The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A trespassing report in New Jersey reportedly led to a series of police encounters that ended with the arrest of a man.
The incident occurred in Newark just after midnight on January 8, after authorities were notified about a person acting suspiciously outside a home. According to police, the caller reported seeing a man walking around the property, looking into windows, and then sitting inside a vehicle parked in front of the residence.
When officers from the Newark Police Department arrived, they reportedly found the man sitting in the driver’s seat of the vehicle described by the caller. Police said that while speaking with him, officers noticed signs that he appeared intoxicated. The man reportedly told officers he had walked to the vehicle from a restaurant and believed he had gone to the wrong house. When asked if he needed help getting home, he declined and said he would walk.