On the Beat with Middletown Police: Arresting Update, June 21-24

Middletown police made several arrests in three days' time on charges ranging from heroin possession to underage possession of alcohol ...

• On June 24, Patrolman Anthony Dellatacoma and Patrolman Brian Dilworth arrested and charged William Connett, 32, of Main Street, in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, with possession of drug paraphernalia as a result of an investigation at his residence. The officers located numerous pipes used to smoke crack cocaine in Connett’s house.

• On June 24 at 7:20 p.m., Sgt. John Werner was on patrol in the area of Church Street near the train station when he observed a suspicious person walking near the train tracks.

Sgt. Werner approached the subject, identified as Michael Stillitano, 19, of Hawthorne Road, Red Bank, and conducted an investigation which resulted in Stillitano being arrested and charged with possession of alcohol underage after the officer located a Gatorade bottle filled with rum and Coke.

He was transported to police headquarters where he was processed and released pending a court date.

He was transported to police headquarters where he was processed and released pending a court date.

• On June 22 at 12:30 a.m., Patrolman Robert McNair conducted a motor vehicle stop on Thompson Avenue. The driver, identified as Dawn Haviland, 39, from Twilight Avenue, Keansburg, was arrested on charges of contempt of court warrants.

Haviland was transported to police headquarters for processing. Officer McNair conducted a search incident to the arrest that resulted in the recovery of three white pills identified as methadone. Haviland was then charged with the additional offense of unlawful possession of methadone without a valid prescription and was held pending bail.

• On June 22 at 11:15 a.m., Corporal James Keenan responded to a residence on Southend Avenue in reference to a fight. Upon arrival the officer was advised by the victim that Autumn Heltzman, 29, of Holly Street, Keansburg, had come to the residence and assaulted the victim by grabbing her by the arm and throwing her to the ground.

Corporal Keenan conducted an investigation that resulted in Heltzman being arrested and charged with simple assault.

She was transported to police headquarters where she was processed and released pending a court date.

• On June 22 Detective Kimberly Best arrested Christopher Malamut, 18, of King Fisher Drive, Middletown, as a result of an investigation conducted by Detective Best into a burglary and theft from a residence located on East Roosevelt Circle that occurred on June 8, 2011 during which a laptop computer was stolen.

Malamut was charged with receiving stolen property after Detective Best determined that he had purchased the laptop, knowing it was stolen, from the subjects who broke into the house and stole it. He was processed and released pending a court date.

• On June 21 at 3:10 p.m., Sgt. James Prosinski was assigned to a special duty detail at the Gateway Bakery when a person, identified as Edward Shaw, 72, from Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY, was asked to leave the property after having a dispute with the owner.

Sgt. Prosinski advised Shaw to leave the property and he refused. He was arrested and charged with defiant trespass. Shaw was transported to police headquarters for processing and was released pending a court date.

• On June 21 at 11:50 a.m., Patrolman Raymond Sofield responded to a residence on Henry Place in reference to a possible overdose. Upon arrival the officer located the victim, identified as Heather Lenhart, 35, of Henry Place, Middletown.

Patrolman Sofield conducted an investigation that resulted in the discovery of a hypodermic syringe and two baggies containing heroin. Lenhart was charged with possession of heroin and possession of a hypodermic syringe.

She was released on her own recognizance pending a court date.