A Morrisville, Pa., man was charged with driving under the influence after a police officer stopped to investigate a vehicle that was backing into the parking lot of a closed business on Route 31 at 12:49 a.m. Oct. 22. He was also charged with reckless driving, refusal to submit to a breath test and touring privileges. The man was processed and released.
A Ewing Township man was charged with shoplifting for taking merchandise valued at $104.19 from Shop-Rite without paying for it on Oct. 21. Surveillance video showed a man attempting to conceal his identity by wearing a backward hat and a hooded sweatshirt tied over his head. Additional surveillance cameras showed him entering a silver Toyota. A further follow-up investigation revealed the man’s name. He was charged on a criminal complaint summons.
A Trenton man was arrested on an active warrant from the City of Trenton following a motor vehicle stop on after observing the driver failing to use a turn signal while turning onto Scotch Road from Aaron Truehart Way on Oct. 19. He was also issued a summons for driving while suspended. He was processed and released.
Victims reported that their credit cards had been fraudulently used at Costco stores on Staten Island, N.Y. and Bayonne, N.J. on Aug. 27. They said they had not been to either location and the charged were determined to be unauthorized. The total amount of fraudulent transactions was $2,300. The incident was reported on Oct. 16.
An Old Washington Crossing-Pennington Road resident reported the loss of money through fraudulent transfers using the Current app on Oct. 15. The victim reported receiving a phone notification that a $1,250 payment had been sent through the Current app to an unknown cell phone number on Oct. 14, but they were able to reverse that transaction. The victim received a second notification about an unauthorized transfer of $949 to an unknown person, but a request for the recipient to return the funds went unanswered. The victim reported the fraudulent activity to the app’s customer service. When they attempted to follow up, they could not access the account and learned that the associated number had been changed without their permission.
A Trenton man was arrested on an active warrant from Plainsboro Township after he was stopped for speeding on Scotch Road on Oct. 15. He was also issued a summons for driving while suspended. He was processed and released.
A victim reported an unauthorized transaction for $265 on their PayPal debit card that occurred on Oct. 6. The victim reported receiving a text message from PayPal earlier in the day about a declined Facebook purchase, but the transaction was later processed. The incident of fraud and theft was reported on Oct. 14.
An assortment of lumber and plywood, including 250 pieces of 2 x 4 lumber and 50 sheets of 3/4-inch plywood, was reported stolen from a construction site on George Blackwell Drive sometime between 7 p.m. on Oct. 10 and 7 a.m. on Oct. 12. The total value of the construction material was estimated at $1,000.
A Harbourton-Woodsville Road resident lost $1,000 after receiving text messages on Oct. 9 and Oct. 10 from an unfamiliar number but that they believed was their daughter’s work phone. The text messages said the sender’s personal phone was not working and they could not access their bank account due to two-step verification. The suspect asked the victim to send them money through Zelle. The victim complied before being able to confirm that their daughter had not sent the messages.
