MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – Police were apparently too late to stop someone from stealing a Blackberry smart phone stolen on Saturday, May 12, from a George Street home.

Police went to the home in response to an activated burglar alarm.  They found the rear door unlocked and spoke with the victim who said missing items included a Coach purse, credit cards and a Blackberry.

The Morris County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit responded to assist with a tracking dog and detectives processed the crime scene.

Anyone with information should call Detective Craig Casaletto at (973) 691-0900 extension 7592.

• Failure to wear a seat belt led to the arrest of two men for possession of oxycodone on Thursday, May 10.

Officer Michael Zarro was on patrol in the Budd Lake section of town at 2:48 p.m., when he saw a 2012 Ford traveling on Route 46 in which the driver allegedly was not wearing a seatbelt.

Zarro stopped the car and spoke with the driver, Shane Connors, 26, of Plattsburg, N.Y. and passenger, Sean Murray, 21,` of Hopatcong.

While speaking with the occupants, Zarro allegedly saw an oxycodone pill in the passenger compartment.

The vehicle was impounded and towed to police headquarters.

Murray was charged with possession of oxycodone and released on his own recognizance. Connors was charged with possession of oxycodone, driving while suspended, possession of drugs in a motor vehicle and failure to wear a seatbelt. He was held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of $20,000 bail. A search warrant allegedly disclosed eight more oxycodone pills, a suboxone pill, and two  small dime bags of marijuana.. Connors was then additionally charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of suboxone, and possession of oxycodone at which time bail was set at $10,000 for the additional violations.

A Hackettstown man was charged on Friday, May 11, with stealing a check for nearly $4,000 from the company that had previously fired him.

Police were called on May 3 of an alleged check fraud that had occurred in 2011. The owner of a company told Officer William Gremmo that he had fired an employee in 2011 and recently determined that the employee had stolen a check and cashed it for $3,758.26.

The investigation culminated with the arrest of Steven Dippel Jr., 27.  Dippel was charged with theft and fraud and was released on his own recognizance pending a court hearing.

• A Budd Lake couple was charged with marijuana possession on Sunday, May 1`3, after police were called for a report of drug use at the Village Green apartment.

Police went to building 7 where they smelled the odor of burning marijuana from an apartment.

Harry Peterson, 39, answered at the door but allegedly refused to allow police to enter.

Another resident, Karen Osorio, 60, then allegedly shoved Officer Anthony Gardner and tried to shut the door in his face, according to police.

Gardner arrested Osorio and police allegedly located a jar which contained suspected marijuana.

Peterson was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Osorio was charged with disorderly conduct.  Both were released on their own recognizance pending a court hearing.

• A 17-year-old Sparta boy was charged with shoplifting a stereo amplifier worth $`1`18 from the WalMart at the ITC South mall on Saturday, May 12.

Police were called to the store where the youth was in custody.  He was turned over to the custody of a parent pending a hearing on the charge.