Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the recent reports: Book 'Em: A former Richard Stockton College of New Jersey employee has been charged with stealing more than $300 worth of textbooks from a student's backpack and then selling them back to the college bookstore. Maybe we can classify this one under intellectual property theft. D'ough! Lots of criminals steal dough. But usually, not the literal kind. Bistro 1051 of Clark had seen its …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the recent reports: There's a Time and A Place ... to have marijuana, and according to the law, it's California after you develop a serious medical condition. But it's most certainly not the Cedar Grove courthouse, where police say a woman brought pot in her purse. She was caught after she triggered a metal detector alert and her purse was searched, police said. Next time, she'll leave the nail clippers …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the recent reports: You Don't Tug on Superman's Cape, Installment No. 98320B: Here's the OMG Criminal Mastermind Tip of the Week: Don't commit crimes. Tip No. 2: If you do commit a crime, don't get arrested. Tip No. 3: If you do get arrested, try not to make it worse for yourself by giving the cops a hard time. Tip No. 4: If you do give the cops a hard time, expect to find yourself in the OMGs. …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the recent reports: Climbing the Walls: It's no secret that people get a little rowdy during some of the state's large St. Patrick's Day celebrations. But the Hoboken LepreCon earns some special recognition for one police report of a man climbing the wall of a building, apparently thinking he was Spider-Man. Over the course of the day, police made 18 arrests, including of one person allegedly so drunk …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the recent reports: You've Got a (Hic) Friend: You've got to admire their ambition, if not their judgment. Police say one drunk Long Valley man tried to help out another—and the result was two crashed cars. The first man drunkenly hit a deer, police say. The second man drove a Jeep to the first's house—and crashed a jeep on the way, according to police. They then took a third vehicle (belonging to the …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the reports from this week: What Goes Around: A good hotel won't have any problem holding onto valuables for you—maybe you need a safe place to store your keys, or your jewelry, or something else you hold near and dear. But when one customer asked a Sleep Inn in Cinnaminson to hold onto a hypodermic needle, things seemed a bit off, police said. The man was charged with drug possession and paraphernalia …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Well, most weeks. Truth is, this week's been kind of slow. So we're peering over the New York border and borrowing some news from our friends at Patch sites serving the Hudson Valley—which just happen to run their own OMG-like column, "Unusual Suspects." If you thought Jersey could get wacky, read for some dispatches from our friends across the river. How Beastly: It's hard to get a lot of information about an …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the reports from this week: A 'Lion' Can Spread Halfway Around Town Before the Truth Gets its Boots on: Just so you know, there aren't any tigers running loose in Barnegat. In case you were wondering. That's the word put out by police, who say a massive misunderstanding made  its way onto the Internet, causing trepidation throughout town. Here's how it all started: Sheriff's officers went to a township …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Closet Criminals: They say if you've done nothing wrong, you have no reason to hide ... really badly. Tell that to the eventual arrestees reportedly found under a pile of clothing trying to evade police, or sneaking into a closet while burglarizing a home after the residents start investigating. Police in Barnegat and Toms River say they ran into those two scenerios, as the Shore-area criminal element has, …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Victoria's Secret ... Is that She's Got Heroin: When police arrested a woman in Little Silver for alleged shoplifting, they reportedly found she had more than illicit behavior to hide. Police say the woman was hiding decks of heroin under her bra. What ever happened to tissue paper? Who Says You Can't Bring a Knife to a Gunfight? We thought we were really clever with that line until we realized a Trenton …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." A Little Help From Our Friends: Usually, we handle the sarcasm and snippiness ourselves when looking over the week's wacky police news. But a few readers of Toms River Patch made us smirk after they read a report someone had stolen an 8-foot ice cream-store sign. "G" asks "Why would that savage steal a Salty's Ice Cream sign?" Fellow reader "No Name" (probably not his or her real name) follows up with "... and …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports: Oh, Deer: The bargains at Goodwill are so good, not even wild animals can resist. One made a surprise appearance at the Woodbury Heights Goodwill store on Mantua Pike last week. Video from the store's surveillance system (which you can see at West Deptford Patch) shows two deer streaking across the parking lot after dodging traffic on Mantua Pike. One veers away from the building, …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports: No Good Deed: West Deptford police say a homeowner showed some kindness to a woman whose car had broken down—and paid for it. The woman allegedly learned, while getting help from the homeowner, that the homeowner would be away for a day—and broke into the homeowner's house. Police say the woman took an iPad, jewelry and other goods, but was caught after the items were found at a …

A lot of big things happened. This post isn't about them. Because fortunately for the OMGs from NJ PDs column writer(s), a lot of strange, surprising, stunning and sometimes silly stuff happened too, in towns throughout New Jersey. This year, OMGs started up, collecting some of the biggest head-smackers around the state into a weekly digest for your, um, weekly digestion. You're welcome. Some of the stories that caught our eye this year: (Big, big OMG-please-don't-sue-us disclaimer: The following accounts reflect incidents as reported by police and other authorities shortly after they …

Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Here are a couple of the reports: Burned: A call to Kinnelon police by a homeowner complaining of a strange, possibly burning, odor resulted in the same woman’s arrest after authorities found a glass pipe packed with marijuana in her nightstand, police said. Firefighters even used an infrared camera to locate the possible fire — which led them to the alleged pot. Young at Heart: Never let it be said that …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports: Feeling Possessive: The right way to dispute a vehicle repossession is to take it up with the creditor, or even legal authorities if you think the creditor's out of line. But the wrong way is to make a getaway with the car and run over the repo man's foot. Toms River police say a resident chose poorly when faced with that particular set of options. Ho Ho Ho? Against a backdrop of …

Each week, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of this week's reports: From Carjack Victim to Action Hero: A woman got crafty and clever when her vehicle was carjacked in South Orange, and she was forced to drive into Newark. She got a sheriff’s officer’s attention — by ramming the cop's vehicle with her car, according to police. Following the crash, the carjacker ran off, but a suspect was caught a few hours later, police said. Here's Hoping the Next 7…

Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Here are a couple of the reports: When Robbing a Store Becomes a 'Hazard:' A tip to would-be thieves: Don't leave the hazard lights on to the getaway vehicle while committing a robbery. According to Springfield Police, an officer was alerted to an armed robbery of a Route 22 7-Eleven when the thieves left the hazard lights on to their car that was parked on the shoulder of the roadway outside the store. …

Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the reports: If Only He'd Use His Powers for Good: We've got to admire this guy's ingenuity and cunning, though certainly not the way he allegedly put them to use. NJ.com reports that a man escaped from police (he was being arrested on thousands of dollars of active warrants and after allegedly harassing a diner employee) after he palmed a handcuff key in a fight with an East Windsor officer. Which is …

Each Monday, Patch takes a peek at some of the more surprising, shocking, stunning and occasionally silly police-related incidents reported throughout New Jersey for "OMGs from NJ PDs." Some of the reports: The Idea Sounded Half-Baked, But ... The Ridgewood Fire Department got a little creative when attending to a fuel spill from a bucket loader truck. The truck's fuel tank had suffered a rip, and fuel was gushing out. But a donation from a nearby homeowner gave firefighters what they needed to get things under control. "We used a potato on the nipple of the fuel tank as a plug," captain from…