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Police Blotter

Routine Arrests Dominate the Week

July 14

  • Keith Anderson, 41, of Plainfield was arrested at the Plainfield Police Department on an outstanding Westfield warrant in the amount of $500.
  • Benito Merino was arrested on Westfield and New Brunswick warrants, and posted bail.

July 15

  • Jimmy Smith, Jr. was arrested on a $500 Springfield warrant.
  • Robert Carter, 53, of Westfield was arrested on the 200 block of Cacciola Place following an investigation that showed several outstanding warrants. The warrants were a $948 warrant from Cranford, a $553 warrant from Garwood and a $500 warrant from Newark. He was also charged with obstruction of justice in Westfield and bail was set at $1,000. He was held on default of bail.
  • David M. Gibson, 48, of Westfield was charged with DWI during a motor vehicle stop at Rahway Avenue and Grove Street.

July 17

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  • Alice Ginelin, 54, of Westfield was arrested on a $42 Garwood warrant.

July 18

  • Johnnie Stanley, 51, of Westfield was arrested on a $1,000 Woodbridge warrant, a $500 Union Township warrant, and a $200 Springfield warrant during a motor vehicle stop at South Avenue West and Westfield Avenue.
  • Beau Lia, 19, of Fanwood was arrested on a Garwood warrant in the amount of $200.
  • Rasheeda McNair Poindexter, 27, of Elizabeth was arrested on an $89 Elizabeth warrant during a motor vehicle stop on South Avenue East and Windsor.

July 19

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  • John Berry, 28, of Clark was arrested on the 200 block of Tuttle Parkway on a Cranford warrant following a motor vehicle stop.


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