Crime & Safety
Verona Police Blotter
Theft from vehicle, burglary, multiple criminal mischief incidents highlight weekly report.

The following reports were prepared by the Verona Police Department and do not necessarily indicate a conviction.
12/22/2011
10:16 AM Officer Joel Martin arrested Jordan Hillman of Montclair on an outstanding Warrant from the Roseland Municipal Court. Subject was processed and released with a January court date.
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3:05 PM Officer Page Parsels took a report of a theft from a Bloomfield Avenue business.
3:52 PM While officers were responding to a burglar alarm at a Mountain Road residence Officer Tim Banta observed a suspicious male walking on Mountain Road. The subject was stopped while additional officers responded to check the house with the alarm. Officers located a broken window in the rear of the home. After further investigation the subject Andrew Goldberg was arrested and charged with 3 counts of burglary, 2 counts of receiving stolen property, 2 counts of possession of burglary tools and one count of drug paraphernalia. Subject was transferred to the Essex County Correctional facility and is being held on $150,000.
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12/23/2011
12:28 PM Officer Banta took a report of a lost wallet in the Pilgrim Plaza
12/25/2011
1:12 PM Officer Mike Barone took a report of a dispute on Verona Place
4:33 PM Officer Barone took a report of an attempted burglary at a Cresthill Road residence.
12/26/2011
8:50 AM Officer Anthony O’Connor took a report of burglaries to three motor vehicles on Durrell Street.
9:43 AM Officer O’Connor took a report of criminal mischief on Green Acres Drive.
10:37 AM Officer Martin took a report of property damage at a Kenwood Road residence.
12:27 PM Officer Martin took a report of a burglary to a motor vehicle on Ann Street.
3:30 PM Officer Parsels took a report of a burglary to a motor vehicle on Forest Avenue.
4:18 PM Officer Parsels took a report of a stolen motor vehicle and a burglary to a motor vehicle from a Cypress Avenue residence.
4:26 PM Officer Barone took a report of a burglary to a motor vehicle on Cypress Avenue.
7:52 PM Officer Barone took a report of criminal mischief at a Bloomfield Avenue business.
9:09 PM Officer Barone took a report of criminal mischief at a Bloomfield Avenue business.
12/27/2011
9:41 AM Officer William Frazee took a report of Criminal Mischief at a Linden Avenue residence.
1:56 PM Officer Martin took a report of a fraud from a Grove Avenue business.
2:08 PM Officer Frazee took several criminal mischief reports from Park Avenue residents.
2:41 PM Officer Barone took a report of lost property from a Linden Avenue resident.
12/28/2011
1:38 PM Officer O’Connor took a report of criminal mischief at a Martin Road residence.
2:56 PM Officer Barone took a report of Criminal Mischief at a Cambridge Rd residence.
7:31 PM Officer Parsels took a report of fraud from a Durrell St resident.
12/29/2011
8:40 PM Officer Dave Wardrope took a report of a burglary at a Crestmont Place residence.
11:40 PM Officers Wardrope and Condorelli responded to East Orange Police Department and took Jimmy Stevenson into custody on a Verona Warrant. After processing subject was transferred to the Essex County Correction Facility.
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