As the song goes, if you like it then you should have put an egg on it. That is the lyric, right? No? Then what on earth was this guy thinking? South Brunswick police say things went a little rotten when a ... let's call him an enthusiastic fan ... just wouldn't stay away from a mobile home park where Beyonce was shooting a new music video. The man was first asked to leave the set of the video by the mobile home community's staff after he was yelling and acting out, police said. They said he appeared intoxicated, but friends agreed to drive him home. "At first he was yelling that he wanted to…

Cops say this crime had Andrea Bove's name written all over it. No, really. They literally mean his name was written down on the evidence. While patrolling the old Essex County Hospital Center on Fairview Avenue in Cedar Grove, officers noticed an open door and investigated further, police said Working with the Essex County Sheriff's Department, they found two lengths of freshly cut copper pipe, and a bucket of tools nearby, police said. Officers were getting ready to search the rest of the building when two men emerged from a wooded area nearby, police said. Both readily admitted removing …

You think you've been hot and uncomfortable this past week? Just be glad you're not covered with fur. The heat got to be too much to bear for one, well, bear, as a Dana Strus of North Caldwell learned. She looked out her window Tuesday and saw a black bear in her yard splashing around in her pool. The mother of one (with another on the way) did what one does in 2011 when something odd happens—she stepped out onto the patio to photograph and video her new friend Fozzie (and, lucky us, she was kind enough to share the video with Patch). We can only imagine that 20 minutes later, the bear's …

We need one of two things: smaller trucks or larger overpasses. At least, that seems to be the case in Chatham Borough, where too-tall trucks seem to have a habit of trying to squeeze through too-small spaces—one in particular. Chatham Borough Police said this past week a truck suffered extensive damage after the driver tried to cross under the train overpass on Watchung Avenue. But that tidbit probably didn't feel like news to a lot of people in Chatham. After all, back in mid-May, Chatham Patch ran a similar article: Truck Strikes Watchung Avenue Overpass. And just a few weeks before that: …

Somebody did something bad to someone else who was sort of related to the first guy, but maybe not. That's about as far as our brains got when trying to make sense of a case where a 25-year-old Deptford man pleaded guilty to attacking someone else at with a knife a baby shower. In his plea, the man said the victim “was beating up on my little sister and a fight broke out”–a fight that led to the victim receiving a chest laceration, a broken rib and a collapsed lung. Ok. We're following it so far. But the next few details, courtesy of West Deptford Patch, had us struggling to understand the …

We're just glad Patch isn't delivered in trucks. It means we get to avoid this sort of stuff. A Clementon Borough man was charged recently with stealing a newspaper delivery truck from a Wawa store in Gloucester Township. When officers watched him pull away from his own home in the truck, police said, they pulled him over. Police said the man then attempted to run over a railroad embankment, nearly striking police officers and crashing into an unmarked Gloucester Township Police vehicle occupied by two detectives. The truck nearly rolled over onto its side, according to police. One thing was …

If a Woodbridge man did everything police say he did, he was just asking to get in trouble. Really, really asking for it. According to East Windsor police, the man first caught their attention when he called 911 to say a large building was going to be destroyed—a bogus claim. He was quickly identified and arrested, police said. But after he was released, the alleged incidents got a little more outlandish. The next was at a bank. According to Marc LeMieux, director of major crimes at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office: “He said, ‘Nobody move,’ so everyone looks at him, everyone stops. …

There are easier ways to get into a woman's hotel room. From a recent story in Toms River Patch: "Toms River Police are investigating how or why a car entered the Holiday Inn at 290 Route 37 early Sunday morning." (We're guessing pressure to the gas pedal had something to do with it.) Police said a 19-year-old staying at the hotel after a prom was sitting in a parked 1999 Mercedes Benz, then crashed it through a window into a room where a 77-year-old woman was sleeping. The woman was trapped between the car and a wall for 20 minutes, until fire department members could rescue her, police said…

There's something to be said for commitment. Although, in this case, we're talking about the term in the sense used to describe what happens to someone when he or she is locked away. As in two Montclair men could be committed to jail for a pretty unbelievable alleged theft. Police say two men they've caught and another they haven't yet stole a heating boiler from a multi-family house. But this wasn't some new-in-the-box boiler waiting for installation in the backyard, or a piece of  junk awaiting the right time for proper disposal. This thing was hooked up, and in the house. Police say the …

Usually, libraries like to see families get involved in their activities. But the Montclair Public Library probably would have taken a pass on the family fun last Tuesday. Police in Montclair said they arrested three juveniles who were becoming disruptive. But things got really out of hand, police say, when one of the teens' mothers showed up on the scene, none too happy her child was about to be taken away in handcuffs. A few key lines from Montclair Patch's report on the incident: [The mother allegedly] became enraged and leapt toward one of the officers, attempting to push him out of the …

Maybe someone's just looking for a little support. Don't suppose you've been planning on shopping for bras at the Victoria's Secret in the Quaker Bridge Mall? They're having trouble keeping them in stock. Really On April 8, police were alerted to the theft of about $1,000 worth of merchandise from the store. Then on April 12, police were told 20 bras in sizes 36B and 36C had been stolen from the store sometime that day, a collective value of about $900. And then next day, another 20 bras went missing from a display area, at a cost of about $1,100. Then finally, on April 15, someone stole …

Let's be delicate here, and just file this one under crimes "OMGs From NJ PDs"does not recommend you try. (Official disclaimer: "OMGs from NJ PDs" does not endorse any crime at all, no matter how minor, or occasionally funny, and also thinks you should call your mom more often.) Teaneck police arrested a 54-year-old Bogota man after store surveillance at a CVS allegedly caught him putting more than $100 worth of razors down his pants. The man was later spotted by police and identified by an employee of the CVS, authorities said; he was charged with shoplifting. Now to be clear, these were …

Who were those masked men? Violent robbers who caused commotion and damage as they made off with more than $1 million in Rolex watches and other high-end jewelry, police say. Wyckoff police said four masked men showed up at Hartgers, located at 699 Wyckoff Avenue, for a brazen robbery that sounds like something out of one of those movie scenes with high-energy Beastie Boys music and unnecessary freeze frames.  "They had pillow cases and scooped up as much as they could before fleeing," Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. "The way they did this coming in, watching the tape, it was very …

At least he had hands-on experience. The owner of  Cranford Plumbing, Heating & Cooling told police late last month that overnight, someone had taken copper tubing from his company vehicle. But while police were keeping an eye out for suspects, one walked right in the business's front door. Police say a 19-year-old showed up looking for a job at the business, which would have been usual enough—if the owner didn't recognize the teen as the same person seen on surveillance video taking the copper. So the owner once again called the coppers ... er, cops ... and they stopped the teen's vehicle …

This is perfectly OK to have shipped to your home. This gets you in a little bit more trouble. But police say a South Brunswick man still attempted the latter (can't be bothered to click the links? They say he had pot delivered to his home). South Brunswick police reportedly received a tip that drugs were to be shipped to a Northumberland Way, South Brunswick, address. So Edison and South Brunswick police intercepted the package at a facility in Edison. The contents of the package included a safe that contained marijuana, police said.  Officers then went undercover and delivered the package …

Police are used to talking about a lot of things—public safety hazards, drug-dealing, drunk driving, unruly behaviour and so on. You know what they don't spend a lot of time talking about? Shoes. Yet Lawrence Township police spokesman Lt. Charles Edgar had to make an exception this week. First, he told Patch about an incident in which a shoplifting suspect allegedly ran from police as he left Quaker Bridge Mall with a bunch of clothing from Victoria's Secret. At some point during the chase, the man's sneakers fell right off his feet—which perhaps made him easier to catch just a few minutes …

Every parent's been there. You're rushing to get out of the house for the family portrait at Grandma's or a playdate. You're already 10 minutes late. And everyone's ready except your precious little tyke or tykette—who absolutely refuses to get dressed. You pull your little buddle of joy's pants up, and he or she promptly pulls them down. You try to reason, and your little prince or princess starts the tantrum. You just can't win (well, not until you realize you're bigger than your toddler and can just pick him or her up). Security officers at the Quaker Bridge Mall experienced a similar …

When Kinnelon police showed up at a home March 1, all they wanted was to serve a traffic warrant. They left with a man in custody on charges he had an assault rifle, which police said was loaded and ready to fire. Police say when they arrived, they found the man in a common hallway of his building, and told him about the traffic warrant. But the man wasn't wearing any shoes, and asked if he could step inside to get them before heading to the station, police said. Only then, the man slammed his door in an officer's face, and refused to come out, police said. Police talked to the man through …

Often, the police-related news that catches our eye for Patch's weekly "OMGs from NJ PDs" is, well, a little silly. For instance, we tell you a lot about people who allegedly accidentally set the wrong houses on fire, who allegedly leave tracks in the snow leading to their homes after robberies, or who allegedly try to run over parking enforcement officers (which, by the way, will not get you out of a ticket). But any cops-related news that stands out may make the cut—including acts of heroism. Verona Patch reported on Feb. 22 that when Paul DeCaito heard his friend's mother screaming that …

OK, no one likes getting a parking ticket. But some people take it a little more personally than others. Montclair police are searching for a woman they say tried to run over the parking enforcement officer who left a ticket on her car. The parking enforcement officer told police she was issuing the summons for a black Nissan Sentra when she was confronted by a woman saying she would not pay the ticket. The enforcement officer placed the ticket on the windshield of the car, but the woman removed the ticket and threw it to the ground before entering her vehicle. The woman then exited the car, …