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 …

Which is more punishing—the law or a scorned spouse? Springfield police say one man was betting on the latter, when he allegedly lied to them about being robbed. It turns out, police say, the man had been at a go-go bar in Newark, and got lost driving home, eventually winding up in Springfield. When his wife became worried he was late, she kept calling him, and he eventually told her he'd just been robbed at gunpoint—rather than admit he was at the go-go bar, police said. But things got a little more complicated when the wife offered to call 911 for the man, police said. He instead told her …

Everyone knows smoking real pot can get you in trouble with the law. But apparently, smoking the fake stuff can get you in trouble with your landscaper. At least, that's what we imagine might have happened to two men South Brunswick Police met recently. The Kendall Park pair called 911 to say they were in need of help after smoking an herbal blend called K2, often described as a "synthetic cannabis." The Drug Enforcement Agency has been closely investigating synthetic cannabis and several states have already banned its usage. From South Brunswick Patch's report: "According to police, one of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

A Hillsborough man can say without any argument he absolutely, certainly, positively, did not set fire to his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend's house. But it wasn't for lack of trying, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office. And the man was indicted this past week on a charge of second-degree arson that could lead to as much as 10 years in prison. Prosecutors say the man did indeed set fire to a home on Fox Chase Run in Hillsborough, looking to get back at his ex and her new man. The only problem (OK, not the only problem)? It was the wrong house. The person who actually lives…

We're beginning to notice a pattern. Whenever we do our "OMGs from NJ PDs"—a weekly roundup of the wacky, the stunning, the surprising, and the sometimes silly police-related news to come out of New Jersey—East Windsor Patch has a a couple of headsmackers to offer up. Maybe it's that the police in East Windsor and the surrounding towns are particularly on top of their game. Maybe it's that the alleged criminal element, well ... isn't. Case in point: Hightstown police said they arrested six people for drug possession on Jan. 22. Seems straightforward enough, no? But police say they became …

There are a lot of tools you can use against repossession of your property: debt negotiation, a good lawyer ... ... an axe ... Wait, what? Bridgewater police say that's the tool one resident chose when her vehicle was being taken in mid-January. She's accused of attacking a tow truck with the axe, in an attempt to free her vehicle.  The woman was  processed for a charge of disorderly conduct, and her car was towed away. Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs …

  Ever use your phone in the bathroom? That's sort of icky. But don't worry too much—Montclair police say you've been out-icked. They arrested a 26-year-old man on invasion of privacy charges Tuesday after he allegedly left his phone—with its camera—tucked inside a tissue box in the women's bathroom of an A&P. A female employee noticed the tissue box, with a small hole in it, on the top of the toilet tank, police said.  OMG, that is I-C-K-Y.  Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout …

Police deal with a lot that's dangerous, that's tragic, that's difficult ... and a lot that just makes you do a double-take and ask: "Really?" We're focusing on the latter below, in our new weekly feature, "OMGs from NJ PDs." It's a peek at some of the more surprising, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported by New Jersey Patch sites over the last week. He Didn't Cover His Tracks, Literally: New Milford cops showed up in Oradell just before the New Year to help investigate a break-in at a service station. One clue stood out: tracks in the snow leading in and out of …