Police Blotter
The information below was provided by police unless otherwise noted.
Trenton
Grand Theft Auto: Francis Dela-Cruz, 18, was charged with aggravated assault and after two minor victims told cops he threatened to kill them if they didn’t give up his Xboxes. Delacruz was apparently enraged that the victims alleged jacked his game consoles. He wielded a knife – recovered by the cops – at the victims and threatened to kill them if they didn’t part with the video game systems. No one was hurt,
Toss and Go: Wilson Fearon, 24, and Tazjiana Barnes, 22, were nabbed by street crime defectives patrolling the 100 block of Hoffman Avenue. They saw the two toss drugs while standing on a footpath. The suspects allegedly did so after noticing the boys in blue. Cops recovered dope and Fearon apparently had more packaging material on him. In all, detectives recovered $140in cash, seized as suspected ill-gotten proceeds, and 10decks of dope. Pill Popping: Bernard Coppage, 36, was nabbed by street crime detectives who saw him do a drug deal and walk away when he noticed cops. They found him in possession of pills and $160in cash, which was seized.
Med Man: Tyriq Davis, 36, was taken into custody on Woodland Street after cops said he threw items down and walked away. Cops recovered the items and determined they were prescription meds. Davis was also found with a small amount of pot on him, and a Tazjiana Barnes razor blade, commonly used to chop up drugs.
Dope: Eduardo Cruz, 55, was jammed up by street crime detectives who saw him drinking in public. They stopped to issue him a summons when he apparently dropped dope to the ground. He was hooked and booked. Cops found a couple hundred bucks on his person and 176decks of heroin. He faces drug dealing charges.
Doylestown
Caught Red-Handed: Christopher Carlin, the former president of Falls Township Fire Company No. 1, was placed on probation after paying back more than $34,000he had stolen from the department. He pleaded guilty this week to a misdemeanor theft charge admitting he stole fire company dough by making illegal withdrawals and making personal purchases on company credit cards. He paid back the full $34,896.59he owed and fessed up for his bad decisions. As part of the sentence, Carlin can’t head up another nonprofit and must complete 175hours of community service. Carlin was arrested earlier this year along with Gary N. Margerum, also a former president of the fire company. They splurged on the company dime to rent a New Jersey beach house, authorities said, jacking some $46,000from the department between 2013and 2017. Carlin was treasurer during that period; Margerum, 61, who served as company president from 2009to 2016, will appear in court next year on charges of stealing more than $11,000.
Northampton Township
Jewelry Jacker: Cops responded to a home on Rachel Road for a burglary in which the victims reported missing jewelry, coins, foreign currency Wilson Fearon and other valuables worth more than $100,000. Cops got a tip about a suspicious red Corvette parked near Whitney Lane with a woman asleep inside. It was Lisa Ann Curry, who investigators later found stolen merchandise in her red Corvette when they responded to a motel parking lot. She was arrested and her shiny car was seized and impounded till the authorities got a search warrant, which turned up jewelry and valuables from a previous burglary. Curry was charged burglary and receiving stolen property and was being held on $75,000bail.