Police blotter
The information below was provided by police unless otherwise noted.
Robbinsville
Drugs and Driving: Carly Kozak, 29, of Audubon, was recently arrested after police allegedly found marijuana and drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop on I-195.
Drugs and Driving Too: Juliette Baran, 18, was recently arrested after police allegedly found her in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop on Windward Way.
Ewing
Burglary: Someone stole
items out of a man’s apartment on Scenic Drive. Missing Cash: An employee at dd’s Discounts on North Olden Avenue stole $170 from the cash register and cops are investigating the case.
DWI: Zaquana Q. Scott, 28, of Trenton, was arrested for driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle stop on North Olden Avenue.
Shoplifting: Luciano M. Tarabocchia II, 20, of Cliffside Park, was arrested for stealing $44 worth of merchandise from ShopRite on North Olden Avenue.
Shoplifting Too: Juan C. Cruz-Rosa, 41, of Trenton, was arrested for stealing $123 worth of merchandise from ShopRite on North Olden Avenue.
Snatch and Run: Someone stole $35 worth of merchandise from Dollar General and fled the store prior to police arriving. Snatch and Run Too: Someone stole $240 worth of merchandise from ShopRite on North Olden Avenue and fled the store prior to police arriving.
Store Theft: Alexander Dejesus, 30, of Trenton, was arrested for stealing $93 worth of merchandise from ShopRite.
Passaic
Theft Ring Busted: State police arrested 11 men, dismantling a cargo theft trafficking ring, and recovering more than $1 million worth of merchandise, which was destined to supply nearly a dozen national retail stores in New Jersey and across the country. The five-month investigation dubbed “Operation Botany Strike,” began in October 2017 when detectives began investigating the theft of a tractor-trailer, which contained $104,000 worth of meat, from a trucking lot in South Amboy. Troopers found the abandoned tractor-trailer later that day at the Vince Lombardi Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike and began following leads, which ultimately uncovered the organized theft ring. Detectives determined that members of the theft ring would transport stolen tractor-trailers from various jurisdictions throughout the state to specific locations within a business facility in Passaic. That facility served as the predominant location where members would load and offload stolen cargo as well as store the stolen tractor-trailers. Detectives also identified secondary locations in Little Ferry and Secaucus that served a similar function. The seized cargo, which was worth more than $1 million, included clothing, granite, home goods, landscaping equipment, and food products and was destined to be sold domestically and overseas. The arrestees are: Ambiorix Canela-Rodriguez, 26, of Paterson, Adiel Acevedo-Ortiz, 26, of Paterson, Carlos Alcantara, 60, of Passaic, Bassim Fardos, 38, of North Bergen, Elvis Valerio, 34, of Passaic, Wilfredo Valle, 38, of Passaic, Milton Vargas, 48, of Paterson, Nelson Pena-Restituyo, 51, of Union City, Luis Lourido, 50, of Union City, Eduardo Ramos, 32, of Union, and Angel DeLeon, 35, of Hawthorne.