Identity Theft Costs Woman $1,500: Princeton Police

PRINCETON, NJ — Someone stole a woman’s identity at a local Wal-Mart and proceeded to rack up a nearly $1,500 bill the same day, according to police. The woman told Princeton police that she received a bill for a Walmart credit card that she never opened in the amount of $1,494.53.

She had gone shopping at the Walmart on Nassau Park Boulevard on July 27. The fraudulent card that she reported to police was used at the same Walmart on the same day, police said.

It was one of the items that showed up on the Princeton Police Department’s weekly log posted on the town’s website. All incidents are merely accusations, and those accused are considered innocent unless and until proven guilty.

A man told police that between 9:10 p.m. and 9:20 p.m. on Aug. 13, two mountain bikes were stolen from outside his home on the 300 block of Nassau Street. One was a light blue Trek worth $120 and the other was a black Schwinn worth $80.

Jacob Neuls, 21, of Trenton, was arrested for having several outstanding warrants from multiple jurisdictions totaling $3,200 after a car in which he was a passenger was stopped for driving without headlights on the 100 block of Stockton Street at 2:07 a.m. on Aug. 15. He was taken to police headquarters, where he was processed and released on his own recognizance by the following courts: Chesterfield Township $1,250; North Hanover $1,250; Beach Haven Boro $200; and Bordentown $500.

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