A Nutley teen reported missing on Thursday, June 26, is back safe, police said.
Eva Simon, 14, returned home on Friday to get some clothes and officers picked her up on Washington Ave., according to Sgt. Anthony Montanari.
June 22
Someone removed the rear bumper from a 2004 silver Subaru Impreza parked on Stager St. and left it on the steps next to the front entrance of the victim’s residence during the night. Police said there were handprints on the vehicle’s roof and small dents on the hood.
June 23
At 1:29 a.m., police responded to the New Jersey Transit Garage on Washington Ave. on a report of criminal mischief. At the location, police found a homeless man with several big cuts to his face and pieces of glass in his hair and luggage cart and a broken glass pane at the bus stop waiting area. The man told police he was resting in the bus stop, heard the sound of glass breaking and noticed he was bleeding.
A San Antonio Ave. resident reported that, since May, the block has experienced several incidents of flat, punctured and slashed tires on parked vehicles. Police said they have no suspects at this time.
June 24
A Washington Ave. resident reported an illegal dumping incident. The resident told police that for the second straight week, during the late hours on Monday into Tuesday, someone has been tossing garbage at their curbside. In the most recent episode, Police said they found multiple empty boxes of Dixie Belle peaches and Del Monte Gold pineapples at the location.
At 1:01 p.m., police were sent to a Franklin Ave. business where the front door window had been shattered from the outside, causing an estimated $500 in damage.
June 25
An intruder broke into a Passaic Ave. apartment and, once inside, pushed the thermostat all the way up for high heat, the tenant told police. Police surmised that the burglar entered through a window near the rear door of the building. Police said they found two clear handprints on the window, indicating that the intruder pushed it open, breaking both panes, reached through and unlocked a storm window to gain entry. It appeared that nothing was missing and it’s unclear how the intruder got out, police said. The incident was logged at 1:33 a.m.
A resident parked their vehicle in a High St. lot and, upon returning, noticed that a tire rim was bent, leading the resident to suspect that someone tried to pry off the hubcab. Police received the report at 11:50 a.m.
At 5:30 p.m., a Hagert St. tenant called police about a burglary. Upon returning home, the resident said they found their bedroom closet door open and a guitar and case, both valued at more than $2,000, missing. Police believe the thief got in through the apartment’s rear window. Detectives are investigating.
While on patrol, at 10:48 p.m., police noticed a water fountain in Flora Louden Park on Hancox Ave. spouting water. After discovering that the spigot had been damaged, police alerted Parks Department personnel responded to shut off the water.
June 26
At 6:27 a.m., patrol units found that someone had used what appeared to be blue spray paint to write graffiti in various locations of Yanticaw Park off Vincent Place. Police said that words they described as “foul, discriminatory, and too distasteful to print” were painted on the pedestrian bridge, the bridge wall, park benches and a concrete pad. Police notified the Essex County Sheriff’s Office of the incident.
At 11:14 a.m., police responded to the AT&T site on Cook Road on a report of theft. A company employee told police that while making his rounds, noticed that two copper ground plates, valued at $100 apiece, had been stolen. Police said the equipment is surrounded by a fence and a gate, which was locked when the employee arrived to conduct his check.
At 7:38 p.m., a Stager St. resident reported the theft of a white iPad Mini, a black Samsung Galaxy phone and a black iPod Touch, with a combined value of about $1,182, from their home.
June 27
Between 2:15 and 2:50 a.m., police received reports of car alarms set off along Cathedral, Glendale and Grant Aves. A Grant Ave. resident told police they saw two individuals running from behind their vehicle after the alarm had sounded. One was described as a heavyset black male, bald and wearing a dark-colored T-shirt and light-colored shorts. Police said they noticed no damage to any of the vehicles whose alarms had sounded and no entry was made to the car parked on Grant.
– Ron Leir
