Drug Arrests Made Following Routine Traffic Stops

Drug Offense

Gabriel Tabor, 22, of Homan Avenue, Ewing Township, and Marquan Wilkins, 23, of Euclid Avenue, Trenton, were each charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams after the vehicle in which they were traveling was stopped by police on the Trenton Freeway (Route 1) about 1:40 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24, according to Lawrence Township police spokesman Lt. Mark Ubry.

Sgt. Tim Drew initiated the traffic stop because he observed the vehicle – which was driven by Wilkins – speeding and traveling with an inoperable light, Ubry said. The two were taken into custody after Drew spotted marijuana in plain view in the vehicle, he said, adding that Wilkins was also charged with multiple traffic offenses, including speeding, possession an open bottle of alcohol (rum) in a vehicle, and possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a vehicle.

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Drug Offense

Brandon Phoenix, 24, of Mott Street, Trenton, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams, and Nicole Davis, 24, of Randall Avenue, Hamilton Township, was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after the vehicle in which they were riding as passengers was stopped by police about 11:05 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24 on the Trenton Freeway (Route 1) near Whitehead Road, Ubry said.

The traffic stop was initiated because the vehicle’s window tinting was in violation of the law, he said, noting that the driver was issued a ticket for the tinted windows. Davis was also found to be wanted in connection with outstanding warrants from Trenton, he said.

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Theft

A GPS unit and assorted compact discs worth a total of about $240 were stolen from a Honda Pilot between 10 p.m. and about 11:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, while the vehicle was parked outside the K.C. Prime restaurant in the 4100 block of Quakerbridge Road, according to Ubry. The vehicle, which belongs to a Lawrence Township resident, had its passenger’s side front window smashed, he said. On Feb. 13.

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Theft

An Apple iPhone 5, worth $700, was stolen from the Talk Wireless kiosk at Quaker Bridge Mall between 3:15 and 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, while the employee was distracted with customers. Suspected in the crime are three men, described as being 25 to 30 years old, who allegedly disconnected the phone’s power cord and cut the security cable that connected the phone to the display counter, Ubry said.

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Theft

At 5:57 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, a resident of Princeton Pike reported that his daughter’s blue and silver bicycle, valued at $60, was stolen from a bicycle rack at Lawrence High School between 8 and 11 a.m. that morning, according to Ubry.

Anyone with information about any of the above crimes is asked to call Lawrence Township police at (609) 896-1111.