Telephone Lines Cut, Alarm Disarmed During Kinnelon Residential Burglary

Telephone lines were cut and an alarm panel was ripped off a wall during an apparent burglary of a Carol Road residence Saturday,  said Tuesday.

According to police, Ptl. Christopher Carbone responded to the home at about 10 p.m. The homeowner, who had been out between 1 and 10 p.m., came home and found the front door had been forced open and jewelry was missing from the residence, police said.

Police said they had also discovered telephone lines were cut outside the home and that the alarm panel inside the home was allegedly ripped off the wall.

Police said the Morris County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigation Unit responded to the scene as well as Kinnelon police.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Kinnelon Police Department Detective Bureau at 973-838-5400.

Also this week, Kinnelon police arrested a Paterson man for displaying false information on his vehicle when he was stopped for a traffic infraction.

Police said Sgt. David Crouthamel stopped a 1995 Plymouth for weaving in and out of its lane Monday at about 12:16 a.m.

After pulling over the vehicle, police spoke to the driver, who had identified himself as Percy Brown Vargas, of Pennsylvania, police said.

Police said they determined that the temporary registration out of Pennyslvania hanging in the back window was allegedly fictitious, and that the vehicle was unregistered and the driver did not have insurance for the car.

Police said it was also later discovered that Vargas, who had allegedly initially given officers a false name, actually lived in Paterson and not Pennsylvania, as he had previously stated. Police also said Vargas had a suspended driver’s license and had given police a false date of birth.

Vargas was arrested and transported to the police station. He was charged with hindering apprehension, driving while suspended, unlicensed driver, fictitious license plates, borrowing license plates from another, possessing no insurance, operating an unregistered vehicle, making an unsafe lane change and obstructing view. He was released with a ticket to appear in court at a later date.