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»
Heroin Possession in Cranford NJ
September 25, 2014
Cranford is a busy town so police can constantly on the look out for what could be considered suspicious activity. In a recent traffic stop on September 12, 2014, around 7 p.m., Detective Spencer Durkin stopped a 2001 Hyundai for alleged erratic driving on North Avenue East. Typically, erratic driving will lead to a DWI investigation but in this case, it lead to drug charges. Following the investigation after the stop, police were able to locate approximately 20 paper folds of suspected ... 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»