New Business Reports Credit Card Fraud

Editor's note: The Warren Township Police release information on significant events Monday through Friday, after review by senior officers. Check the "Morning Call" for department activities and crime reports as released by the department (No article is posted when no activity is reported).  Each report includes a statement noting charges against individuals are accusations and until proven guilty, anyone charged is presumed innocent in court.

March 7

A representative of Bounce Factory, on Mount Bethel Road, reported a fraudulent $528 credit card charge had been made to a company account overseas.

***

No injuries were reported following an accident at Liberty Corner Road, near Route 78, after a vehicle driven by Raul Giron, 27, of Silver Springs, Md., hit a vehicle driven by Louise Fellers, 50, of Morris Plains, at noon.

March 6

Jose Ayala, 34, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was charged with shoplifting at 2:19 p.m. after police receoved a report from the Walgreen's Pharmacy, in the Pheasant Run Shopping Center. Ayala was taken to Somerset County Jail, in lieu of a $1,500 bail.

March 5

No injuries were reported after a vehicle driven by Elisa Calderone, 58, of Warren, hit a vehicle driven by Donna Steffes, 55, also of Warren, as the vehicles travled Liberty Corner Road, near I-78, at about 7:50 a.m.

***

A Mt. Bethel Road business reported the theft of copper pipe valued at about $700. The report was made at 12:59 p.m.

***

Police reponded to an accident at 1:24 p.m. on Mountain Boulevard, near Mt. Bethel Road, after a vehicle driven by Charles Everett, 54, of Bridgewater, struck a vehicle driven by Betty Gallagher, 78, of Martinsville. No injuries were reported in the incident.