Crime & Safety

Plundered Pumpkins, A Bumper Sticker You Can Believe

Also, a man in a jail suit sits in a Hopatcong cell, howling, police say.

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:

Maybe You Can Believe Everything You Read: Ever see one of those upside-down bumper stickers that says "If You Can Read This, Flip Me Over?" Ever see one on a car that was actually overtuned?

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Just Treading Water: OK, steal a really fast sports car, and you might, just might have a chance of outrunning the cops (though we certainly don't recommend trying). . State Marine Police actually say they found a stolen paddleboat traveling in circles, with no one at the helm, but then found the their drunk in the cabin below.

Shameful and Frightful: Three college students and one gourd from a pumpkin patch on church-owned property in Lawrence Township, where sales benefited the church's youth ministry. Apparently, they couldn't wait until Christmas to steal Santa's cookies and milk. 

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Off to Bust the Wizard: It's worth noting that we're not entirely sure if this is a Halloween-related incident, but Hopatcong police say they arrested an unruly bar patron who ultimately began growling like an animal and who told officers he knew how to kill them. .

Consider this a "Breaking" OMG Update: We can't tell you how many times a truck has smashed into an overpass in Chatham. in at least two previous installments of , and each of those recounted a bunch of previous incidents. Well, it happened again. This time, a truck with the name "U.S. Logistics" apparently, well, failed to work out the logistics of getting a tall truck under a short overpass—. This problem doesn't seem to want to solve itself. So we're offering a solution.

You Don't Tug on Superman's Cape ... and you don't steal an officer's gun. You just don't. Except, police say, .

Two Things You Don't Want to Do: 1) Fall asleep in your car with alcohol on your breath near a police officer, and 2) Accidentally back your car into that officer's vehicle.

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