Feb. 21
Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident, at 11:38 p.m., on Orient Way near Valley Brook Ave., where the driver of a 1997 Acura had allegedly struck a 2013 Honda and 2005 BMW while they were parked on Orient Ave. Police said they found the driver, Joanna Santos, 36, of Lyndhurst, at the scene, standing outside her car. After she was charged with DWI and careless driving, Santos was released to a responsible party, police said. The Acura and Honda were towed away.
Feb. 23
At 8:43 p.m., police said they stopped a motor vehicle traveling on Rutherford Ave. after determining the vehicle had an expired registration. Police also charged the driver, Raymond Sokoloff, 27, of Pompton Plains, with possession of suspected marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia (baggies).
While on patrol in Bergen County Park, at 8:52 p.m., police said they came upon a parked, unoccupied 2003 Nissan in the parking lot with its windows down and detected an odor of suspected marijuana from inside the car. Police said they found three individuals nearby in the park and charged one, Al-Fahtir Anthony, 18, of Nutley, with possession of drug paraphernalia (a grinder). The other two were not charged, police said.
Feb. 25
A report of a burglary to a garage brought police to a residence in the 800 block of Pennsylvania Ave., at 4:53 p.m. Police said the resident reported that a snow blower and power washer had been removed from the garage which is attached to the house. Police said they found no sign of forced entry.
Feb. 26
Police responded to 68 Summit Ave., at 8:11 a.m., on a report of theft from a motor vehicle. The owner of a 2009 Toyota parked in a residential driveway told police they found the front driver’s side door open, the interior contents strewn about and an Exxon Mobil credit card missing. Police said the vehicle wasn’t locked.
At 7:05 p.m., police were called to the 200 block of Park Ave. on a report that a vehicle had struck a parked car and left the scene. Police said that, because of the damage sustained by the traveling vehicle, a 2001 Chevrolet pickup, they were able to follow the marks left by a dangling truck part in the road to the 300 block of Watson Ave. where they arrested the driver, Michael Martin, 50, of Ringwood, on charges of DWI, careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. The pickup was towed from the scene, police said.
–Ron Leir
