FILED TWO ADDITIONAL CHARGES AGAINST MATTHEW C. WOZNIAK AGE 22 OF BYRAM FOLLOWING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT BACK ON MARCH 5, 2009. WOZNIAK HAD BEEN THE OPERATOR OF A 1999 BMW M3 IN WHICH TWO VICTIMS SUSTAINED SERIOUS BODILY INJURY RESULTING IN HOSPITALIZATION FOR BOTH COLIN M NAGY OF BYRAM AND DALE APPLEBY JR OF BYRAM. WOZNIAK WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULT BY AUTO WHILE BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. THESE ARE CRIMES OF THE THIRD DEGREE. THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE COLIN NAGY HAD ALSO BEEN ISSUED A MOTOR VEHICLE SUMMONS FOR ALLOWING AN INTOXICATED DRIVER TO OPERATE HIS VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. THE ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED ON LIMECREST ROAD NEAR OLD CREAMERY ROAD. PTL KITHCART, PTL MURRELL AND DETECTIVE DANIELSON INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 03/06/2009 Time of Incident: 12:10 AM Type of Incident: CDS / PROSTITUTION / GUN ARRESTS THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL ARRESTED FIVE PEOPLE FOLLOWING AN UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION OF RAY'S INN LOCATED OFF OF RT 206. HEATHER BYRON AGE 25 OF SAYLORSBURG, PA WAS ARRESTED FOR DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE (3RD DEGREE CRIME) TO AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER. REBECCA RUNYAN AGE 27 OF STEWARTSVILLE, NJ WAS ARRESTED FOR TWO COUNTS OF DISTRIBUTION OF HEROIN TO TWO SEPARATE UNDERCOVER OFFICERS (BOTH 3RD DEGREE CRIMES). AURORA GALLEGOS-SANCHEZ AGE 39 OF NEWARK WAS ARRESTED FOR 4TH DEGREE PROSTITUTION FOR OFFERING TO HAVE SEX WITH AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER FOR $200. SILVIA RODRIGUES AGE 44 OF NEWARK WAS ARRESTED FOR 4TH DEGREE PROSTITUTION FOR OFFERING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE TO AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER FOR $200. THE FEMALE DANCERS WERE ALL PROCESSED AND RELEASED PENDING A FIRST APPEARANCE IN ANDOVER TWP MUNICIPAL COURT. A PATRON WAS ALSO ARRESTED SUBSEQUENT TO THE INVESTIGATION. JAMES D WOODLING AGE 24 OF STROUDSBURG, PA WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF TWO HANDGUNS LOCATED IN HIS VEHICLE. A SIG-SAUER .40 CALIBER HANDGUN WAS FOUND TO BE LOADED WITH HOLLOW POINT BULLETS AND AN ADDITIONAL GUN A WALTHER .22 CALIBER WAS LOCATED IN THE GLOVE BOX COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. WOODLING WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE POSSESSION OF HANDGUNS, FOURTH DEGREE POSSESSION OF HOLLOW NOSED BULLETS, FOURTH DEGREE POSSESSION OF A LARGE CAPACITY 45 ROUND AMMUNITION MAGAZINE AND A DISORDERLY PERSONS OFFENSE FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE ANDOVER POLICE AND A.B.C. WERE ASSISTED BY THE SUSSEX COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE SUSSEX COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE, THE NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE K-9 UNIT, NEWTON POLICE AND BYRAM POLICE. THE LAKELAND EMERGENCY SQUAD STOOD BY DURING THE INCIDENT.
APRIL 2009 Date of Incident: 04/03/2009 Time of Incident: 04:00 PM Type of Incident: FOLLOW-UP ARREST FOR CDS THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED WENDY L. MITTELSTADT AGE 24 OF MT. ARLINGTON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CDS (COCAINE). IN FEBRUARY MITTELSTADT HAD SOLD COCAINE TO AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER WHILE SHE WAS WORKING AS A DANCER AT RAY'S INN. MITTELSTADT AT THE TIME OF THE POLICE RAID IN EARLY MARCH HAD NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED DUE TO INVESTIGATORS ONLY HAVING A FIRST NAME. AFTER DETERMINING MITTELSTADT'S IDENTITY A WARRANT FOR HER ARREST WAS ISSUED. THE MT ARLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT LOCATED MITTELSTADT AT HER APARTMENT AND TOOK HER INTO CUSTODY. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR PROCESSING AND SUBSEQUENTLY LODGED IN THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL ON $7,500 BAIL WITH NO 10% OPTION. DETECTIVE DANIELSON INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 04/09/2009 Time of Incident: 06:30 PM Type of Incident: RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE IS INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY TO A RESIDENCE ON MARTIN STREET. BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:15 AM AND 6:30 PM ON APRIL 9TH THE UNKNOWN SUSPECT(S) ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND REMOVED AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 973-383-5544. ALL CALLS WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.
Date of Incident: 04/20/2009 Time of Incident: 03:13 PM Type of Incident: HOUSE FIRE THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A 911 CALL FROM A PASSERBY REPORTING A HOUSE FIRE AT 249 STICKLES POND ROAD. UPON ARRIVAL OF FIRST RESPONDERS, FLAMES AND SMOKE WERE VISIBLE FROM THE ATTIC AREA. MEMBERS OF THE ANDOVER TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY BROUGHT THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL WITH MINIMAL WATER DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE. A DOG LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT AREA SURVIVED THE FIRE WHILE ANOTHER DOG LOCATED OFF THE KITCHEN AREA DID NOT SURVIVE DUE TO HEAT AND SMOKE. NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE BEING REPORTED. THE FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE STARTED IN THE BEDROOM AREA AND QUICKLY BURNED INTO THE ATTIC. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE DEPT AND THE SUSSEX CTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM NEWTON, FREDON, SPARTA, GREEN, HAMPTON AND BYRAM ASSISTED AT THE SCENE ALONG WITH THE LAKELAND EMERGENCY SQUAD.
MAY 2009 Date of Incident: 05/01/2009 Time of Incident: 03:21 PM Type of Incident: BURGLARY / THEFT THE ANDOVER TWP P.D. RESPONDED TO A HOME A FENNER DR. ON A REPORT OF UNK. PERSONS INSIDE THE HOME. THE CALLER, A JUVENILE FEMALE WHO WAS HOME ALONE, STATED THAT A VAN PULLED UP IN FRONT OF HER HOME AND TWO YOUNG GIRLS GOT OUT AND BEGAN TO POUND ON THE FRONT DOOR. THE CALLER LOCKED HERSELF IN A BEDROOM AND CALLED THE POLICE. UPON ARRIVAL OF PTL. RICHARD THEN AND PTL. DAN KERN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBJECTS ENTERED THE HOME, BUT FLED BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED. A PURSE WAS DISCOVERED TO BE MISSING FROM THE HOME UPON FURTHER INSPECTION. BASED ON THE CALLERS DESCRIPTION OF THE VAN AND THE FEMALES , POLICE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE ALL OF THE SUBJECTS INVOLVED. TWO 16 YEAR OLD GIRLS AND A 17 YEAR OLD BOY, ALL FROM GREEN TWP, WERE TAKEN TO THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE STATION, WITH THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, AND WERE CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, THEFT, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, SIMPLE ASSAULT, AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. THE PURSE WAS LOCATED ALONGSIDE LIMECREST ROAD AND RETURNED TO ITS' OWNER.
Date of Incident: 05/01/2009 Time of Incident: 12:48 AM Type of Incident: FIGHT AT RAYS INN ON THE ABOVE LISTED DATE AND TIME ANDOVER TWP. POLICE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS OF A LARGE FIGHT IN PROGRESS IN THE PARKING LOT OF RAY'S INN BAR RT 206. UPON ARRIVAL PATROLMAN BRIAN KITHCART, SERGEANT GIL TAGLIALATELA AND PATROLMAN ROD MOSNER FOUND SEVERAL MALE SUBJECTS BRAWLING IN THE FRONT LOT. BACK UP POLICE UNITS RESPONDED FROM NEWTON, BYRAM AND STANHOPE POLICE DEPT'S. WHO ASSISTED AT THE SCENE TO SEPARATE THE INVOLVED PARTIES. THE OWNER AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE BAR ALONG WITH TWO CUSTOMERS WERE INJURED IN THE FIGHT AND THREE AMBULANCES FROM LAKELAND EMERGENCY SQUAD RESPONDED TO TRANSPORT THEM TO NEWTON HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF CUTS AND BRUISES. ERIC A. JONES AGE 29 OF BUSHKILL, PA. WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH SIMPLE ASSAULT AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT, CHARLES L .PURYEAR AGE 24 OF NEWARK, N.J. ,LAWRENCE MCGIRT AGE 35 OF NEWTON, N.J. , AND MERLE LEE JR. AGE 38 OF NEWTON, N.J. WERE ALL ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR UNLAWFUL PURPOSES, ALL HAVE A 05-14-2009 COURT APPEARANCE IN ANDOVER TWP. MUNICIPAL COURT ON THESE CHARGES. INVESTIGATING OFFICERS ANDOVER TWP. POLICE PTL. BRIAN KITHCART, PTL. ROD MOSNER SGT. GIL TAGLIALATELA AND DET. ERIC DANIELSON.
Date of Incident: 05/03/2009 Time of Incident: 10:59 AM Type of Incident: DRUG / WARRANT ARRESTS ANDOVER TWP PATROLMAN DANIEL KERN STOPPED A VEHICLE TRAVELING ON NEWTON SPARTA ROAD FOR HAVING A HEADLIGHT OUT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE DRIVER, JOHN CRAWFORD (AGE 28) FROM LAFAYETTE TWP HAD AN OUTSTANDING TRAFFIC WARRANT OUT OF PATERSON. FURTHER INVESTIGATION LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ON HIM AND AN OPEN BOTTLE OF LIQUOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER FRANK CARMAN (AGE 29) FROM NEWTON HAD AN OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL WARRANT OUT OF EAST ORANGE. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. MR. CRAWFORD WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF UNDER 50 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, POSSESSION OF CDS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, OPEN ALCOHOL CONTAINER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MAINTENANCE OF LAMPS. HE POSTED BAIL ON THE PATERSON WARRANT AND WAS RELEASED PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE. MR. CARMAN HAD A FAMILY MEMBER POST $1,000.00 BAIL ON THE EAST ORANGE WARRANT AND WAS RELEASED. PTLS. DANIEL KERN, ROD MOSNER, AND BRIAN KITHCART INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 05/14/2009 Time of Incident: 09:00 PM Type of Incident: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT / RESISTING AT THE ABOVE DATE/TIME ANDOVER TWP POLICE WERE FINISHING UP A SCHEDULED COURT SESSION WHEN NIGEL BISBING, 23, OF EASTON, PA WAS ARRESTED. EARLIER IN THE EVENING, BISBING CHECKED IN AS A DEFENDANT FOR A TRAFFIC TICKET. AT SOME POINT BISBING LEFT THE COURT AND WENT TO TWO LOCAL BARS BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO WAIT TO SEE THE JUDGE. SEVERAL HRS LATER, WHEN HE RETURNED INTOXICATED, JUDGE JOHN MULHERN PLACED A $200 WARRANT ON BISBING FOR FAILING TO APPEAR. AT THAT TIME, PATROLMAN RICHARD THEN AND SGT. RON SMITH ATTEMPTED TO PLACE BISBING UNDER ARREST WHEN HE BECAME AGITATED. HE FOUGHT WITH OFFICERS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND RESISTED ARREST BEFORE BEING PEPPER SPRAYED. DURING THE INCIDENT, SGT SMITH SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE COURT. BISBING WAS CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, RESISTING ARREST AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. BISBING WAS TAKEN TO THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL IN DEFAULT OF $15,000 BAIL. HE IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT AGAIN ON MAY 28, 2009.
Date of Incident: 05/19/2009 Time of Incident: Type of Incident: BURGLARY / THEFT THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY AND THEFT TO A RESIDENCE LOCATED ON OAK TREE DRIVE IN THE LAKE ILIFF SECTION OF THE TOWNSHIP. UNKNOWN ACTOR(S) ENTERED THE RESIDENCE VIA A DOWNSTAIRS BASEMENT DOOR AND PROCEEDED UPSTAIRS INTO THE MASTER BEDROOM. NUMEROUS PIECES OF JEWELRY WERE TAKEN FROM THE RESIDENCE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7AM AND 7PM. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THIS INCIDENT IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 973-383-5544. ALL CALLS WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.
Date of Incident: 05/24/2009 Time of Incident: 09:31 AM Type of Incident: DWI / WARRANT ARREST AT THE ABOVE TIME AND DATE, THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED MICHAEL I. REESE, 25, OF HACKETTSTOWN, NJ FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AFTER A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP FOR FAILING TO WEAR A SEATBELT. FOLLOWING A BRIEF INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT MR. REESE ALSO HAD A $1,000.00 WARRANT OUT OF HACKETTSTOWN. MR. REESE WAS CHARGED WITH DWI, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, RECKLESS DRIVING, HAVING AN OPEN CONTAINER OF VODKA, FAILING TO WEAR A SEATBELT, AND FAILING TO REPORT AN ADDRESS CHANGE. MR. REESE WAS TURNED OVER TO THE HACKETTSTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LODGED IN THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN ANDOVER TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL COURT ON JUNE 11, 2009 FOR A FIRST APPEARANCE. THE INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY PTL. BOB YOUNGS, PTL. RICH THEN, AND PATROLMAN ROD MOSNER.
JUNE 2009 Date of Incident: 06/01/2009 Time of Incident: 04:00 PM Type of Incident: BURGLARY / THEFT The Andover Township Police Department responded to a reported residential burglary on Andover-Sparta Rd in the Lake Lenape section of the township. The actor(s) went in through a side window and removed jewelry and money from the bedroom area on June 1, 2009. The investigation led to the arrest of Jessica L. Rank age 27 of Saylorsburg, PA and Justin C. Pease age 27 of Byram Township. On June 12, 2009 Rank's vehicle was spotted in the Rockaway Town square parking lot and officers from Rockaway Twp were able to locate Rank inside. She was taken into custody and lodged in the Sussex County Jail on $30,000 bail. Rank was charged with burglary and theft. On June 18, 2009 Justin C. Pease was taken into custody and charged with conspiracy to commit burglary and for receiving stolen property. He was lodged in the Sussex County Jail on $10,000 bail.
Date of Incident: 06/04/2009 Time of Incident: 08:48 PM Type of Incident: MISSING PERSON ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED THE
REPORT OF A MISSING PERSON AT ST. PAUL'S ABBY, ROUTE
206, ANDOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ. FATHER HILLARY, AKA JOHN
HAYDEN, AGE 80, FROM WASHINGTON, DC WAS REPORTED MISSING
BY PERSONNEL AT THE ST. PAUL'S ABBY AT 8:48 PM ON JUNE
4, 2009. PERSONNEL HAD LAST OBSERVED FATHER HILLARY IN
THE AREA OF THE ATHLETIC FIELDS LOCATED ON THE ABBY
CHRISTMAS TREE FARM. RESPONDING POLICE AND FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND EMS UNITS CONDUCTED SEARCHES OF THE ABBY
GROUNDS. A K-9 UNIT FROM VERNON TOWNSHIP POLICE
DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED AN INITIAL TRACK IN THE AREA WITH
THE AID OF A HELICOPTER FROM THE NEW JERSEY STATE
POLICE. THIS SEARCH DID NOT LOCATE FATHER HILLARY.
GROUND SEARCH TEAMS WERE DEPLOYED INTO THE AREA USING
ATV'S FROM ANDOVER TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT,
FREDON FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND BYRAM TOWNSHIP POLICE
DEPARTMENT. MEMBERS OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, ALONG WITH
MEMBERS OF THE LAKELAND EMERGENCY SQUAD, ANDOVER
TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE ALSO DEPLOYED ON FOOT.
AT 1:01 AM ON JUNE 5, 2009, FATHER HILLARY WAS LOCATED
IN AN AREA OF WOODS BETWEEN STICKLES POND ROAD AND ROUTE
206 BY MEMBERS OF THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND LAKELAND EMS. FATHER HILLARY WAS FOUND IN GOOD
CONDITION AND WAS TRANSPORTED OUT OF THE WOODS TO A
WAITING AMBULANCE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NEWTON MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. ASSISTING AGENCIES:
Date of Incident: 06/10/2009 Time of Incident: Type of Incident: BICYCLE HELMET SAFETY POSTER CONTEST THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE KICKED OFF THEIR SUMMER 2009 BICYCLE HELMET SAFETY PROGRAM BY AWARDING TWO BICYCLES TO THE WINNERS OF THE THIRD GRADE POSTER CONTEST AT THE FLORENCE M. BURD SCHOOL. THE TWO FIRST PLACE WINNERS, MICHAEL REIDMILLER AND NICOLE SWIDERCKI, RECEIVED A BICYCLE AND HELMET MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM WAL-MART, A PAIR OF SKYHAWKS TICKETS, AND ICE CREAM CONE COUPONS DONATED BY SPARTA DAIRY. THE SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WINNERS WON A HELMET, TICKETS TO A SKYHAWKS GAME AND AN ICE CREAM CONE COUPON. DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST, MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOODS LOOKING FOR CHILDREN RIDING THEIR BICYCLES. IF A CHILD IS OBSERVED RIDING WITHOUT A HELMET, THEY WILL BE ISSUED A WARNING AND GIVEN INFORMATION ON HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO WEAR A HELMET. IF A CHILD IS OBSERVED WEARING A HELMET, THEY WILL BE GIVEN A COUPON GOOD FOR ONE ICE CREAM CONE.
Date of Incident: 06/14/2009 Time of Incident: Type of Incident: PRESCRIPTION FRAUD ARREST THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE ARRESTED DEBRA A. CONKLIN, AGE 51 OF SUSSEX FOR PRESCRIPTION FRAUD. ON JUNE 14, 2009 MS. CONKLIN CONTACTED A LOCAL DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN ANDOVER TWP AND REQUESTED A PRESCRIPTION OF VICODIN FOR HER MOTHER. IT WAS LATER LEARNED DEBRA NOR HER MOTHER WERE PATIENTS OF THE PRACTICE. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER IT WAS DETERMINED DEBRA OBTAINED THE PRESCRIPTION THROUGH FRAUD. DEBRA WAS CHARGED WITH OBTAINING A FRAUDULENT CDS PRESCRIPTION AND WITH POSSESSION OF CDS. SHE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN ANDOVER TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL COURT FOR A FIRST APPEARANCE ON JULY 9, 2009. PTL YOUNGS AND DETECTIVE DANIELSON INVESTIGATED.
JULY 2009 Date of Incident: 07/04/2009 Time of Incident: 02:22 AM Type of Incident: DWI ARREST THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED JOSEPH KAPLAFKA AGE 41 OF BUSHKILL, PA FOR DWI. MR. KAPLAFKA WAS OPERATING A 2005 CHEVY BLAZER ON STIKLES POND ROAD WHEN PATROLMAN BOB YOUNGS OBSERVED HIM OPERATING THE VEHICLE ERRATICALLY. KAPLAFKA WAS STOPPED AND A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WAS DETECTED ON HIS BREATH. HE WAS ADMINISTERED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. KAPLAFKA WAS CHARGED WITH DWI, FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LANE, AND RECKLESS DRIVING. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON 07/09/2009 FOR A FIRST APPEARANCE. PTL. BOB YOUNGS AND PTL. STEPHEN MURRELL INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 07/20/2009 Time of Incident: 02:18 AM Type of Incident: DRUG ARREST ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME AN ANDOVER TWP. PATROL STOPPED A MOTORIST ON ROUTE 206 FOR HAVING A BRAKE LIGHT OUT. THE PATROLMAN DETECTED AN ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF MULTIPLE BAGS OF MARIJUANA , DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AND A DIGITAL SCALE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER, A 17 YEAR OLD MALE, FROM GREEN TWP, WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WITHOUT HAVING A VALID PRESCRIPTION. THE MALE JUVENILE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, POSSESSION OF A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WITHOUT A VALID PRESCRIPTION, POSSESSION OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION IN A CONTAINER OTHER THAN IT WAS LEGALLY DISPENSED, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL UNDER THE AGE OF 21. HE WAS ADDITIONALLY ISSUED MOTOR VEHICLE SUMMONS FOR CDS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, MAINTENANCE OF LAMPS, AND VIOLATION OF A PROVISIONAL LICENSE.
Date of Incident: 07/24/2009 Time of Incident: 07:58 AM Type of Incident: BURGLARY / ROBBERY / THEFT ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME, THE ANDOVER TWP. POLICE RESPONDED TO 27 HEMLOCK AVENUE FOR THE REPORT OF A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. UPON ARRIVAL, THREE WITNESS' ON SCENE OBSERVED A WHITE MALE, EARLY 20'S, WEARING WHITE SHORTS AND A BROWN TEE SHIRT, BREAK A WINDOW AND ENTER THE RESIDENCE. THE SUSPECT THEN TOOK C.D.S. FROM THE HOUSE AND BEGAN FLEEING THE SCENE IN A VEHICLE. THE THREE WITNESS' ATTEMPTED TO REFRAIN THE SUSPECT FROM LEAVING, WHEN ONE WITNESS WAS STRUCK AND KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY THE MOVING VEHICLE. WHILE THE SUSPECT LEFT THE SCENE, ALL OF THE WITNESS' WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION AND LICENSE PLATE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS LATER STOPPED BY ROXBURY TWP. POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AN ARRESTED MARK G. NEMETH AGE 22, OF HACKETTSTOWN NJ. MR. NEMETH WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WAS PROCESSED AND CHARGED WITH THE FOLLOWING: ROBBERY, BURGLARY, THEFT, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE. HE WAS LODGED IN THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL ON $122.500 WITH NO 10% OPTION. CASE WILL BE HEARD IN ANDOVER TWP. MUNICIPAL COURT ON AUGUST 27TH. PTL. ROD MOSNER, PTL. BRIAN KITHCART, DET. ERIC DANIELSON, N.J.S.P. CRIME SCENE UNIT, AND ROXBURY TWP. POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED IN THE INVESTIGATION.
AUGUST 2009 Date of Incident: 08/01/2009 Time of Incident: 09:09 PM Type of Incident: DWI ARREST THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED JAMES DESANTI AGE 28 OF SPRINGFIELD, NJ FOR DWI. MR. DESANTI WAS OPERATING A 2003 INFINITI ON ROUTE 206 WHEN PATROLMAN BOB YOUNGS OBSERVED HIM OPERATING THE VEHICLE ERRATICALLY. DESANTI WAS STOPPED AND A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WAS DETECTED ON HIS BREATH. HE WAS ADMINISTERED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. DESANTI WAS CHARGED WITH DWI AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A LANE. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON 08/13/2009 FOR A FIRST APPEARANCE. PTL. BOB YOUNGS AND PTL. DAVID SZATKIEWICZ INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 08/12/2009 Time of Incident: 01:03 AM Type of Incident: DWI ARREST THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED RYAN P. O'CONNOR AGE 29 OF NEWTON, NJ FOR DWI. MR.O'CONNOR WAS OPERATING A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN ON ROUTE 206 WHEN PATROLMAN BOB YOUNGS OBSERVED HIM OPERATING THE VEHICLE ERRATICALLY. O'CONNOR WAS STOPPED AND A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WAS DETECTED ON HIS BREATH. HE WAS ADMINISTERED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. O'CONNOR WAS CHARGED WITH DWI, FAILING TO MAINTAIN A LANE, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, AND RECKLESS DRIVING. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON 08/27/2009 FOR A FIRST APPEARANCE. A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE, MARGARET R. DUFFY OF ANDOVER TOWNSHIP WAS CHARGED WITH UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. MS. DUFFY IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON 08/13/2009. PTL. BOB YOUNGS AND PTL. BRIAN KERN INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 08/24/2009 Time of Incident: 01:12 AM Type of Incident: WARRANT ARREST / FALSE INFO THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED JOSHUA A. GUARENO AGE 20 OF VERNON, NJ FOLLOWING A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP. DURING THE STOP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER, MR. GUARENO, PROVIDED POLICE WITH HIS COUSIN'S NAME AND DOB INSTEAD OF HIS OWN. FURTHER INVESTIGATION LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF HIS TRUE IDENTITY AND AN OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL WARRANT OUT OF VERNON TOWNSHIP. MR. GUARENO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH HINDERING APPREHENSION, NEVER LICENSED, FAILING TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS, AND FAILING TO MAINTAIN A LANE. MR. GUARENO WAS LODGED IN THE KEOGH DWYER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ON THE OUTSTANDING VERNON WARRANT. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN ANDOVER TOWNSHIP COURT ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2009. PTLS. BOB YOUNGS, DANIEL KERN, AND BRIAN KITHCART INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 08/24/2009 Time of Incident: Type of Incident: THEFT AND I.D. THEFT The Andover
Township Police Department arrested Alex P. Klein, age
19 of Franklin for theft and identity theft. On July 31,
2009 Domino's Pizza reported their bank account
information had been compromised in which approximately
$52,000 in unauthorized transactions had been made. The
transactions were traced back to Alex P. Klein in which
he had been making payments to numerous financial
institutions including banks and credit agencies
totaling over $52,000. An arrest warrant was issued for
Klein in the following days and the Franklin Police
Department located him on Monday morning (08-24-2009) at
his residence and turned him over to the Andover Twp
Police for processing.
Date of Incident: 08/29/2009 Time of Incident: 12:49 AM Type of Incident: DWI ARREST THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED RALPH T. CALITRE, AGE 49 OF STILLWATER FOR DWI. CALITRE WAS OBSERVED DRIVING THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY ALONG RT 206 NORTH NEAR THE ANDOVER MINI-MALL. HE WAS STOPPED ON FREDON ROAD WHERE OFFICERS DETECTED A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON HIS BREATH. AFTER BEING ADMINISTERED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, CALITRE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICATING BEVERAGE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE STATION WHERE HE FAILED BREATHALYZER TESTS ALSO. CALITRE WAS CHARGED WITH DWI AND DISREGARD OF MARKED LANES. HE HAS A FIRST APPEARANCE SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 IN ANDOVER TWP MUNICIPAL COURT. DETECTIVE DANIELSON INVESTIGATED AND WAS ASSISTED BY PTL YOUNGS, PTL KITHCART AND CHIEF COLEMAN.
Date of Incident: 08/30/2009 Time of Incident: 12:52 AM Type of Incident: DWI ARREST / HINDERING APPREHENSION THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED AN UNIDENTIFIED HONDURAS MAN FOLLOWING A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP. PATROLMAN BOB YOUNGS OBSERVED A WHITE VAN BEING OPERATED ERRATICALLY ON ROUTE 206. AFTER A SHORT PURSUIT THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WAS DETECTED ON THE DRIVERS BREATH. HE WAS ADMINISTERED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE DRIVER PROVIDED POLICE WITH FALSE INFORMATION RELATING TO HIS IDENTITY. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH HINDERING APPREHENSION, DWI, REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO BREATH TESTS, SPEEDING, NEVER LICENSED, NO INSURANCE, RECKLESS DRIVING, FAILING TO MAINTAIN A LANE, AND FAILING TO YIELD. HE WAS LODGED IN THE KEOGH DWYER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN LIEU OF $2,500.00 BAIL UNTIL HE CAN BE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN ANDOVER TOWNSHIP COURT ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2009. PTL. BOB YOUNGS, PTL. RICH THEN, AND PTL. BRIAN KITHCART INVESTIGATED.
SEPTEMBER 2009 Date of Incident: 09/06/2009 Time of Incident: 01:19 AM Type of Incident: DWI / WARRANT ARREST THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE ARRESTED DOUGLAS CAMPOS DACRUZ AGE 22 OF MARLBOROUGH MASSACHUSETTS FOR DWI. DACRUZ WAS OBSERVED TRAVELING 20 MPH ALONG RT 206 NORTH NEAR THE ANDOVER MINI MALL. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STOPPED AND ADMINISTERED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS. DACRUZ WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR DWI. DACRUZ WAS CHARGED WITH BEING AN UNLICENSED DRIVER, DWI, DISREGARD OF MARKED LANES AND CARELESS DRIVING. IT WAS ALSO LEARNED DACRUZ WAS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT ISSUED BY I.C.E. (IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT). DACRUZ WAS LODGED IN THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL ON A DETAINER ISSUED BY I.C.E. DETECTIVE DANIELSON INVESTIGATED AND WAS ASSISTED BY PTL THEN AND PTL KITHCART. THIS WAS PART OF THE DWI CAMPAIGN FOR OVER THE LIMIT UNDER ARREST.
Date of Incident: 09/13/2009 Time of Incident: 04:27 PM Type of Incident: DRUG / WARRANT ARRESTS ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME ANDOVER TWP. PATROLMAN DANIEL KERN STOPPED A MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVELING ON ROUTE 206 FOR A LOUD EXHAUST. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE, HYPODERMIC SYRINGES WERE OBSERVED IN PLAIN VIEW. AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED THE OCCUPANTS DENIED CONSENT TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE. A TELEPHONIC SEARCH WARRANT WAS OBTAINED AND THE VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SEARCHED. POLICE FOUND 32 HYPODERMIC NEEDLES, MARIJUANA, AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DRIVER, ERIN KITT, 21, OF HACKETTSTOWN, WAS CHARGE WITH POSSESSION OF HYPODERMIC NEEDLES, POSSESSION OF UNDER 50 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AND ISSUED MOTOR VEHICLE SUMMONS FOR LOUD EXHAUST, OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW, AND CDS IN A M.V. A PASSENGER, EVENTUALLY IDENTIFIED AS AARON O'CONNOR, 27, OF BRANCHVILLE, WAS CHARGED WITH BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, AND HINDERING HIS OWN APPREHENSION, AFTER PROVIDING POLICE A FALSE NAME. HE WAS ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON $600.00 OF OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FROM SPARTA AND JEFFERSON. MR. O'CONNOR WAS RELEASED PENDING A MUNICIPAL COURT APPEARANCE AFTER POSTING BAIL. MS. KITT WAS RELEASED PENDING A FUTURE COURT DATE AS WELL. THE INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY PATROLMEN DANIEL KERN, BOB YOUNGS, AND DET. ERIC DANIELSON. ASSISTING WERE THE INDEPENDENCE TWP. POLICE K-9 UNIT AND THE NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE.
Date of Incident: 09/13/2009 Time of Incident: 06:30 PM Type of Incident: SERIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT THE ANDOVER TWP POLICE RESPONDED TO A HEAD-ON MOTOR
VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON STICKLES POND ROAD NEAR NEWTON JUMP
AIRPORT. JUSTIN R. OAKLEY AGE 24 OF MONTAGUE WAS
OPERATING A 1999 HONDA CIVIC TRAVELING STICKLES POND RD
TOWARD YATES AVE AND GARY D DUTKO AGE 47 OF OGDENSBURG
WAS OPERATING A 2001 GMC JIMMY GOING TOWARD RT 206. THE
VEHICLES COLLIDED HEAD-ON IN FRONT OF 269 STICKLES POND
ROAD SERIOUSLY INJURING AND TRAPPING BOTH OPERATORS.
MEMBERS OF THE ANDOVER TWP FIRE DEPT, FREDON FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND LAKELAND FIRST AID SQUAD EXTRICATED BOTH
OCCUPANTS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE VEHICLES. OAKLEY
SUSTAINED INTERNAL INJURIES AND DUTKO SUSTAINED BACK AND
LEG INJURIES. BOTH VICTIMS WERE AIRLIFTED TO MORRISTOWN
HOSPITAL VIA NORTHSTAR AND ATLANTIC AIR ONE. TWO MEDIC
UNITS FROM ST CLARE'S ALSO RESPONDED.
Date of Incident: 09/18/2009 Time of Incident: 09:30 PM Type of Incident: DWI ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME PTL BRIAN KITHCART WAS ON PATROL ON NEWTON SPARTA RD WHEN HE OBSERVED A 2000 JEEP MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON RED FROM LIMECREST RD. PTL. KITHCART STOPPED THE JEEP AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, KATHRYN SIBREL, 36, OF STOCKHOLM, NJ AND DETECTED AN ODOR OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. AFTER SEVERAL FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS SIBREL WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE STATION FOR FURTHER TESTING. AFTER SHE WAS PROCESSED SHE WAS CHARGED WITH DWI AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON RED WHERE PROHIBITED. THE JEEP WAS IMPOUNDED FOR THE MANDATORY 12 HOURS. SHE HAS A COURT DATE OF 10/8/2009 IN ANDOVER TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL COURT. SGT. GIL TAGLIALATELA AND PTL RICH THEN ASSISTED.
Date of Incident: 09/13/2009 Time of Incident: 06:26 PM Type of Incident: MVA FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED JUSTIN R. OAKLEY, AGE 24 OF MONTAGUE FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF A SERIOUS HEAD-ON MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED BACK ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 IN ANDOVER TOWNSHIP ON STICKLES POND RD. OAKELY HAD BEEN TRAVELING ON STICKLES POND RD TOWARD NEWTON-SPARTA RD WHEN HE CROSSED OVER INTO THE ONCOMING LANE AND HIT HEAD-ON WITH A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY GARY D. DUTKO, AGE 47 OF OGDENSBURG. BOTH OAKLEY AND DUTKO WERE AIRLIFTED TO MORRISTOWN HOSPITAL FOR THEIR INJURIES. DUTKO SUSTAINED SERIOUS BACK, LEG AND FACIAL INJURIES WHILE OAKLEY SUSTAINED LEG AND INTERNAL INJURIES. OAKLEY WAS CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT BY AUTO, DWI, RECKLESS DRIVING, FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LANE, NO SEATBELT AND EXPIRED REGISTRATION.
OCTOBER 2009 Date of Incident: 10/10/2009 Time of Incident: Type of Incident: BURGLARY AND THEFT THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT CHARGED THOMAS C. RAE, AGE 43 OF ANDOVER TWP AND EDWARD A. ZUBL AGE 38 OF ANDOVER TWP FOR BURGLARY AND THEFT. ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 10, 2009 ZUBL AND RAE STOLE A TELEVISION AND A REFRIGERATOR FROM A MOTEL ROOM OF THE ECONOLODGE LOCATED OFF OF RT 206. BOTH ZUBL AND RAE WERE RESIDING AT THE ECONOLODGE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE TWO MEN TOOK THE STOLEN ITEMS TO AN APARTMENT AT CARLTON VILLAGE IN HARDYSTON. THE PROPERTY HAS SINCE BEEN RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO THE OWNERS OF THE ECONOLODGE. BOTH RAE AND ZUBL WERE CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE BURGLARY AND THIRD DEGREE THEFT. BAIL WAS SET AT $15,000 FOR EACH. RAE AND ZUBL WERE SERVED AT THE SUSSEX COUNTY JAIL. INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY DETECTIVE ERIC DANIELSON. RAE WAS CURRENTLY IN JAIL FOR A RECENT CHARGE LAST WEEK FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT STEMMING FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT. HE WAS BEING HELD ON $50,000 NO 10% AS A RESULT.
Date of Incident: 10/30/2009 Time of Incident: 08:00 AM Type of Incident: ARREST OF BURGLARY SUSPECT MEMBERS OF THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT
ASSISTED BY THE JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARRESTED ADAM S. MELROY AGE 24 OF JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP FOR
BURGLARY OF TWO RESIDENCES, THEFT OF MOVABLE PROPERTY
VALUED AT CLOSE TO $10,000.00. MELROY WAS ARRESTED AFTER
AN INVESTIGATION OF AN OCTOBER 28, 2009 BURGLARY TO A
RESIDENCE ON CLIFFSIDE WAY IN ANDOVER TOWNSHIP AND A
SECOND BURGLARY OF A RESIDENCE ON BALANTINE ROAD.
NUMEROUS ITEMS WERE RECOVERED DURING THE INVESTIGATION
AND ARREST, INCLUDING A LOADED .357 MAGNUM HANDGUN WHICH
HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM ONE OF THE RESIDENCES.
NOVEMBER 2009 Date of Incident: 11/07/2009 Time of Incident: 08:24 PM Type of Incident: DWI ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME TOWNSHIP POLICE STOPPED STEPHEN EMERY, 28, OF LEDGEWOOD ON ROUTE 206. PATROL DETECTED AN ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. MR. EMERY WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED AFTER FAILING FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS. HE WAS TAKEN BACK TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS, WHERE HE FAILED BREATH TESTS. MR. EMERY WAS CHARGED WITH D.W.I., RECKLESS DRIVING, AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LANE. HE WAS RELEASED TO A FAMILY MEMBER PENDING A FUTURE COURT DATE. THE INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY PATROLMEN DANIEL KERN AND BOB YOUNGS.
Date of Incident: 11/08/2009 Time of Incident: 12:12 AM Type of Incident: DRUG ARRESTS TOWNSHIP PATROL STOPPED A VEHICLE ON COUNTY ROUTE 613. DURING THE COURSE OF THE STOP PATROLMEN OBSERVED NARCOTICS AND PARAPHERNALIA IN THE VEHICLE. DURING FURTHER INVESTIGATION, PATROL OBTAINED CONSENT TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE, WHICH LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF FURTHER DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. MATTHEW FORTUNATO, 21, OF ANDOVER, BRIAN KEDASH,21, AND DILLON KELLY, 19, BOTH OF NEWTON, AND ADNAN HUQ, 19, OF BAYPORT, NY, WERE ALL ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF UNDER 50 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. KELLY AND HUQ WERE CHARGED WITH UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION / POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL. KEDASH WAS CHARGED WITH CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND OPEN CONTAINER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. FORTUNATO WAS ISSUED MOTOR VEHICLE SUMMONS FOR OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW, MAINTENANCE OF LAMPS, AND C.D.S. IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. ALL FOUR WERE RELEASED PENDING A FUTURE COURT DATE. PATROLMEN DANIEL KERN, BOB YOUNGS, AND BRIAN KITHCART INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 11/22/2009 Time of Incident: 12:37 AM Type of Incident: WARRANT ARREST / FUGITIVE OF JUSTICE THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED JAMES D. GOLD AGE 29 OF STANHOPE, NJ FOLLOWING A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP ON ROUTE 206. DURING THE STOP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER, MR. GOLD, HAD MULTIPLE OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL ARREST WARRANTS OUT OF LINCOLN COUNTY, MAINE. MR. GOLD WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND LODGED IN THE KEOGH DWYER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WHERE HE WILL BE SERVED WITH A FUGITIVE OF JUSTICE COMPLAINT AND AWAIT EXTRADITION BACK TO MAINE. MR. GOLD WAS ALSO ISSUED A SUMMONS FOR SPEEDING AND IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN ANDOVER TOWNSHIP COURT ON DECEMBER 10, 2009 FOR A FIRST APPEARANCE. PATROLMAN BOB YOUNGS AND PATROLMAN STEVE MURRELL INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 11/23/2009 Time of Incident: 04:15 PM Type of Incident: BURGLARY / THEFT THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A BURGLARY ON HEMLOCK AVENUE IN THE LAKE LENAPE SECTION OF THE TOWNSHIP. THE UNKNOWN ACTOR FORCED ENTRY TO A SIDE DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE AND ONCE INSIDE REMOVED JEWELRY. THE BURGLARY OCCURRED BETWEEN 8:30 A.M. AND 4:15 P.M. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT DETECTIVE ERIC DANIELSON AT 973-383-5544 OR EMAIL CRIMETIPS@ATPD.ORG. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED TO CONTACT THE POLICE TO REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN THEIR AREA.
DECEMBER 2009 Date of Incident: 12/05/2009 Time of Incident: 12:30 AM Type of Incident: DRUG ARREST ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME TOWNSHIP PATROLMAN BOB YOUNGS CONDUCTED A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP ON NEWTON SPARTA ROAD FOR SPEEDING. DURING THE COURSE OF THE STOP PATROL DETECTED A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. PATROL OBTAINED CONSENT TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE, WHICH LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF MARIJUANA AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. JESSE MORVILLE, 20, OF STILLWATER, AND JUSTIN CHOKA, 18, OF ANDOVER TOWNSHIP, WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF UNDER 50 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA. MORVILLE WAS ADDITIONAL CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, SPEEDING, AND POSSESSION OF CDS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. BOTH MEN WERE RELEASED PENDING A FUTURE COURT DATE. PATROLMAN YOUNGS WAS ASSISTED BY PATROLMAN RICH THEN AND SGT. RON SMITH.
Date of Incident: 12/05/2009 Time of Incident: 08:11 PM Type of Incident: DWI / DRUG ARREST THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A SUSPICIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE ON NEWTON SPARTA ROAD IN FRONT OF THE FLORENCE M. BURD SCHOOL. UPON ARRIVAL TO THE AREA, PATROL LOCATED THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. A FEMALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS JACQUELYN T. UCHITEL, AGE 22 OF STOCKHOLM WAS SLUMPED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL AND UNRESPONSIVE. WHILE ADMINISTERING FIRST AID TO MS. UCHITEL, PATROL OBSERVED NUMEROUS PILLS, A BAG OF MARIJUANA AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN PLAIN VIEW. MS. UCHITEL WAS TRANSPORTED TO NEWTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BY THE LAKELAND EMERGENCY RESCUE SQUAD FOR TREATMENT. MS. UCHITEL WAS LATER CHARGED WITH DWI, DWI IN A SCHOOL ZONE, CDS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA UNDER 50 GRAMS, AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. SHE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR A FIRST APPEARANCE ON JANUARY 14, 2010. PATROLMAN BOB YOUNGS INVESTIGATED.
Date of Incident: 12/19/2009 Time of Incident: 12:26 AM Type of Incident: DWI ARREST THE ANDOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED BROOKE HEMNER, AGE 28 OF NETCONG FOR DWI. HEMNER WAS OBSERVED PULLING OUT OF THE BELLA ITALIA RESTAURANT ON ROUTE 206 IN A CARELESS MANNER NEARLY CAUSING A THREE CAR ACCIDENT. MS. HEMNER WAS STOPPED AND PTL. BOB YOUNGS DETECTED A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON HER BREATH. AFTER BEING ADMINISTERED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, HEMNER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICATING BEVERAGE. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS WHERE SHE FAILED BREATHALYZER TESTS. HEMNER WAS CHARGED WITH DWI, RECKLESS DRIVING AND EMERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY BEFORE YIELDING TO TRAFFIC. SHE IS SCHEDULED FOR A FIRST APPEARANCE JANUARY 14, 2010 IN ANDOVER TWP MUNICIPAL COURT. THIS WAS PART OF THE DWI CAMPAIGN FOR OVER THE LIMIT UNDER ARREST.
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