Police Briefs

Assault

*According to Norristown police, Jared Beyer, 22, of 618 S. Second St. in Philadelphia, was transported by ambulance to Montgomery Hospital’s emergency room for medical clearance Friday, March 11, from Whitemarsh Township after an incident with police.

Police said Dr. David Zlotowski, 1301 Powell St., reported that, while attending to Beyer on Friday morning, Beyer became agitated and punched the doctor in the face, knocking him to the ground. Police reported Zlotowski suffered a bloody lip and sore neck from the incident.

*According to Norristown police, Jose M. Cordero, of Norristown, reported a broken driver’s door window in his 1998 white Ford Expedition sometime between midnight and 8 a.m. Friday, March 11.

In the police report, Cordero said the SUV was parked on 900 W. Airy St. at the time, and that he suspects his wife of inflicting the estimated $150 in damages. Police reported Cordero claimed that he saw his wife and her boyfriend in the area of the damaged vehicle, traveling in a green Pontiac.

*Norristown police reported that GuidePoint Systems, a stolen vehicle recovery service, contacted them to report a 2010 gray Toyota Camry, allegedly stolen out of Philadelphia, was located in the 600 block of Stanbridge Street. Police said they arrived on the scene, and found the vehicle parked and unoccupied.

According to police, Philadelphia requested the vehicle be preserved as evidence for latent fingerprints. Janeway Towing of Conshohocken towed the Camry, and police stored in a secure evidence garage. Police said they accompanied the transport and recorded its safe arrival in the evidence garage.

*According to Norristown police, Evelyn Augustine, 902 Cooke Lane, Norristown, reported an attempted phone scam Saturday, March 12, at 9:45 a.m. Police said Augustine reported being called by someone from Jamaica, according to her caller ID. The caller ID recorded no phone number.

The male caller, who made initial contact with Augustine three weeks before the police were alerted of the situation, would provide no contact information.

Police reported the unidentified male called the Augustine residence twice, claiming the Augustines had been awarded a large unspecified sum of money and that Augustine needed to send $400 for taxes before she could receive the monetary award.

Police said the second phone call, made on March 12 at 8:30 a.m., was from the same man, asking for $200 through Western Union for her awarded money to be sent to her from Florida UPS, escorted by the police, in a matter of two hours. According to police, Augustine again inquired for more information, and the man again refused to give any.

*Norristown police said April Perez, 359 E. Marshall St., Norristown, reported on the evening of Saturday, March 12, that Antonio Prince, 23, of Norristown, and several other individuals approached her at 41 E. Spruce St. and attempted to gain entry into the residence to fight with Perez’ boyfriend.

Police reported Perez and other females within the residence blocked the men’s entry into the home while Prince’s friend, an unknown male, continued to taunt Perez’s boyfriend, making threats.

According to police, the disturbance was reported by a third party, and when police arrived on scene, they said Prince was seen walking away from the southeast corner of Spruce at Willow Street.

*According to Norristown police, Mike Disanto, 2909 Sunset Ave., Norristown, reported a verbal altercation with a SEPTA train employee Saturday, March 12, at approximately 10 p.m.

The incident ended with the SEPTA employee throwing Disanto’s iPhone off the train and breaking it. Police said Disanto was then escorted from the train by SEPTA employees at the station at Main and Markley streets. Police reported estimated damages of $400.

*Norristown police reported that on Saturday, March 12 at 9:30 p.m., Sharon Stevenson, 1025 W. Main St., Norristown, awoke to find her kitchen window broken and the keys to her motor vehicle and her apartment missing. Police said her vehicle, a 2001 white Chevy Malibu, was missing from the location.

According to the police report, Stevenson believes her ex-boyfriend is responsible for the burglary.

*According to Norristown police, Sarvando Maldonado, 24, 403 W. Marshall St., Norristown, matched the description of someone who had broken into a 1986 white Oldsmobile by smashing the passenger window early in the morning on Saturday, March 12. Police said the radio had been ripped out of the dashboard during the theft, and the male responsible for the act was last seen walking through yards at 544 Hamilton, east toward Buttonwood.

According to the report, Maldonado was spotted in the 500 block of Noble Street, and he was stopped and detained. Police said a car radio was recovered from the ground approximately 10 feet behind Maldonado, and a wiring harness was recovered from his pocket.

A witness positively identified Maldonado as the man who had been seen walking away from the vehicle. At 5:59 a.m., Maldonado was taken into custody for theft.

*According to Norristown police, on Sunday, March 13 at 4:03 p.m., an orange 2009 Kia Rio was observed failing to stop at the stop sign located at Haws Avenue and West Oak Street.

Police said they caught up to the vehicle on the 400 block of West Elm Street, and during the routine traffic stop, noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Police reported asking the driver, Eric Gomsi, 27, 140 Drexel Road, Ardmore, to step out of the vehicle and for permission to search the vehicle.

Police searched the vehicle and found a metal grinder with a green, leafy residue inside and an empty, clear plastic container with a blue lid that had the odor of marijuana.

According to police, Gomsi admitted the items were his. Police said the items were confiscated for evidence and that Gomsi will receive a citation in the mail.

*According to Norristown police, on Saturday, March 12, at 6:30 a.m., a search warrant was served at 765 Astor St., Apartment 1. Police said Teman Adams, 21, 765 Astor St., Norristown, was apprehended walking out of the second-floor bedroom in which officers found a plastic sandwich bag containing 19 green and three blue bags of marijuana. Police reported finding digital scales next to the marijuana and in a dresser in the same room.

*According to Norristown police, officers were dispatched to the Mexican Paradise bar at 1100 Stanbridge St. on Saturday, March 12, at 12:25 a.m. Police said, upon arrival, Gerardo Arregin, 22, of Norristown, stood in a fighting stance, facing bar security.

According to police, the officer on the scene ordered Arregin to get to the ground just before Arregin turned to the officer in the same fighting stance and approached the officer. The police officer said Arregin smelled strongly of alcohol and was unsteady on his feet.

Upon Arregin’s approach, the officer stopped the offender with his leg. Police said Arregin attempted to get up and continue fighting, so the officer on-scene deployed a Taser gun at Arregin.

Police reported another officer arrived at the scene as Arregin adamantly resisted being put into handcuffs. According to police, another Taser deployment was necessary to get Arregin into handcuffs.

Police found a fraudulent Social Security card and a fraudulent Department of Homeland Security Permanent Resident Card on his person. Police said Arregin was placed in a cell to await processing and arraignment.

*Norristown police reported that while searching 515 Green St. for a wanted subject on Tuesday, March 8, at 6 p.m., they encountered Urbano Sanchez-Hernandez. Police said Sanchez-Hernandez pulled up to the residence in a pickup truck and, though he left upon seeing police in the residence, he was believed to be the wanted subject and was pursued by police. Police said officers asked for identification, and Sanchez-Hernandez produced a fraudulent Pennsylvania Identification Card.