Hillsborough Police Release March Blotter

Hillsborough police’s March 2025 blotter logged 12 driving-while-intoxicated arrests along with shoplifting, theft and vandalism cases across the township. (patch.com) Patch, citing the Hillsborough Township Police Department, reported the monthly summary on April 7, 2025. The first two DWI arrests listed were James Thompson, 40, of Somerville on March 1 on Route 206 and Michael Bentivegna, 38, of Flemington on March 2 on Amwell Road. (patch.com) The blotter also listed a $300 Nintendo Switch reported stolen on Amwell Road, $150 car keys taken from an unlocked locker at Planet Fitness at 256 Route 206, and a Walgreens shoplifting report at 706 Route 206 in which the suspect fled in a black sedan. (patch.com) One vandalism case involved tire tracks on soccer fields on South Woods Road, with damage estimated at $1,200. Patch’s headline also said tire tracks were found on cricket fields in the same March summary. (patch.com) Police blotters are monthly incident summaries, not court findings. Hillsborough’s police website says the department serves the township under Chief Mike McMahon, and local blotter reports typically note that charges require a Hillsborough Township Municipal Court appearance. (hillsboroughnj.gov, tapinto.net) The March entries fit a pattern in recent Hillsborough blotters that have regularly mixed impaired-driving arrests with property crimes and quality-of-life complaints. Patch’s April 2025 follow-up on the April blotter again listed DWI arrests, criminal mischief and a car burglary. (patch.com) Hillsborough’s own police page frames that reporting as part of routine communication with residents and lists public contact numbers for emergencies, records and non-emergency calls. The March blotter gave residents a street-by-street snapshot of where officers made stops and where victims reported losses. (hillsboroughnj.gov, patch.com) The full March summary remains online through local news coverage, and the cases it lists move next through investigation or municipal court, depending on the allegation. (patch.com, tapinto.net)