Law Enforcement

Police Blotter

This police blotter is not intended to be inclusive of all crimes and arrests reported to the Randolph Township PD. A charge is an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until or unless proven guilty. If you have any questions regarding anything published herein, please contact Lt. Donald Smith at 973.989.7010.

May 2008

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-29-08
Incident #: 2008-020144: Officers Michael Gomez, Randy Maccione and Kevin Clark responded to a residence on Woodruff Court on a report of a domestic dispute. No arrests were made.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-25-08
Incident #: 2008-jm007: Officer Jason Gould took a report form a juvenile regarding the theft of his iPod from the Randolph business where he was training as an employee. After several attempts to get the iPod back, he decided to tell his father and they responded to HQ to file the report.
Incident Date: 5-25-08
Incident #: 2008-019448: At 11:31 a.m., Officer Brian McGaughran took a report of possible illegal dumping from a resident of Route 10. The possible illegal dumping took place at 111 Canfield Avenue.
Incident Date: 5-25-08
Incident #: 2008-019463
Charged: Jonathan E. Taylor, age 28 of Livingston NJ and James Morrocco, age 26 of Vernon NJ: Officers Neil Caufield and Kurt Edelman responded to an apartment in Quaker Village on a suspicious person call. The two accused were located inside the apartment and appeared to be intoxicated. Phone contact was made with the resident of the apartment who advised Officer Caufield that neither of these men had his permission to be in his apartment.
Incident Date: 5-24-08
Incident #: 2008-019275
Charged: Wilburt B. Little, age 37 of Greenville NC: At approximately 11:04 p.m. on 5-23-08, the Randolph Police received the first of three burglary calls from a resident of Center Grove Village Apartments. Within the next fifteen minutes, two additional burglaries were reported—one additional case in Center Grove Village and one on Center Grove Road. Officers Kevin Clark, Corey Czerniak, and Randy Maccione responded to the three separate burglary scenes. Subsequently assisting the initial responding officers were Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez and Morris County Sheriff’s Officers Det. Frank Perez with K-9 Niko, Det. Kelly Duane, and Det. Jamie Rae. Officer Randy Maccione advised Sgt. Gomez that at the scene of the burglary on Center Grove Road, he and Officer Czerniak had observed bicycle tracks that led from the burglary scene to parking lot #3 at the County College of Morris. Maccione reported seeing similar tracks at the burglary scene in Center Grove Village. Through the use of a night vision device, Officer Maccione was able to observe the tire tracks clearly leading toward lot #3 at CCM where the Cole Brothers Circus was set up. At this point, Det. Perez and his K-9 responded to the burglary scene and followed a track which led through the crushed vegetation left by the suspect’s bicycle. As the officers followed the track, Det. Duane observed a bicycle tire impression in the muddy ground. She took a digital photo of the tire impression. As the search continued, the officers were led to the trailers and bunkers set up by the circus in lot #3 of CCM. Three bicycles were located in the immediate area. Two of those bicycles were immediately eliminated as the suspect’s bicycle due to one having a flat tire and the other having appeared to have been stationary for a period of time due to accumulated condensation on the frame. After speaking with an employee of the circus, the officers were directed toward a bunker that housed new employees. A bicycle was located outside the bunker. The tire tread on this bicycle was compared to the digital photograph taken by Det. Duane and the two appeared to be identical. Sgt. Gomez knocked on the door of the trailer and it was eventually answered by an employee of the circus. After a brief conversation with that individual, he advised Sgt. Gomez that another employee was in the rear of the trailer. Sgt. Gomez made contact with Wilburt Little. Little was advised of the theft investigation and how the officers followed the bicycle track back to this location. Little invited Sgt. Gomez into the trailer and began to collect the items he had stolen. He turned those items over to Sgt. Gomez. Sgt. Gomez placed the accused under arrest at 4:38 a.m. on 5-24-08. Little was transported to police HQ by Officer Clark. Sgt. Gomez interviewed the accused and he admitted having committed all three of the recent burglaries. Little was charged with three counts of burglary and three counts of theft of movable property. Municipal Court Judge Ira Cohen set the accused’s bail at $30,000.00. The accused was transported to the Morris County Correctional Facility by Officer Czerniak and Sgt. Gomez. The Randolph Police acknowledge and appreciate the cooperation of the officers from the Morris County Sheriff’s Office in the investigation and eventual apprehension of the party responsible for these three burglaries.
Incident Date: 5-24-08
Incident #: 2008-019296: At 7:32 a.m., Officer Shawn Boyhan took a report from an employee of the Parks Department regarding graffiti placed on the walls of the women’s bathroom. The graffiti was immediately painted over.
Incident Date: 5-24-08
Incident #: 2008-019280
Charged: Molly E. Conlin, age 19 and Jacquelin Gebel, age 18 of Randolph NJ: At 1:13 a.m., Sgt. Jeff Gomez stopped a car being operated by Jennifer Hantke, age 19 of Randolph for failing to maintain a lane on Route 10. A container of wine was observed in the car as well as plastic cups containing wine. The accused admitted to Sgt. Gomez that the wine was theirs and that the driver had not consumed any alcohol. Conlin and Gebel were issued motor vehicle summonses for consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle as well as a special complaint for possession of an alcoholic beverage while under the legal age.
Incident Date: 5-23-08
Incident #: 2008-019115
Charged: Raymond Kwok, age 24 of Morristown NJ: At 3:23 a.m., Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez observed the accused operating his vehicle in an erratic manner on Sussex Turnpike. Sgt. Gomez stopped the accused in the area of Washington Valley Road. After completing field sobriety tests, the accused was arrested and transported to HQ where he provided samples of his breath. He was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving, and failing to maintain a lane. He was released to his brother.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-23-08
Incident #: 2008-019176: Officer Bruce Heesemann responded to the Lube It All on South Salem Street to take a complaint of a civil matter from a resident of Dover. The complainant stated he had his oil changed at the location and subsequently the engine seized on his car. The owner of the Lube It All stated he would replace the engine in the car. No further police action.
Incident Date: 5-23-08
Incident #: 2008-019242
Charged: Asha K. Brown, age 21 of Victory Gardens NJ: The accused was stopped at 8:00 p.m. by Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez on South Salem Street. A warrant out of the Victory Gardens Municipal Court was located with bail of $796.00. The accused was unable to post the bail and was turned over to the NJ State Police.
Incident Date: 5-23-08
Incident #: 2008-019271: Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez took a report of a simple assault that took place at a house party on Heather Lane. The 17-year-old victim advised Sgt. Gomez that two uninvited men had entered the house. When they were asked to leave, one of them struck the victim in the face. After a brief altercation, the two trespassers left the location.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-22-08
Incident #: 2008-019035
Charged: Jack H. Geodesic, age 40 of Flanders NJ: At 9:13 p.m., Officer Kevin Clark stopped the accused on West Hanover Avenue for a motor vehicle violation. A warrant was located for the accused from Roxbury Township. The accused posted the bail of $264.00 and was released.
Incident Date: 5-22-08
Incident #: 2008-018980: Officer Manlio Irula took a report of lost government documents from a resident of Quaker Village.
Incident Date: 5-22-08
Incident #: 2008-018976: Officer Brett Sommer took a report from a resident of Quaker Village regarding a welfare check of her adult daughter who lives in Paterson.
Incident Date: 5-21-08
Incident #: 2008-018858: Officer Corey Czerniak took a complaint from a resident of Castle Court regarding criminal mischief to her driveway.
Incident Date: 5-21-08
Incident #: 2008-018835: Officer Corey Czerniak took a harassment complaint from a resident of Wynbrook Drive as a result of Internet messages the victim received.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-017851: Det. John Fichter took a report of a fraud from a resident of Pennsylvania. An unauthorized person withdrew funds from the victims PNC bank account at the Randolph branch.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-22-08
Incident #: 2008-018899
Charged: Paul J. Silva, age 20 of Randolph NJ: Mr. Silva was stopped for a motor vehicle violation at 3:01 a.m. by Officer Kevin Clark. A warrant was located out of Randolph. Silva posted the bail of $290.00 and was released.
Incident Date: 5-21-08
Incident #: 2008-018832: Officer Kevin Clark took a report from a Denville resident who advised his wallet containing various items and less than fifty dollars cash was stolen from a locker at the YMCA.
Incident Date: 5-21-08
Incident #: 2008-018751: At 11:06 a.m., Officer Brett Sommer responded to a private residence in the 1300 block of Sussex Turnpike for a fire in an electrical outlet. The Randolph Fire Department also responded.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-20-08
Incident #: 2008-018621: Two residents reported to police that some unknown person had attempted to obtain their banking information by pretending to be a representative of Hudson City Savings Bank. Neither party has an account with Hudson City and neither supplied any of their information to the caller.
Incident Date: 5-20-08
Incident #: 2008-018602: A resident of Barclay Court reported to Officer Frank Mygas that the sidewall of a tire on his car had been cut between 10:00 p.m. on Monday and 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
Incident Date: 5-20-08
Incident #: 2008-018599: The owner of Prestige Plumbing reported to Officer Melissa Bailey that copper pipe was stolen from one of the work trucks in the lot of the business between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. on 5-20-08.
Incident Date: 5-20-08
Incident #: 2008-018596: Officer Jason Gould took a report from a business owner in the 1200 block of Sussex Turnpike regarding the theft of landscaping materials.
Incident Date: 5-20-08
Incident #: 2008-018574: A resident of Barclay Court reported to Officer Brian McGaughran that an unknown person had sprayed a brown substance on her vehicle.
Incident Date: 5-20-08
Incident #: 2008-008447: Officer Melissa Bailey responded to Randolph High School at 11:00 a.m. and took possession of a small bag of suspected marijuana that had been turned in to Vice Principal Ted Loeffler.
Incident Date: 5-19-08
Incident #: 2008-018521: A resident of the 1300 block of Sussex Turnpike contacted police to report that her ex-boyfriend violated the terms of a restraining order. A review by the Morris County Prosecutor’s office and the municipal court judge showed that there was no violation.
Incident Date: 5-19-08
Incident #: 2008-018513: Officer Jason Gould took a report of shoplifting from the Radio Shack store in the Kmart Plaza. Items stolen included computer memory cards and Xbox adapters.
Incident Date: 5-19-08
Incident #: 2008-018435: Officer Matthew Rispoli took a report from an employee of the Parks Department regarding vandalism to two picnic tables in Brundage Park.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-18-08
Incident #: 2008-018375
Charged: Luis A. Garcia, age 22 of Dover NJ: At 8:35 p.m., Officer Michael Gomez stopped the accused on South Salem Street for an expired inspection decal. It was discovered that the accused had a $1,500.00 warrant from Seaside, NJ. He was arrested on that warrant. Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez arrived as backup and detected the odor of burnt marijuana coming from the car. Several “blunts” were located in the car. The accused was charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana as well as possession of drug related paraphernalia. Garcia was turned over to Seaside Police.
Incident Date: 5-18-08
Incident #: 2008-018391: Officers Neil Caufield and Michael Gomez responded to an apartment in Randolph Village in response to the living room window being broken. Patrols were advised that an unknown Hispanic male wearing a blue bandana on his face broke the window in the apartment. None of the occupants of the apartment would provide any information for the officers to follow up on.
Incident Date: 5-18-08
Incident #: 2008-018374: At 8:00 p.m., Officer Neil Caufield responded to a residence on Morris Turnpike regarding a domestic dispute between a father and his adult son. Both parties were advised of their domestic violence rights. No arrests were made.
Incident Date: 5-18-08
Incident #: 2008-jm006: Officer Kurt Edelman took a report from the father of a juvenile from Mount Freedom regarding his son being harassed by another juvenile.
Incident Date: 5-18-08
Incident #: 2008-018335: At 12:56 p.m., a resident of Castle Court reported to Officer Matthew Rispoli that her mailbox had been vandalized. She also indicated that her home had been “egged” earlier in the week.
Incident Date: 5-18-08
Incident #: 2008-018300: At 12:50 a.m., Officer Scott Bailey observed a vehicle parked and running with its parking lights on in the lot of a closed business at 124 Morris Turnpike. Officer Bailey observed a female in the car slumped over the seat. His attempts to rouse her from outside the car were unsuccessful. He opened the door to the car and shook the female’s upper body. She then began to respond and realizing that it was the police, she attempted to hide an aerosol can in her purse. After interviewing the female it was determined that she would be transported to a medical facility for evaluation.
Incident Date: 5-18-08
Incident #: 2008-018299
Charged: Kalpesh M. Sandesara, age 20 of Cedar Knolls NJ: At 12:19 a.m., Sgt. Carl LeMarble arrested the accused for driving while intoxicated. Sgt. LeMarble observed the accused operating his vehicle in an unsafe manner on Route 10 and Center Grove Road. The accused was issued summonses for driving while intoxicated, careless driving, failure to maintain a lane, and failure to exhibit a valid registration. He was turned over to his father.
Incident Date: 5-17-08
Incident #: 2008-jm005: At 5:31 p.m., Officer Jason Gould responded to an apartment at 312 Quaker Church Road to take a complaint of harassing e-mails that were sent from one juvenile to another. The e-mail contained threats toward the victim and her friends and family.
Incident Date: 5-17-08
Incident #: 2008-018206
Charged: Jeffrey W. Chandler, age 41 of Bridgewater NJ: At 2:36 a.m., Officer Kevin Clark stopped the accused on West Hanover Avenue after observing him operating his vehicle in an erratic manner. The accused was arrested and submitted to breath tests, He was issued tickets for driving while intoxicated, careless driving, and failure to maintain a lane.
Incident Date: 5-17-08
Incident #: 2008-018209
Charged: Rodolfo H. Koeneke-Hernandez, age 22 of Morristown NJ: Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez arrested the accused at 3:07 a.m. after observing him operating his vehicle in an unsafe manner. He was charged with DWI and released to a friend.
Incident Date: 5-16-08
Incident #: 2008-018111: Officer James Cacciabeve and Sgt. Scott Arentowicz responded to the township’s recycling center at 9:41 a.m. on a report of a disorderly person. Patrols were advised by the recycling center worker that a township resident had been placing recycling items in the wrong bin and when confronted, an argument ensued.
Incident Date: 5-15-08
Incident #: 2008-018382: At 9:34 p.m., Officer Michael Gomez took a report of a civil dispute between the complainant and a resident of Harvey Terrace.
Incident Date: 5-15-08
Incident #: 2008-018022: At 5:20 p.m., Officer Manlio Irula took a report from a resident of Woodmont Drive regarding a stolen engagement ring.
Incident Date: 5-15-08
Incident #: 2008-017997: Officer Manlio Irula met with the owner of Prestige Plumbing regarding suspicious activity that took place at the business location on Park Avenue. Officer Irula was shown video surveillance tapes of persons walking around the business. The owner advised that the entire property is under video surveillance 24 hours a day.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-15-08
Incident #: 2008-018033
Charged: Derek A. Gordon, age 32 of Stanhope NJ: At 8:15 p.m., Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez stopped the accused for a motor vehicle violation in the parking lot of the Kmart Plaza. An outstanding warrant out of the Roxbury Municipal Court was located and the accused was arrested. Two additional warrants from Morris Plains and Hoboken were also located. The accused posted bail on all three warrants and was released.
Incident Date: 5-15-08
Incident #: 2008-018026: Officer Kevin Clark responded to a residence on Roc Etam Road to take a report of a dog bite which occurred at a neighbor’s residence on Old Wood Lane North.
Incident Date: 5-15-08
Incident #: 2008-017978: Officer James Cacciabeve responded to the book store at the County College of Morris at 8:06 a.m. to take a report of an attempted burglary. Det. John Fichter assisted with securing the scene. The safe in the bookstore was tampered with but the attempt to open the safe was unsuccessful.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-14-08
Incident #: 2008-017619: Officer Jason Gould took a report of harassment from a resident of 36 Calais Road. The victim stated there is an on going problem of harassment.
Incident Date: 5-14-08
Incident #: 2008-017582: At 12:09 p.m., Officer Keith DeCarolis took a report from an employee of Park Union regarding a bad check. The check was issued by a contractor in Oak Ridge on a closed account. The complainant was referred to the municipal court to sign the criminal complaint.
Incident Date: 5-14-08
Incident #: 2008-017825
Charged: Israel D. Ramos, age 19 of Dover NJ: At 1:48 a.m., Officer Kevin Clark took custody of the accused from the Rockaway Borough PD. He was committed to the Morris County Correctional facility in lieu of $500.00 bail.
Incident Date: 5-14-08
Incident #: 2008-jm004: At 12:01 a.m., Officers Brian McGaughran and Neil Caufield responded to Wynbrook Drive to take a report of juveniles throwing objects in the parking lot.
Incident Date: 5-14-08
Incident #: 2008-jm003
Charged: Juvenile male, age 17 of Mendham NJ: At 2:15 a.m., Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez ran a random MDT check of the license plate on the vehicle being operated by the accused. The DMV record showed the registration had expired in April of 2008. Upon approaching the driver’s window, Sgt. Gomez detected the odor of burnt marijuana. The driver indicated he had been at a concert where the people around him had smoked but he had not. Officer Stephen Zenes arrived as a backup and the accused was asked to exit his vehicle. Upon the driver exiting, Sgt. Gomez observed a “blunt” cigar used to smoke marijuana. The accused was arrested and transported to police headquarters where his father took custody of him. The accused will be charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Incident Date: 5-13-08
Incident #: 2008-017782: At 7:04 p.m., Officer Kevin Clark and Sgt. Jeff Gomez responded to a residence on Sparrow Road on a report of a burglary. A rear window was broken and a laptop computer was taken. The Morris County Sheriff’s Department Crime Scene Unit responded and collected several pieces of evidence.
Incident Date: 5-13-08
Incident #: 2008-017791: At 8:07 p.m., an employee of the BP gas station on South Salem Street reported that a white male with dark hair operating a white work truck pulled away from the gas station without paying for $80.00 worth of gas.
Incident Date: 5-13-08
Incident #: 2008-017773: At 4:30 p.m., a resident of Arrowgate Drive reported that her green card is missing. Officer James Cacciabeve documented the loss.
Incident Date: 5-13-08
Incident #: 2008-017747
Charged: David Brackelmanns, age 41 of Randolph NJ: At 1:11 p.m., the accused turned himself in at police HQ for an outstanding warrant out of Chester Borough. Officer Shown Boyhan processed the accused and released him after he posted the bail of $650.00.
Incident Date: 5-13-08
Incident #: 2008-017724: At 9:50 a.m., Officers James Cacciabeve and Shawn Boyhan and Lt. Donald Smith responded to a medical office at 447 Route 10 for a disorderly patient. The patient was demanding a copy of her medical records so she could pursue medical treatment elsewhere. She was advised that it would take one day for the records to be compiled for her. The party eventually agreed to have her records sent the next day.
Incident Date: 5-13-08
Incident #: 2008-jm002
Charged: Juvenile male, Randolph NJ: At 9:07 a.m., School Resource Officer Edward Shivas took a report of a missing person from the parents of a 15-year-old high school student. After following up on the case, Officer Shivas located the missing juvenile at a friend’s house in Randolph. The child was returned to school.
Incident Date: 5-13-08
Incident #: 2008-jm001: At 8:11 a.m., Officer Brett Sommer took a report from a resident of Ironia regarding vulgar statements made to a juvenile by an employee of Honeyland Farms on Dover Chester Road.
Incident Date: 5-12-08
Incident #: 2008-017634
Charged: John J. Balata, age 22 of Randolph NJ: Officer Kurt Edelman responded to 49 Mac Spar Drive on a report of a domestic dispute. The accused had engaged in an argument with his father. Both parties were advised of their domestic violence rights. The accused was arrested on outstanding warrants totaling $3,126.00 out of Rockaway Twp. He posted bail and was released.
Incident Date: 5-12-08
Incident #: 2008-017617: At 4:50 p.m., Officers Keith DeCarolis, Frank Mygas and Melissa Bailey responded to a residence on Lawrence Road on a report of an unresponsive female. Upon their arrival, the officers found the 41-year-old female resident lying on the floor. There were no signs of life. The victim was pronounced dead by the emergency room doctor at the MICU.
Incident Date: 5-12-08
Incident #: 2008-017560: A resident of Fords Road reported that his mailbox had been knocked off the post during the night. Officer Keith DeCarolis also located several other damaged mailboxes along the street. The victim stated he heard a loud bang during the night but that he did not call the police. In addition, another mailbox damage case was reported by a resident of Morris Turnpike.
Incident Date: 5-12-08
Incident #: 2008-017543
Charged: Octavio Gomez, age 47 of Orlando FL: At 2:42 a.m., Officer Neil Caufield observed the accused’s vehicle being operated on Route 10 at a speed of 70 miles per hour. The accused was also failing to maintain a lane. Officer Caufield stopped the vehicle and approached the passenger side of the car to request the driver’s documents. The driver had an odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath as he spoke. He was asked to exit his car and perform field sobriety tests. Based on the results of the tests, the accused was arrested. Officer Richard Biase administered the breath test to the accused. He was issued a summons for DWI and released to a friend.
Incident Date: 5-10-08
Incident #: 2008-017480: At 1:21 p.m., Officer Michael Gomez took a report from a resident of Roxbury regarding damage done to her vehicle during a domestic dispute that took place the previous night at a residence on Sussex Turnpike.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-12-08
Incident #: 2008-017536
Charged: Santos Contreras-Vera, age 25 of Elizabeth NJ: The accused was stopped by Officer Neil Caufield for a motor vehicle violation. Officer Caufield located two warrants for the accused out of North Arlington and Glen Ridge. Both courts agreed to allow the accused to be released ROR.
Incident Date: 5-11-08
Incident #: 2008-017518: Officer Richard Biase and Sgt. Carl LeMarble responded to Gateway Apartments to take a complaint of harassment. The victim stated that he is being stalked by an individual. The victim was advised of the complaint process.
Incident Date: 5-11-08
Incident #: 2008-017464: Officer Michael Gomez responded to a business at 222 Dover Chester Road. The owner of the business advised Officer Gomez that someone had placed 12 bags of garbage into his dumpster without his permission. A name was located in the trash and the victim indicated he would sign a criminal complaint.
Incident Date: 5-10-08
Incident #: 2008-017412: Officer Richard Biase and Sgt. Carl LeMarble responded to Spruce Tree Lane on a harassment complaint. The victim stated his upstairs neighbor stomped on the floor numerous times.
Incident Date: 5-10-08
Incident #: 2008-017378
Charged: Daniel E. Machado, age 57 of Mine Hill NJ: The accused was stopped by Officer Michael Gomez at 5:43 p.m. on South Salem Street for a motor vehicle violation. A warrant was located for him out of Florham Park. He was arrested and transported to HQ where he posted the bail of $165.00 and was released. He was given a motor vehicle summons for being unlicensed.
Incident Date: 5-10-08
Incident #: 2008-017334: At 9:11 a.m., Officer Jason Gould responded to Wynbrook Drive to take a report of criminal mischief to a vehicle. Several other vehicles were located that had been damaged. Detectives from Randolph PD and the Morris County Sheriff’s Department assisted with processing evidence from the scene. Damage to the vehicles ranged from broken lights to broken windows.
Incident Date: 5-10-08
Incident #: 2008-017313
Charged: Roberto O. Munoz, age 50 of Elizabeth NJ: At 1:34 a.m., Officer Richard Biase observed the accused operating his vehicle on South Salem Street. The vehicle was observed to travel onto the wrong side of the road. Officer Biase stopped the accused on the ramp to Route 10. The accused had the odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath as he spoke. After failing the field sobriety test, the accused was arrested and transported to HQ where he supplied samples of his breath for chemical testing. The accused was issued a summons for operating a vehicle while under the influence and released to a friend.
Incident Date:
Incident #: 2008-017286
Charged: Bascil M. Kamtam, age 26 of Garfield NJ: At 8:30 p.m., Officer Neil Caufield observed the accused’s vehicle parked in a no stopping/no standing zone. Officer Caufield located an active warrant for the accused out of the Paterson Municipal Court. The accused was arrested and released after posting the $380.00 bail.
Incident Date: 5-9-08
Incident #: 2008-017275
Charged: Vincente M. Palaguachi, age 29 of Orange NJ: At 5:47 p.m., the accused was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Officer Keith DeCarolis located warrants for the accused out of Orange, West Orange and Parsippany. The accused had a friend respond to HQ and post a total of $4,136.00 bail. The accused was released after posting.
Incident Date: 5-9-08
Incident #: 2008-017272: At 5:10 p.m., Officers Jason Gould and Frank Mygas responded to a residence on Toye Street and took a report of a family crisis. The complainant advised responding officers that she and her father had argued the previous night.
Incident Date: 5-9-08
Incident #: 2008-017252: At 1:37 p.m., Office Melissa Bailey responded to the County College of Morris to take a theft report. Some time between April 16 and 17, two flat panel monitors were removed from a classroom on campus. Follow-up investigations will take place.
Incident Date: 5-9-08
Incident #: 2008-017251: At 12:39 p.m., Officer Jason Gould took a missing persons report from a resident of 312 Quaker Church Road. Officer Gould worked closely with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, the Division of Youth and Family Services, and the Human Services Police Department to locate the missing adult and two children. The missing persons were located in Paterson by the Human Services PD.
Incident Date: 5-9-08
Incident #: 2008-017248: Officer Jason Gould took a report from an employee of Coldwell Banker Real Estate regarding harassment by a former client. The victim indicated she had been receiving harassing phone messages.
Incident Date: 5-9-08
Incident #: 2008-017228: At 9:40 a.m., Officer Keith DeCarolis responded to Randolph High School to take a report of graffiti. The graffiti was photographed and remediated by the school.
Incident Date: 5-9-08
Incident #: 2008-017216: At 7:25 a.m., Officer Jason Gould took a report from a resident of 312 Quaker Church Road regarding the windshield on her vehicle being damaged.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-9-08
Incident #: 2008-a0219: At 1:16 a.m., Officer Brett Sommer was sent to the Stone Fire Grill to take a report of a stolen car. While in the process of taking the report, Officer Sommer was told that the victim’s boyfriend had lost the key to the victim’s car due to a hole in his pants pocket. Officer Stephen Kepler located the car in the parking lot of the Stone Fire Grill. The key was locked inside the car. The victim reported her car had been moved from where she parked it and that her radar detector had been stolen.
Incident Date: 5-8-08
Incident #: 2008-a0218: At 8:36 p.m., Officer Brett Sommer took a report of harassment from two parties of Wendover Court. Each party wished to complain about the other.
Incident Date: 5-8-08
Incident #: 2008-a0217: At 11:51 a.m., Officer Corey Czerniak took a report from a township resident regarding an attempted fraud. The victim stated that an unknown person had contacted her by phone and indicated he was a family member and that he needed her to wire him money. The victim instead reported the incident to the police.
Incident Date: 5-8-08
Incident #: 2008-a0216: At 8:46 a.m., Officer Michael Gomez took a report from a resident of Morris Turnpike who was reporting that an unknown person had used her credit card information to make unauthorized purchases.
Incident Date: 5-8-08
Incident #: 2008-a0215
Charged: Eric D. Shaw, age 26 of Victory Gardens NJ: At 2:59 p.m., Officer Stephen Zenes responded to the Pathmark store at 140 Route 10 to take a report of a hit and run accident. A witness to the crash provided a description of the vehicle, the driver, and the license plate of the vehicle that left the scene. Officer Zenes located the vehicle on Monroe Avenue in Victory Gardens. An individual matching the description supplied by the witness was observed by Officer Zenes standing near the vehicle. Officer Zenes attempted to conduct the crash investigation but the suspect and a family member became uncooperative. Officers Michael Gomez, Randy Maccione, Kevin Clark, and Corey Czerniak responded to Officer Zenes’ request for back up as the subjects started to become even more unruly. At the conclusion of his investigation, Officer Zenes issued Shaw four motor vehicle summonses: careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident, and failure to produce a valid registration card.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-a0214
Charged: Female juvenile, age 16 of Randolph NJ: At 7:50 p.m., Officer Randy Maccione was assisting with a CDS surveillance case in Quaker Village Apartments. Officer Maccione was advised that there was CDS activity taking place in a car parked near G building. The suspect car was approached and the occupants were interviewed. The operator of the car consented to a search of the interior where suspected marijuana was located under the rear passenger seat. The female juvenile seated there was taken into custody. She then surrendered three additional baggies of suspected marijuana to Officer Maccione. The juvenile was transported to HQ and her mother was contacted to pick her up. The accused will be charged as a juvenile with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-a0213
Charged: Jeffrey S. Lovius, age 19 of Morris Plains NJ: At 6:39 p.m., Detective John Fichter was working in conjunction with the patrol division on a CDS investigation. Det. Fichter recognized Lovius and a warrant check revealed an outstanding warrant out of Parsippany for the accused. Lovius was taken into custody and turned over to Parsippany PD.
Incident Date: 5-6-08
Incident #: 2008-a0212: At 11:30, Officers Corey Czerniak and Randy Maccione took a report from a professor at the County College of Morris regarding harassing e-mails. A follow-up investigation was conducted by Detectives John Fichter and Will Harzula. The student was located, interviewed and agreed to be transported for a psychiatric evaluation.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-8-08
Incident #: 2008-a0211
Charged: Justin Soto, age 23 of Dover NJ: On January 1, 2007 at 12:45 a.m., officers from Randolph Police responded to 312 Quaker Church Road at the Quaker Village Apartment complex in the area of D and F buildings on a report of a large fight. Upon arrival, officers found several individuals had suffered severe injuries. The initial responding officers were Lt. Robert Mason, Sgt. William Yarzab, Officers Shawn Boyhan, Mathew Rispoli, Stephen Kepler and Richard Biase. Follow-up on this investigation was conducted by Detectives Jeffrey Gomez, Keith Donovan, John Fichter and Det. Sgt. David Stokoe. The follow-up investigation consisted of interviews, submission of fingerprints and DNA evidence to the New Jersey State Police Lab, and use of the Morris County Crime Stoppers. As a result of these follow-up investigations, Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez made application to Municipal Court Judge Ira Cohen for an arrest warrant for Justin Soto on 5-5-08. The judge authorized the arrest warrant and set bail for Soto at $25,000.00. Sgt. Gomez, Det. Sgt. David Stokoe and Det. William Harzula, along with Officer Michael Pierce of Dover PD, responded to Soto’s place of employment in Dover and arrested him without incident. Soto was transported to the Morris County Correctional Facility in default of the bail set by Judge Cohen. Soto was charged with two counts of 3rd degree aggravated assault and two counts of 3rd degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-a0210: At 8:00 p.m., Officer Brett Sommer took a report from a resident of Pleasant Hill Road who stated someone had stolen gas from two cars in his driveway between 6:45 and 8:00 p.m.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-a0209: At 1:37 p.m., Officer Corey Czerniak responded to a residence on Farview Avenue and took a report stemming from a tenant-landlord dispute.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-a0208
Charged: Jennifer A. Kaye, age 21 of Newark NJ: At 3:23 p.m., Officer Kevin Clark stopped the accused for a motor vehicle violation. An active warrant for the accused was located out of the Butler Municipal Court. The accused posted the $114.00 bail and was released.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-a0207: At 12:02 p.m., Officer Corey Czerniak met with a resident of Phyllis Place who wished to make a report of poor services provided by a landscape contractor. The work that had been contracted for had not been completed in a timely manner. The contractor was allowed to remove his tools from the job site but not the materials which the victim had paid for.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-a0206: At 8:19 a.m., Officer Michael Gomez took a report from a resident of Wendover Court regarding damage to his car.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-a0205: At 7:22 a.m., Officers Stephen Zenes and Corey Czerniak went to a residence on Timber Lane in response to a family crisis. The 14-year-old male in the residence was refusing to go to school. In the presence of the officers, the juvenile used profanity toward his mother. After several minutes, the juvenile got out of bed and got dressed. The juvenile continued to resist the officers’ attempts to get him to go to school. Eventually, he went with his mother and was transported to Randolph High School.
Incident Date: 5-7-08
Incident #: 2008-a0204
Charged: Male juvenile, age 17: Detective William Harzula and Officer Michael Gomez, working on information supplied by another party which stated that unknown persons were smoking marijuana in the laundry rooms in buildings G and F of Quaker Village Apartments, initiated a surveillance of the location. At 6:00 p.m., Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez was advised by the officers running the surveillance that they had observed drug-related activity taking place out in the open near building G. The male entered into a vehicle in the parking lot. This vehicle was approached by Sgt. Jeff Gomez who initiated a conversation with the driver. Sgt. Gomez detected the odor of burnt and raw marijuana emanating from the car. Raw marijuana was visible inside the car on the passenger side floor. Sgt. Gomez located a box for a VHS tape which contained raw marijuana. The driver of the car immediately took ownership of the marijuana. The juvenile was arrested and transported to HQ. Sgt. Gomez issued the juvenile a motor vehicle summons for possession of CDS in a motor vehicle. Det. Harzula will be signing complaints against the juvenile for the marijuana possession. He was released to his mother.
Incident Date: 5-6-08
Incident #: 2008-a0203: At 11:33 a.m., Officer Michael Gomez took a report from a contractor who indicated he had been assaulted by a resident of Reservoir Avenue when he went to collect payment for work he had done.
Incident Date: 5-6-08
Incident #: 2008-a0202: At 6:34 a.m., Officers Stephen Zenes and Michael Gomez went to a residence on Harvey Street in response to a family crisis. The 14-year-old male in the residence was refusing to go to school. The child agreed to go upon the officers’ arrival.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-6-08
Incident #: 2008-a0201: At 8:15 p.m., Officer Brett Sommer took a report form a resident of Franklin Road about a burglary. She reported that numerous jewelry items and a DVD player had been taken from her apartment between May 2 - 6.
Incident Date: 5-5-08
Incident #: 2008-a0200
Charged: Evelyn M. McAndrews, age 36 of Randolph NJ: The Randolph Police were contacted by Denville PD via the MIRS radio and advised of an erratic driver coming into Randolph. Officer Michael Gomez used the MDT in the patrol car and found the driver was a resident of Randolph. He stopped the vehicle on Radtke Road. The driver was found to have slurred speech but exhibited no other signs of intoxication. The driver was allowed to proceed. Officer Gomez remained in the area and subsequently found the driver passed out behind the wheel of her car. The driver had been inhaling an aerosol substance which was located inside her car. She was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants. The accused was asked to submit samples of her breath and a urine sample which she did. She was issued a summons for reckless driving and driving while intoxicated and released to the care of a friend.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-5-08
Incident #: 2008-a0199: At 12:54 p.m., Officers Randy Maccione, Carey Czerniak, and Sgt. Jeff Gomez responded to a residence on Franklin Road in response to suspicious activity. Patrols located two adult males who were attempting to build a temporary shelter in the wooded area behind the home. The parties were advised that the area was private property and that they were not permitted to construct a temporary shelter.
Incident Date: 5-5-08
Incident #: 2008-a0198
Charged: Moema S. Migliore, age 28 of Randolph: At 9:10 p.m., the accused turned herself in to Officer Shawn Boyhan at police headquarters on an outstanding warrant issued by the Bloomingdale Municipal Court. She posted the bail of $304.00 and was released.
Incident Date: 5-5-08
Incident #: 2008-a0197: At 7:52 p.m., Officer James Cacciabeve took a report from a resident of Gateway Apartments about her purse being lost or stolen.
Incident Date: 5-5-08
Incident #: 2008-a0196
Charged: Daniel S. Ditaranto, age 37 of Netcong NJ: At 6:34 p.m., Officer Stephen Zenes accepted bail of $750.00 from the accused to satisfy a warrant out of the Randolph Municipal Court.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-5-08
Incident #: 2008-a0195
Charged: Daniel T. Buco, age 21 of Great Meadows NJ: At 1:45 a.m., Officer Keith DeCarolis stopped the accused after a random MDT check revealed warrants out of the Mt. Olive Municipal Court. The accused posted the bail of $235.00 and was released.
Incident Date: 5-4-08
Incident #: 2008-a0194: At 12:23, a passing motorist advised police that a car was located off the traveled portion of the roadway on Calais Road. Upon further investigation by Officer Matthew Pfeiffer, it was discovered that the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Dover. The Dover Police Department was advised that the vehicle had been located.
Incident Date: 5-3-08
Incident #: 2008-a0193: At 9:56 p.m., Officer Keith DeCarolis took a criminal mischief report from a resident of Barclay Court with regard to the residence being hit with an egg.
Incident Date: 5-3-08
Incident #: 2008-a0192
Charged: Jackie L. DeGraff, age 22 of Sparta NJ: At 9:32 a.m., Officer Neil Caufield observed the accused and several other individuals acting in a suspicious manner near the Pathmark in the K-Mart Plaza. After additional investigation, Officer Caufield determined that the vehicle the accused was using had been involved in a theft in Morris Plains the prior day. After speaking with the accused, Officer Caufield was able to verify that several items located in the car had been stolen from the Acme in Randolph earlier in the day. Morris Plains PD responded and took custody of two additional persons that Officer Caufield had been questioning.
Incident Date: 5-2-08
Incident #: 2008-a0191: At 8:34 p.m., Officers Frank Mygas, Matthew Rispoli and Det. John Fichter responded to an apartment at 312 Quaker Church Road for a family dispute. The parties involved were directed to family counseling.
Incident Date: 5-2-08
Incident #: 2008-a0190
Charged: Stacy G. Flynn, age 35 of Randolph NJ: Officer Keith DeCarolis arrested the accused after a random MDT check revealed active warrants for her out of the Wayne Township Municipal Court. The accused posted the bail of $81.00 and was released.
Incident Date: 5-2-08
Incident #: 2008-a0189
Charged: Scott S. Gulick, age 18 of Alamuchy NJ: Officer Kevin Clark was assisting a disabled motorist when he observed the accused as a passenger. Numerous warrants were located for the accused. He was arrested and transported to the Morris County Correctional Facility in default of a total of $2,500.00 in warrants from Randolph and Byram townships.
Incident Date: 5-2-08
Incident #: 2008-a0188: At 10:58 a.m., Officer Kevin Clark took a report from a resident of Morristown regarding the passing of a counterfeit $100 bill. The Secret Service in Morristown was contacted by Officer Clark.
Incident Date: 5-2-08
Incident #: 2008-a0187: At 8:47 a.m., Officer Michael Gomez responded to a residence on Sussex Turnpike and took a report of a theft of the copper plumbing from the home. The property owner indicated he had responded to the house to allow the township water department to change out the water meter. The owner found numerous walls and ceilings damaged in order to remove the copper.
Incident Date: 5-2-08
Incident #: 2008-a0186
Charged: Michael J. Longo, age 26 of Jefferson NJ: At 2:05 a.m., Officer Matthew Rispoli observed the accused traveling westbound on Route 10 near the Roxbury line with a headlight out. When the accused was stopped on Main Street in Roxbury, he nearly struck the grass and concrete island at Route 10 and Main Street. Officer Rispoli detected the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on the accused’s breath as he spoke. The accused was asked to perform several field sobriety tests and as a result, was arrested. He was transported to HQ where he supplied samples of his breath for chemical testing. During one of the breath tests, the accused attempted to introduce a foreign object into the breath test instrument. He was charged with the following motor vehicle violations: driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, failure to maintain lamps, failure to exhibit a valid insurance card, and tampering with a breath test instrument. He was released to his mother.
Incident Date: 5-1-08
Incident #: 2008-a0185: At 7:40 p.m., Officers Frank Mygas, Keith DeCarolis, and Matthew Rispoli responded to an apartment in the Gateway complex on a domestic dispute. The victim indicated that he had overheard an argument so he contacted police. None of the parties involved requested any further police action.
Incident Date: 5-1-08
Incident #: 2008-a0184: At 3:18 p.m., Officer Richard Biase took a report of a 1994 2-door Honda being stolen from lot #7.
Incident Date: 4-29-08
Incident #: 2008-a0183: At 2:23 p.m., Officer Michael Gomez took a report of several vehicles damaged in the parking lot of Fernbrook School. A total of six vehicles had hoods or trunks scratched.

May

2008

Incident Date: 5-1-08
Incident #: 2008-a0182: At 4:20 p.m., Officer Neil Caufield located a stolen vehicle parked in lot #9 at the County College of Morris. The vehicle had been reported stolen in Mount Olive Township earlier in the day. The Randolph officers had responded to CCM to take a report of a stolen vehicle from lot #7.
Incident Date: 5-1-08
Incident #: 2008-a0181: At 9:09 a.m., Officer Michael Gomez responded to 1282 Sussex Turnpike on a report of a domestic dispute. The victim advised that during an argument, her spouse broke her cell phone and kicked her car. The victim was advised of her domestic violence rights and chose not to pursue the matter any further.
Incident Date: 5-1-08
Incident #: 2008-a0180
Charged: Justo R. Disla, age 28 of Wharton NJ: At 9:25 a.m., Officer Neil Caufield stopped the accused for a motor vehicle violation. An active warrant out of the Randolph Municipal Court was located for the accused and he was arrested. At HQ, the accused posted the $214.00 bail and was released.
Incident Date: 4-30-08
Incident #: 2008-a0179: At 10:37, Officers Manlio Irula and Stephen Kepler responded along with the Randolph Fire Department to 124 Quaker Church Road on a report of a fire. It was determined by Fire Official Raymond Stromberg that the fire was accidental in nature and caused by excessive tar build-up in the wood burning stove.
Incident Date: 4-30-08
Incident #: 2008-a0178: At 10:03 p.m., Officer Brett Sommer took a report from a resident of 342 Quaker Church Road regarding a domestic dispute. The victim advised the she and her husband are separated and the couple’s 5-year-old son resides with her. She stated they are in the process of divorcing and that the husband shows up unannounced to visit with the child. Upon his arrival tonight, he was intoxicated and this led to an argument. When the victim contacted the police, the accused left the area. The victim was advised of her domestic violence rights and wished no further police action.
Incident Date: 4-30-08
Incident #: 2008-a0177
Charged: Arjan Kolic, age 22 of Randolph NJ: At 8:43 p.m., the accused turned himself in at HQ for an outstanding warrant out of the Hanover Township Municipal Court. Officer Shawn Boyhan processed the accused and he was released after posting the bail of $214.00.
Incident Date: 4-29-08
Incident #: 2008-a0176
Charged: Andrew M. Dougar, age 47 of Kenvil NJ: Mr. Dougar was arrested by Wharton PD after a traffic stop. Detective William Harzula responded to Wharton and took custody of the accused. He was lodged in the Morris County Correctional Facility in default of $1,500.00 bail which he could not post.
Incident Date: 4-29-08
Incident #: 2008-a0175
Charged: Connor R. Larney, age 18 of Randolph NJ and Jihad M. Yaghnam, age 19 of Hackettstown NJ: At 12:25 p.m., Officer Stephen Zenes stopped a dark colored BMW on Lawrence Road for an inspection violation. The vehicle was operated by Connor Larney and Jihad Yaghnam was the front seat passenger. Upon approaching the car, Officer Zenes detected the odor of burnt marijuana. During the conversation that followed, Larney admitted to smoking a joint earlier in the day. Officer Zenes was assisted by Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez and Officer Michael Gomez. Sgt. Gomez observed a piece of drug-related paraphernalia in the driver’s side door panel. There was additional drug paraphernalia and raw marijuana in plain view in the car. An additional amount of bagged marijuana was also located in the car. Both parties were placed under arrest and transported to HQ. Connor Larney was charged with possession of over 50 grams of marijuana, possession of CDS with intent to distribute, possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school zone, possession of drug related paraphernalia, and being under the influence of CDS. Jihad Yaghnam was charged with being under the influence of CDS. Both parties were released.
Incident Date: 4-18-08
Incident #: 2008-a0174: Officer Bruce Heesemann took a report from a resident on Olden Corners Way regarding her mail being tampered with.
Incident Date: 4-15-08
Incident #: 2008-a0173
Charged: Robert M. Barilla, age 24 of Parsippany NJ: At 6:44 p.m., Detective William Harzula, who was working a patrol assignment on this date, was dispatched to Millbrook Avenue and Route 10 in response to numerous calls from motorists about an erratic driver. The vehicle was described as a white truck and the license plate was provided by the callers. Detective Harzula located the truck heading south on Millbrook Avenue. He observed that as it continued to travel, the truck was drifting back and forth within the lane and as the truck approached Lawrence Road, the vehicle came close to leaving the traveled portion of the roadway. A motor vehicle stop was conducted on the truck as it drove into the area near the municipal building. The driver pulled into the exit only roadway for Randolph High School. When Det. Harzula approached the driver, he immediately detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the driver’s breath. The driver was asked to perform a series of field sobriety tests. As a result of these tests, he was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. A pipe commonly used to smoke marijuana was located inside the truck and two packets of suspected heroin were found in his wallet. Barilla provided samples of his breath for chemical testing. Barilla was criminally charged with possession of CDS and possession of drug related paraphernalia. He also received motor vehicle tickets for driving while intoxicated, possession of CDS in a motor vehicle, reckless driving, failure to maintain a lane and traveling the wrong way on a one way street. He was released to a friend.

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