East Windsor Police Blotter: 2 DWI's, Storage Fire, Criminal Mischief

Driving While Intoxicated

Cameron Harper, 19, of Madison Drive, East Windsor, was arrested about 1 a.m. on Jan. 2 and charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving, failure to maintain a lane, and being under the influence of narcotics after Officer Troy McWhorter observed Harper’s 1998 Hyundai traveling on Town Center Road “in an erratic manner.”

McWhorter  initiated a traffic stop and detected an odor of burnt marijuana about Harper’s person.  Harper was given field sobriety tests and arrested for DWI.  He was later released pending court action.

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Criminal Mischief

Sometime between 8 p.m. on Jan. 1 and 8 a.m. on Jan. 2 someone used a “sharp object” to scratch a vehicle in the parking lot of the Princeton Arms North 2 apartment complex. Damage was estimated at $500.

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Driving While Intoxicated

Jimmie Bryant Jr., 56, of the Windsor Castle apartment complex in East Windsor, was arrested about 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 3 and charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving, obstructing traffic, making an unsafe lane change and making an illegal U-turn.

Officer Michael Adelung observed Bryant’s 2004 Infiniti traveling northbound on Route 130. “The vehicle made an illegal U-turn at Dutch Neck Road and continued to operate in an erratic manner.”

Adelung initiated a traffic stop and detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage about Bryant’s person. Bryant was given field sobriety tests and arrested for DWI. He was later released pending court action. 

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Fire

At 5:54 p.m. on Jan. 1, township police and firefighters from both East Windsor volunteer fire companies, Hightstown Fire Department and Robbinsville Fire Department were alerted to a fire in a storage shed on Conover Road. The cause of the fire was determined to be cardboard boxes placed too close to a space heater. Because the shed was constructed of cinder block, there was no structural damage. There were no injuries reported.

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Note: The preceding arrest information was supplied by the police department of East Windsor Township. It does not indicate a conviction.