Mantua Township patrol summary: Jan. 30 to Feb. 5

The following are on file at the Mantua Township Police Department.

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February 6, 2020

Jan. 30

Units responded to the super Wawa for an employee that found drugs in their store and wanted to turn it over to us.
Sgt. Murphy conducted a motor vehicle stop and arrested the driver for DUI.
Ptl. Oldrati conducted a motor vehicle stop and arrested an occupant for drug related charges.
Officers responded to a single vehicle crash on Jefferson Road in which a vehicle struck a pole, snapping it in half. The vehicle needed to be towed from the scene.
Ptl. Oldrati arrested a subject on outstanding warrants. He was processed and released.
A laptop was found on a road and turned into the department. It was discovered to have been stolen in November.
Units responded to a report of a vehicle burglary from Kohl’s in which a package was reportedly stolen from an unlocked vehicle. The caller later realized that the package was left at their house and there was no crime.
Patrols responded to a report of a missing person who returned a few hours later.

Jan. 31

Special Officer Flem conducted a motor vehicle stop and arrested the driver for DUI. Her BAC was found to be .14 percent.
Officers responded to a domestic between a couple that were both high. The female fought with officers and bit two officers and also assaulted EMS while she was being transported to the hospital.
Units responded to a crash on Center Street in the area of the Sewell Post Office.
Officers took a report for fraudulent Door Dash charges that were on his bank account.
Ptl. Mroz conducted a motor vehicle stop and arrested an occupant that had a warrant for his arrest for unpaid child support. He was processed and lodged in the county jail.

Feb. 1

Officers supervised community service workers who cleaned up litter along Jackson Road by Route 45.
Units responded to a minor crash in the parking lot of Lowe’s.
Officers took possession of a wallet that was found and turned in to the station.
Patrols served a temporary restraining order.
Units responded to a crash in Wenonah by Southwest Avenue.
Officers responded to a theft complaint in Wenonah for a report that the caller’s roommate had been stealing items from him.
Ptl. Mroz conducted a motor vehicle stop and arrested two occupants for outstanding warrants. Both were processed and released.
Ptl. Donovan and his K9 partner, Boomer, assisted Woodbury Police Department.
Units responded to numerous vehicles parked in a field off Heritage Road.
Officers took a report for theft for two dogs and tools that were taken from the victim.
Units responded to a subject that was trespassing on private property and was still on location. He was arrested and turned over to EMS to be transported to the hospital due to drug use.

Feb. 2

Ptl. Mroz and his K9 partner assisted Gloucester Township Police with a narcotics sniff in which there was a positive indication.
Officers supervised community service workers who cleaned up litter along Jackson Road in the area of Heritage Road.
Patrols responded to female that needed to go to crisis after a suicide attempt.
Ptl. Mroz conducted a motor vehicle stop and arrested two occupants for drug related charges. They were processed and released.

Feb. 3

Units responded to an overdose where the subject was given NARCAN. After the subject regained consciousness and refused to go to the hospital, he was arrested for outstanding warrants.
Officers took a report for trespassing at East Coast Steel that had occurred over the weekend.
Patrols cleaned up debris in the roadway in front of Home Depot.
Officers responded to a minor crash that occurred on Glassboro Road at Lambs Road.
Ptl. Oldrati conducted a motor vehicle stop and arrested an occupant for outstanding warrants. He was processed and released.

Feb. 4

Units responded to a minor crash on Candlewood Drive.
Patrols responded to a missing person report but it turned out the person was arrested and in the county jail.
Officers responded to a crash on Center Street in the area of New Street.
Patrols responded to an elderly female that had passed but CPR was in progress.
Ptl. Oldrati conducted a motor vehicle stop and arrested an occupant for an outstanding warrant. He was processed, posted bail and released.
Units responded to a minor crash at the super Wawa where one driver was yelling at the other and causing a disturbance.
Officers responded to a dog that bit another dog in the Centre City development.
Patrols responded to a crash involving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on private property that ran into a parked car.
There was a report that was a male was attempting to commit suicide by jumping off an overpass onto Route 55. Units checked all surrounding overpasses, but could not locate anyone.
Officers responded to a single vehicle crash involving a deer on Mantua Boulevard by the railroad bridge.
Patrols responded to a report of a domestic involving their neighbors but when the police arrived, we found an argument, but nothing physical.
Officers moved about 60 cars that were loitering in the old Kmart parking lot.
Units responded to a shoplifting at Walgreens where the male fled prior to our arrival.

Feb. 5

Units responded to a report of a domestic between a couple that was called in by a neighbor but they left prior to police arrival.
Ptl. Donovan and his K9 partner, Boomer, assisted Harrison Township Police Department with a search of the middle school for a received threat.
Units took a report for a found wallet on Center Street.
Patrols took a report of a utility trailer from Big Al’s Buy and Sell on Route 45.
Officers took a report for harassment between an estranged couple. A restraining order was requested, but denied by the judge.
Units responded to a second report of domestic harassment. The victim signed a complaint for harassment and a request for a restraining order was granted.
Patrols responded to Rite Aid on Route 45 for two subjects attempting to purchase items with counterfeit money.
The same subjects from the Rite Aid attempted to buy items from the Dollar General but were also turned down.
Ptl. Crispin conducted a motor vehicle stop and arrested an occupant for an outstanding warrant. He was processed and released.