Lacey Police Investigating Several Cases Of Criminal Mischief: Police Chief

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ - Lacey Township police are investigating several cases of criminal mischief, including one where someone threw three large rocks into three windows of a Barnacle Road home in Forked River, Police Chief Michael C. DiBella said

July 13 - Officer Jason Lee responded to the Barnacle Road home at 12:45 a.m. on a criminal mischief report. The victim told police that while they were in the garage, an unknown person or persons threw three large rocks into three front windows of the home, the chief said.

The rocks damaged three windows, three sets of blinds, two coffee tables, a mirror and a 52-inch Toshiba television. The damage is estimated at $3,000, DiBella said.

July 12 - Officer Christopher Meyler responded to the Walmart store on Route 9 at 10:34 p.m. on a criminal mischief report. The manager told police that former employee Ryan Stillwagon, 29, East Hickory Drive in Lanoka Harbor had damaged an Apple iPat Procell and two scented candle warmers with a total value of $918.

Stillwagon was arrested and taken to police headquarters, where he was charged with criminal mischief, the chief said.

July 9 - On Sunday, July 9, 2017, at 11:21 a.m., Special Officer Edgar Lenkauskas responded to 232 Route 9 North in Forked River at 11:21 p.m. on a graffiti report. An unknown person or persons had spray painted white paint on the windows of the vacant building. The damage was estimated at roughly $200, DiBella said.