Long Valley Woman Accused of Trespassing in Hackettstown Home

A Long Valley woman with a spate of criminal history in recent years was arrested and charged with criminal trespass of a Hackettstown home over the weekend.

At 6:51 p.m. on Saturday, police responded to a home on Monroe Street for a report of an unwanted person in the residence, Sgt. Darren Tynan said.

Upon arrival, police found Karen Addeo, 39, inside the home despite being told previously she was not allowed to be there, Tynan said.

Addeo was charged with criminal trespass and released.

The Long Valley resident was arrested in 2011 for allegedly kicking a Washington Township police officer in the groin while being assisted after a fall. She was charged in that incident with aggravated assault on a police officer.

In May of that year, when Washington Township police were responding to a call for an intoxicated and disorderly person, they found Addeo in a Glen Ridge Drive home. During an investigation she allegedly threatened to kill an officer.

Less than a year later, in April 2012, Addeo was found “slumped” over the steering wheel of her car, while the vehicle was still in gear but stuck on the side of Fairmount Road. An investigation revealed Addeo had allegedly consumed alcohol and “a large amount of prescription drugs” in that incident. Addeo was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, consuming alcohol in a vehicle, and failure to keep right.