Monday, September 24, 2012
A $5 ATM fee is steep, but was it worth this response? Also this week in OMGs from NJ PD, a knife-wielding stalker makes it easy for police to find him.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PDs.” ATM Fee Avenger: An ATM fee cost Morristown’s Craig Nichols $5, a boatload of snack food, his freedom, his leg mobility and probably a sizable chunk of his dignity. But, hey, no bail charge—that’s a plus! Morristown Police say Nichols, 37, took up a one-man protest against a $5 ATM fee at a local 7-Eleven by deducting the amount from his junk food bill. Let’s just say it went downhill from there. So downhill that Nichols ended up in a jail cell, where he used wet toilet paper to cover a security camera. That earned him a pair…
Monday, September 10, 2012
New Jerseyans had their dukes up, to the detriment of an ear and international brotherhood, in this week's installment of OMGs from NJ PDs.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PDs.” <Insert Mike Tyson Joke Here>: It’s all fun and games until someone’s ear gets bitten off. “Play fighting”—among adults, mind you—cost Matthew DeAugistinis, 25, of Bloomingdale, part of his ear when a roll on the floor with Wayne’s Michael Mccroy, 22, went too far. DeAugistinis presumably didn’t hear entreaties to stop the fight. Shocker of the year: Bloomingdale Police say the fighters were drunk. Neighbors’ Tiff Turns Saucy: A Maple Shade spat turned finger-licking good when the combatants unloaded the makings of a …
Monday, September 3, 2012
Also this week in OMGs from NJ PD, an alleged serial car burglar doesn't let a breakfast-time arrest sway him from lunchtime crimes.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PDs.” Quality Family Time: Parents are squeezing in the last few precious days of summer fun with the kids before school starts. Swimming! Amusement parks! Shoplifting! Er, maybe that’s just (allegedly) Mei S. Yip. Millburn Police say the Brooklyn woman took the kiddies along for the ride when she five-finger discounted 14 items from Bloomingdale's in Short Hills. The kids’ “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” essays won’t include seeing mom in cuffs, at least, as police allowed her to remain unrestrained on the way to the station. If …
Monday, August 27, 2012
Soda proves an ineffective weapon, as does creating your own burglar uniform. Plus, OMGs from NJ PD preemptively welcomes Snooki and JWoww into the fold.
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PD.” Opening a Can of … Well, You Know: This guy lost the Pepsi challenge, big time. Stephen Bumgardner, 53, of Freehold, reportedly decided it would be a good idea to lob a full can of sodaat a uniformed Freehold Borough officer conducting an investigation at a local liquor store. The carbonated catapult cost Bumgardner $2,500 in bail and at stay at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, where, presumably, he was not given change for the soda machine. Creature of Criminal Habit: People celebrate anniversaries for all sorts …
Monday, August 20, 2012
This week's crazy New Jersey police news includes runaway cows, a cash hiding place failure and a pair of boozy pants.
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PDs.” You Don’t Say … : Richard Vincenzi, you have the right to remain silent. We recommend exercising that right next time cops confront you about allegedly harassing a bouncer in Morristown. Unfortunately for Vincenzi, 24, he took another route, telling police “I have a huge problem with authority.” That’s probably an understatement, considering Morristown Police had to resort to leg irons to get Vincenzi under control and under arrest. Cattle Constitutional: Why did the cows cross the road? The bovines were unavailable for …
Monday, August 13, 2012
Garwood responders find a rotten surprise and a suspected thief makes like Cinderella in this week's crazy police news from around New Jersey.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PDs.” I’m Not Lovin’ It: Here’s hoping the Union County Bomb Squad’s equipment includes gas masks. The bomb squad rushed to Garwood recently for a gag-inducing suspicious package at a McDonald’s that sent foul odors far and wide. Instead of a bomb, responders found a duffel bag of rancid meat. Before you go making Mickey D’s jokes, this meat medley of chicken and a roast more closely resembled someone’s very, very outdated Sunday dinner. Perhaps concerned that the festering food could still cause injuries, authorities shut down …
Monday, August 6, 2012
Also this week in wacky New Jersey police news, holy stupidity, Batman! A "superhero" causes a stir at a Home Depot.
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PDs.” Can You Arrest Me Now? Good: In Part 1 of Criminals Making It Easy for Cops, we take you to Hackettstown. Before Matthew Davis, 20, allegedly tried to rob a gas station there, he had a very pressing phone call to make. To his own home. Using the gas station’s phone. You can guess where this is going. Police used reverse dialing to find Davis’ home and arrested him there. Champagne Wishes and Jail Cell Dreams: Part 2 Criminals Making It Easy for Cops takes us to Lakehurst, where a convenience store employee showed some …
Monday, July 23, 2012
Gross vandalism and crimes against the house of God top this week's crazy New Jersey police news.
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PD.” Nauseating No. 2: It’s bad enough to come home to any vandalism on your property, but coming home to human poo smeared on your door? That’s a special kind of awful. A Montclair woman told police someone had smeared excrement on her door and porch—though, fortunately, she noticed before she touched it. Adding insult to injury, the likely feces fiend left his boxers in the front yard. Instant Karma’s Gonna Get You: A sign outside of a Woodbury church asks “Will you rob God?” In two New Jersey towns, the answer is an apparent yes…
Monday, July 16, 2012
A man's police connections don't get him anywhere and a young statue fan pleads on YouTube for the return of a beloved lawn ornament in this week's "OMGs from NJ PDs."
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PDs.” A Place to Rest His Karate-Loving Head:Timothy J. Klein, of Paterson, seemed determined, as so many of our OMG PD stars do, to make a bad night turn worse. It started when a Morristown gas station attendant tried to kick out Klein, 34, who had parked his car there. Threats were made, cops were called and we learned that Klein is a “seventh-degree black belt” with a plethora of law enforcement relatives and a talent for escaping convictions. Unmoved, cops briefly took Klein into custody and … well, we recommend just reading …
Monday, July 9, 2012
New Jersey's roads are filled with troublemakers in this week's OMGs from NJ PD.
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Each week, Patch combs through the more shocking, surprising and often absurd alleged criminal acts and police-related incidents that unfold throughout New Jersey. Here’s what went on this week for “OMGs from NJ PD.” Driving While Infuriated: This is one way to get your point across. Montville Police arrested Nain Gonzalez, 42, of Clifton, for a road rage incident that can't really be called a heat of the moment decision. After another driver wouldn’t let Gonzalez into a lane, the suspect waited until both cars were stopped at a red light beforeallegedly popping the lane-denier in the face. Gonzalez didn’t get very far though—state police caught up with him shortly after and restrained his fightin’ arm in cuffs. Think They Called AAA?: …
