Police blotter
The information below was provided by police unless otherwise noted.
Trenton
You Want The Pipe: Tyrone Elliot, 51, was charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses after cops responded to Wood Street for a reported beatdown. Elliot is accused of clubbing a 24-year-old family member with a metal pipe, fracturing the relative’s arm. The family member was treated at Capital Health Regional Medical Center. Cops recovered the pipe.
Not The Dallas Cowboys Owner: Jerry Jones, 22, was nabbed by violent crime detectives on patrol in the area of Union and Steamboat streets. Jones drew the detectives’ attention as he peddled away from them on a bike down Power Street out of sight. When detectives rolled down Power Street, they spotted Jones near the back of a crashed car with the trunk open. He allegedly became startled when he saw the boys in blue, shut the trunk and rode off toward Lamberton Street. Cops saw him jump off his bike and walk away holding his pants pocket. He was stopped as detectives investigated claiming Jones made unspecified comments that made cops think there were drugs in the crashed car. Police wouldn’t reveal exactly what Jones said to the detectives who went back to the crashed vehicle and recovered 200 bags of heroin and a digital scale. Jones apparently had the car keys and $184 in cash that was seized when cops searched him.
Newark
Plea: Deon Owensby, 42, of Trenton, admitted to possessing a federal agency identification card without authorization and using it during multiple traffic stops. Owensby, a former IRS attorney, pleaded guilty Tuesday to knowingly possessing an official identification card of a federal agency without authorization. Prosecutors
say Owensby obtained an official IRS ID card during his employment as an attorney with the agency. But the card was supposed to be returned to the IRS upon the end of his employment in April 2015. Instead, officials say, Owensby continued to possess the ID and displayed it during multiple law enforcement stops of his vehicle in Essex and Middlesex Counties between August 2015 and April 2017. The charge against Owensby is punishable by a maximum potential penalty of six months in prison and a $5,000 fine. Owensby’s sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 28.
Lower Southampton, Pa.
Shoplifting Scam: Emily Lord, 38, of Bensalem, and Christopher Giove, 33, of Trevose, were charged in connection with a retail theft scam that happened last month at a Giant food store in the 1000 block of Bustleton Pike, Feasterville. Police say Lord and Giove left the store with items they did not purchase, then returned to the store and attempted to return the stolen items for money. Store personnel denied the return transaction, but Lord and Giove re-bagged the items and fled the store. They are both charged with retail theft.
Newtown, Pa.
Burglary: Michael David Veit, 35, of Whitehall, was arrested after he burglarized a home on Lower Silver Lake Road. After cops received a tip about a burglary in progress, they found Veit on the side of the property carrying a flashlight. During a search, police found Veit had several items that belonged to the homeowners in his possession. Veit eventually admitted to burglarizing a vehicle and the property, but claimed he thought he was at the recovery shelter and didn’t believe he had done anything wrong. Veit was remanded to Bucks County Prison on $80,000 bail.