Crime & Safety
South Orange Police Blotter: Armed Robbery on W. Third Street
The following arrest information was supplied by the South Orange police department. It does not indicate a conviction.
- Jonathan Powell, 23, of South Orange, was arrested on April 10 at 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of Ward Pl. and Gardner Ave. after an officer conducting a field inquiry discovered that Powell had an outstanding warrant issued out of South Orange for his arrest.
- A Walton Road resident said that during the overnight of April 10, someone entered his 2011 Toyota and removed $10 in cash after ransacking the inside of the car.
- An Audley Street resident said that during the overnight of April 10, someone entered his 2009 Subaru and ransacked the inside of the car. No items were stolen.
- A South Orange resident said that at approximately 8:35 a.m. on April 12, he was robbed at gun point while walking east on W. Third Street toward the train station. The victim said that the robber was standing on the street with a large revolver and demanded the victim’s phone and wallet. He then fled the scene in an older model black Nissan Maxima. The robber is described as a black male, approximately 6'3" in height, with a slender build and was observed wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black cargo pants, and a black ski mask.
- John Desimone Jr., 18, of Providence, RI and Michael Costello, 19, of Midland Park, were arrested on April 12 at 8:15 p.m. after officers saw them leave University Liquors on South Orange Ave. with alcoholic beverages.
- A resident of an apartment complex located on South Orange Ave., adjacent to Fairview Ave., said that between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on April 12, someone entered her apartment and stole an Xbox, an HP laptop and a change jar that contained approximately $100 in coins. There were no signs of forced entry into the apartment. The victim said when she arrived home she found the front door to be open.
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