Police blotter
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Trenton
Robbery: Valerie Daddio 33, was arrested and charged with robbery after cops responded to a report of an assault. The victim told cops he was outside smoking a cigarette when he was struck from behind. All he remembered was coming to at the hospital. Cops established probable cause to arrest and charge Daddio with the robbery. The suspect had allegedly lifted the victim’s wallet from his pants pocket while he was down on the ground.
Dope: Brandon Cain, 19, was popped by street crime detectives holding a brick of heroin. When he notices the presence of the boys in blue, he allegedly stuffed the dope into his pants and tried to play it off. Cops stopped and arrested him. Detectives found a total of two bricks of heroin and one gram of pot.
Perk Up: Timothy Lewis, 23, was found with a bunch of pills and cash, cops said, during the course of an investigation. Lewis admitted having Percocet and Oxycodone and a lot of cash. Cops seized three oxy pills and $5,499 in cash.
Three Popped for Pills: Jharel Caroll, 24, was nabbed by violent crimes detectives who smelled pot
coming from the car. The other occupants, Rashaad Dawkins-Streeter, 25, and Michael Bagwell, 26, were also arrested and charged. Cops found 15 pills of OxyContin and 25 grams of marijuana.
Punch and Run: Kifee Dillard, 20, was nabbed by cops in the area of Route 29 and Lee Avenue for an assault. Cops received a description of the alleged perpetrator and identified and stopped Dillard. He left cops on a brief foot chase. Along the way, they saw him drop something to the ground. He was subdued and handcuffed. The victim told cops she got into a fight with Dillard who pulled over to the side of the road, hit her and took her cell phone and ran away.
Freehold
Computer Thief: Corey Jester, 49, of Freehold, was sentenced for stealing 28 computers from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority while he worked there as a temp employee, authorities said. He was sentenced to five years of probation by Superior Court Judge Robert W. Bingham II in Mercer County, along with 180 days in the county jail. The judge undercut prosecutors’ bid to have Jester locked up for three years, as part of a plea deal he reached with the state. Jester must serve the jail stint at the end of his probation unless it’s waived if Jester abides by all probationary conditions. Jester pleaded guilty last October to third-degree theft by unlawful taking and was ordered to pay restitution of $22,085 to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. He has already paid $5,000. Jester had been employed by a company contracted by the state to provide temporary IT staff. He was contracted in 2017 to be a temporary employee at the IT helpdesk for the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA). While employed at the SDA, Jester accessed a storage closet and stole 28 computers, including mini PC computers and laptops. Jester cleaned data from the computers, installed new software, and sold them online, anywhere between $100 to $200 per computer. The SDA discovered that computers were missing in December 2017. State Police arrested Jester in January 2018.
Warrington Township
Targeted: Kyle Johnson, 31, was arrested after cops responded to the Target store to investigate a retail theft. Johnson fled southbound on Route 611. He was taken into custody at Route 611 and County Line Road for allegedly stealing $734.29 worth of merchandise. Johnson was arraigned and remanded to the Bucks Co. Correctional Facility on $50,000 bail.