Crime Nearby: Garden Trasher, Water Tosser and Hole Puncher

Next door, police in Red Bank reported the following incidents recently:

• A theft was reported on May 3 at Brown Place. The victim reported that former tenants allegedly stole garden stone benches, a fountain, a lawn edger, a front door and a ladder when moving out.

Patrolman Ashon Lovick took the report and is investigating.

• An incident of criminal mischief was reported on May 3 at Chestnut and West streets. The victim reported that a person threw a water bottle out of the window of a bus, striking his vehicle and damaging the plastic guard below the windshield wipers.

Patrolman David Hicks took the report.

• An incident of criminal mischief was reported to have occurred sometime between May 3 and 4 on East Front Street. The victim reported that unknown person(s) allegedly entered two vacant apartments and damaged the walls, leaving holes.

Patrolman George Travostino took the report.

• An incident of criminal mischief, an attempted break-in, on Shrewsbury Avenue was reported on May 4. The victim reported that unknown person(s) allegedly damaged a lock on the side door of a residence by jamming a metal object into it, rendering it inoperable.

Patrolman Jonathan Quispe took the report and is investigating.

• An incident of criminal mischief was reported on May 4 at a Broad Street restaurant. The owner of the restaurant reported that two unknown males allegedly damaged a pocket type bathroom door by pulling it out of the wall, damaging the frame. and then fled the area.

Patrolman Gary Watson took the report.

• A theft was reported on May 8 at White Street restaurant. The victim reported that an unknown male allegedly removed industrial size metal oven pans from bin located at rear door of the restaurant.

Patrolman Gary Watson took the report.

• An incident of criminal mischief on Leighton Avenue was reported on May 8. The victim reported that unknown person(s) ripped plants out of a garden and threw topsoil into the front seat of a parked vehicle.

Patrolmn Patrick Kennedy took the report.