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Authorities stop train because of 'suspicious person'Daniel Moore, 45, of West-

field was arrested by CranfordPolice on May 26 at 3:42 p.m. atthe Cranford Train Station andwas charged with disorderlyconduct.

After Roselle Park Policereceived an anonymous reportof a suspicious person actingstrangely on the westbound Rar-itan Valley Line NJ TransitTrain, Cranford Police respond-ed to and detained the train atthe Cranford Train Station untilthe arrival of NJ Transit Policeand County Emergency Man-agement personnel.

No person matching thedescription given to RosellePark dispatchers was locatedand the train was allowed toleave the station within approx-imately 30 minutes. During theincident, Moore was arrestedwhen he disregarded policeinstructions and attempted toflee from police personnel.Moore was charged with disor-derly conduct; police deter-mined he was not related to theinitial call of suspicious activity.

Officer Joseph Stulpin wasthe arresting officer.

Clark• John Meek, 20, of Roselle

Park was arrested on May 27 at9:29 a.m. on Lexington Boulevardand was charged with possession ofa controlled dangerous substancewith intent to distribute and posses-sion of narcotics paraphernalia. Hewas subsequently released on hisown recognizance pending a courtdate.

Police Officer Antonio Manatawas the arresting officer.

• Takai Walden, 37, of Rahway

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was arrested on May 24 at 10:42p.m. on Westfield Avenue andMadison Hill Road and wascharged with possession of a con-trolled dangerous substance andnarcotics paraphernalia.

Police Officer George Mar-marou was the arresting officer.

• Scott Stetson, 43, Woodbridgewas arrested on May 23 at 7:17p.m. on Alan Court on outstandingwarrants totaling $2,169 from Rah-way, Westfield and Linden for con-tempt of court. He was subsequent-ly turned over to the RahwayPolice. Police Officer George Mar-marou was the arresting officer.

Cranford• Robert Basile, 32, of Brook-

lyn, N.Y. was arrested on May 24 at7 p.m. on South Union Avenue andLincoln Avenue West and wascharged with contempt of court.

Following a stop for motor vehi-cle violations, police arrestedRobert Basile on an outstandingcriminal warrant from Newark.

Officer Christopher DiFabiowas the arresting officer.

• John Meek, 20, of RosellePark was arrested on May 26 at8:45 p.m. on North Avenue Westand Miln Street and was chargedwith possession of marijuana lessthan 50 grams and possession ofparaphernalia. A 1998 HondaAccord was stopped for inoperabletail lights. While the driver wassearching for credentials, policeobserved a bag of suspected mari-juana in the center console. He wasalso cited for maintenance oflamps. Officer Steven D'Ambolawas the arresting officer.

• Anthony Giordano, 55, ofFlorham Park was arrested on May26 at 11:35 p.m. on CentennialAvenue and Garden State ParkwayNorthbound ramp and was charged

with contempt of court. Followinga stop for motor vehicle violations,police arrested Giordano on an out-standing traffic warrant from Rox-bury. Officer Eugene Perrotta wasthe arrested officer.

• Nairn Crossley, 27, of EastOrange was arrested on May 27 at10:46 a.m. on North Avenue Eastand the Garden State Parkway andwas charged with possession ofmarijuana less than 50 grams, pos-session of paraphernalia andreceiving stolen property.

Following motor vehicle stop ata seatbelt enforcement checkpoint,police arrested Crossley when hewas found to have a plastic sand-wich bag of suspected marijuanahidden in his backpack. Crossleywas also found to have an outstand-ing criminal warrant from Hillside.

Officer Brian Thomas was thearresting officer.

• Kriesha Melton, 22, of Newarkwas arrested on May 27 at 11:11a.m. on North Avenue East and theGarden State Parkway, and wascharged with contempt of court.

Following a stop for motor vehi-cle violations, police arrestedMelton on an outstanding traffic-warrant from Newark. OfficerBrian Thomas was the arrestingofficer.

• Richard Corbett, 32, of Cliff-wood was arrested on May 27 at 9p.m. on Grant Street and wascharged with contempt of court.

Following an investigation intoillegal soliciting, police arrestedCorbett on an outstanding criminalwarrant from Newark. Corbett wasprocessed and released with apending court date in NewarkMunicipal Court. Officer SpencerDurkin was the arresting officer.

• Dale Luckinson, 30, of Eliza-beth was arrested on May 29 at1:24 a.m. on Raritan Road and Gar-den State Parkway Southbound,and was charged with contempt of

court. Following a stop for motorvehicle violations, police arrestedLuckinson on an outstanding trafficwarrant from Paterson. Luckinsonwas processed and released with apending court date in PatersonMunicipal Court. Officer John Rat-tigan was the arresting officer.

• William Rosen, 19, of West-field and Justin Butler, 19, of West-field were arrested on May 29 at8:24 p.m. on South Avenue Westand Lincoln Avenue West and But-ler was charged with possession ofmarijuana less than 50 grams andpossession of paraphernalia andboth Rosen and Butler werecharged with underage possessionof alcohol.

A 2000 Mercury Sable wasstopped for having an expired vehi-cle registration. During the investi-gation at the scene, police located abeer keg in the vehicle, as well asseveral pipes and glass bongs con-taining suspected marijuana. Bothvehicle occupants — the driver,Rosen and passenger, Butler —were arrested. Rosen was also citedfor unregistered vehicle. OfficerJohn Rattigan was the arrestingofficer.

• Janine Connolly, 50, of Cran-ford was arrested on May 30 at 2:04a.m. on Hillside Place and wascharged with resisting arrest andaggravated assault on police offi-cer. Following a response to a dis-turbance call on Hillside Place,police attempted to arrest Connolly.During the course of the arrest,Connolly resisted officer attemptsto handcuff her and attacked officerBrian Wagner, biting him on theforearm. She was arrested andcharged with aggravated assaultand resisting arrest.

• James Angelides, 41, of West-field was arrested on May 30 at9:58 p.m. at Cranford Police Head-quarters and was charged with con-tempt of court. Officer John Ratti-

gan was the arresting officer.Rahway

• Police are investigating a bur-glary that occurred on May 30 at2:51 a.m. on Richard Boulevard.

• Police are investigating a theftthat occurred on May 30 at 11:10a.m. on St. Georges Avenue.

• Police are investigating a bur-glary that occurred on May 30 at5:03 p.m. on Regina Avenue.

• Police are investigating a rob-bery that occurred on May 30 at10:28 p.m. on Irving Street.

Summit• Gilberto Miranda-Rodriguez,

21, of Summit, was arrested onMay 28 at 8:55 a.m. at Railroad andSummit avenues and was chargedwith driving while suspended.

• On May 26 at 3:24 p.m., policeresponded to a report of theft of twoTrek bicycles from the property ofa Sunset Drive residence. Bicycleswere missing, each valued at $390.

Union• Mireille Armand was arrested

on June 3 at 5:05 p.m. on AndrewStreet for eluding and warrantsafter fleeing from a motor vehiclecheckpoint. He was also chargedwith aggravated assault.

• Dawn Mohrle was arrested onJune 2 at 5:34 p.m. on SpringfieldAvenue and was charged with pre-scription fraud.

• Akil Bowser was arrested onJune 2 at 12:53 a.m. on MorrisAvenue on a warrant during amotor vehicle stop.

• Three juvenile males werearrested on June I at 4:46 p.m. onAndress Terrace for burglary to agarage and warrants.

The information published inPolice Blotter is provided by localpolice departments in accordancewith the Open Public Records Act.All persons charged are presumedinnocent until proven guilty in acourt of law.

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