A 35-year-old Martinsville woman was charged with shoplifting for allegedly taking various items without paying for them and putting them in her bags in a store on State Road on April 29. She was processed and taken to the Mercer County Correction Center.
A 41-year-old Rahway man was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street for obstructing the passage of other vehicles at 3:58 a.m., April 28. He was processed and released after being issued additional motor vehicle summonses.
A 33-year-old Princeton man was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, failure to keep right and prohibited parking following a motor vehicle stop on Birch Avenue at 4:15 a.m., April 27. He was processed and released.
A 38-year-old North Carolina man was charged with theft of identity, forgery, hindering apprehension, knowingly using a false government-issued driver’s license, possession of a false government-issued ID and issuing bad checks after allegedly attempting to cash a fraudulent check at a Nassau Street bank on April 24. He was processed and released.
Someone keyed the driver’s side door and the fender of a vehicle while its owner was at work on North Harrison Street between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. April 23. The estimated cost to repair the damage is less than $500.
A 31-year-old Hamilton Township man was arrested on two active warrants from the Trenton Municipal Court after he was stopped for speeding on Elm Road on April 22. He was also given summonses for speeding and driving while his license was suspended. He was processed and released after posting bail.
A Patton Avenue resident was scammed out of $1,500 after responding to an advertisement for a vehicle on Facebook Marketplace. The victim sent the money via PayPal as a down payment for the vehicle, and later discovered it was a scam. The incident was reported April 21.
A 25-year-old Lawrenceville man was arrested on an active warrant for $550 from the Lawrence Township Municipal Court after he was stopped on Stockton Street for driving without headlights at 11:19 p.m., April 19. He was also given a summons for driving without headlights when they were required. He was processed and released.
Two female shoplifters entered a Hulfish Street store and took $452 worth of merchandise before fleeing the scene in an unknown vehicle April 16.
A 47-year-old Monmouth Junction man was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and reckless driving following a motor vehicle stop on Princeton-Kingston Road at 1:13 a.m., April 15. He was processed and released.
