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www.mtlaurelsun.com JUNE 1–7, 2016 FREE

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INSIDE THIS ISSUEGolfing for scholarships

Annual LRHSD golf tournamentapproaches. PAGE 7

ZANE CLARK/The Sun

Lenape High School varsity lacrosse player Caroline Barlow looks to get past Cherokee High School’s Gab Bodine during the quarterfi-nal round of the 2016 NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 Tournament at Lenape on May 23. After a hard-fought game, Lenape came outahead, 14-12, and advanced to the next round.

Lenape tops Cherokee in quarterfinals, 14-12 A districtsnapshot

By ZANE CLARKThe Sun

Each year, the Mt. Laurelschool district publishes an annu-al report that outlines districthighlights for the year and givesmembers of the public a snapshotof the district at that time.

However, this year was a slightdeparture from previous years, asthe release of the report waspushed back several months sonewly appointed SuperintendentGeorge Rafferty would be the oneto share it with the public.

Rafferty did just that at theMay 24 meeting of Mt. LaurelTownship Schools Board of Edu-cation when went he went overthe health of the district academi-

cally and financially.According to Rafferty and this

year’s report, the district had4,263 student enrolled as of April30, with an average daily atten-dance rate of 95.9 percent.

Broken down by grade level,there are 128 preschool students,976 K-4 elementary students, 947

please see RAFFERTY, page 11

Mt. Laurel schools give‘State of the District’

report at BOE meeting

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2 THE MT. LAUREL SUN — JUNE 1–7, 2016

The Sun is proud to announceits winners for the Mother’s DayColoring Contest. Published in all10 of our newspapers, childrenfrom around South Jersey andPrinceton colored a teapot andteacup and sent their creation tous.

Winners of the contest re-

ceived a four-pack of tickets to Sa-hara Sams!

The winners for Mt. Laurel are:Pippa Hines, age 1 year, 11months, Addyson Smith, age 4,Ella Huelbig, age 5, CourtneyMacLachlan, age 9, MadeleineWernik Wolff, age 8, Ava Flamos,age 11 and Paige Stifnagle, age12.

To see the winners’ entries,

please visit our Facebook page,www.facebook.com/mtlaurelsun.

The Sun announcescoloring contest winnersMt. Laurel winners include Madeleine Wernik Wolff,Pippa Hines, Addyson Smith, Ella Huelbig, Courtney

MacLachlan, Ava Flamos and Paige Stifnagle

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The Alice Paul Institute isinviting the public to tour Pauls-dale, the Mt. Laurel birthplace of Quaker suffragist Alice Paul, onSaturday, June 11, at noon and 1p.m.

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the Paul family's daily life in thehouse, the restoration of thehouse and its present day use as agirl's leadership center.

Cost is $5.For information, contact Kris

Myers, program director, at [email protected] or (856) 231-1885.

Second Saturday tours andother Alice Paul Institute pro-grams are made possible througha general operating support grantfrom the New Jersey Historical

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The Alice Paul Institute's mis-sion is to honor the legacy of Paul's work for gender equalitythrough education and leader-ship development.

Paulsdale is located at 128Hooten Road.

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in our opinion

Would legalizing pot be good?Too many unkno wns exist for us to agree to that

The following Lenape High Schoolboys’ tennis scores were submitted byShawnee High School varsity head coachJim Baker and Lenape High School varsityhead coach Tony Guerrera.

Shawnee defeated Lenape, 4-1, on May 19

in the semifinals of the South Jersey GroupIV tournament.

Singles:First singles: Eric Tecce, Shawnee, de-

feated Jack Lavin 6-2 6-2Second singles: Cole Tecce, Shawnee, de-

feated Marc Ignarri 6-0 6-0Third singles: Jimmy Li, Lenape, defeat-

ed Nick Falcone 2-6 6-3 6-4Doubles:First doubles: Chris Machuzak and Ben

Mead, Shawnee, defeated Kavi Munjal and

Jeremy Shpigel 6-2 6-0Second doubles: Ben Magee and Jacob

Delancy, Shawnee, won 6-2 1-6 6-4Lenape defeated Eastern, 3-2, on May 24Singles:First singles: Jack Lavin, Lenape, defeat-

ed Ashwin Ramesh 6-1 6-3Second singles: Parth Hardikar, Eastern,

defeated Marc Ignarri 6-1 6-1Third singles: Jimmy Li, Lenape, defeat-

ed Ben Dias 6-4 6-3Doubles:

First doubles: Rabeel Ahmad and AlecFeldstein, Eastern, defeated Jeremy Sh-pigel and Kavi Munjal 6-1 6-7 (7-5) 6-4

Second doubles: Brett Chow and AllenShaw, Lenape, defeated Pranav Chugh andAnthony Stella 6-3 5-7 6-1

tennis scores

The taboo that hovered over

marijuana for years is rapidly

evaporating into a puff of

white smoke. Gone are the “Reefer

Madness” days with the belief that

marijuana does significant harm to a

person’s body. Gone, too, seems to be

the belief that marijuana is a “gate-way” to more serious drugs.

Across the country, marijuana laws

have loosened – from legal medical

marijuana in states such as New Jer-

sey to the decriminalization of it in

Philadelphia to the full legalization of

it for recreational use in states such as

Colorado.

Pot is now more of a socially-accept-

ed practice, and it’s becoming a big

business – one that advocates for its

legalization in New Jersey say could

reap $300 million in sales tax revenue

per year.

A joint report released by the New

Jersey United Marijuana Reform and

New Jersey Policy Perspective said al-

most 370,000 people in New Jersey 21

and older use marijuana illegally on a

monthly basis, according to federaldata. The consumption of 2.53 million

ounces of weed a year, at the street

price of $343 per ounce, nets about

$869 million in sales.

The report estimates that if New

Jersey were to legalize pot, control its

sale like that of alcohol and tax it at 25

percent, that could result in quite the

boost to the state’s economy.Representatives from the group and

other weed advocates say it’s time for

the full legalization. Gov. Christie has

said for a long time that he will not be

the governor to sign such a bill into

law, but he leaves office after next year.

Starting in 2018, then, it’s at least a

possibility that legalized marijuana

for recreational use will come up for a

vote in the Legislature.

We’re glad that discussion is most

likely two years away, because we

don’t feel there’s enough solid infor-

mation on the effects of legalized mar-

ijuana to say the money is worth it.

At the forefront of this lack of infor-

mation, for us, is the absence of clear

knowledge of the effect of legalizingpot on impaired driving. Colorado, for

example, handles “stoned driving” as

a DUI, no different than being under

the influence of alcohol. But there are

no field tests to see whether a driver is

stoned, and blood tests only say the pot

was in a person’s system recently, not

necessarily at the time he or she was

driving.

There are plenty of other concerns,

too, such as the long-term effects of

prolonged use of marijuana, whether

it’s something we should be promoting

and whether we’re legalizing it just for

the windfall of cash.

There’s a lot to think about, a lot to

study and a lot to discuss.

We’re just glad we won’t have to do

that soon.

Share your thoughts

What are your thoughts on legalizingmarijuana for recreational use? Shareyour thoughts on this, and other topics,through a letter to the editor.

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By ZANE CLARKThe Sun

Former Lenape Regional HighSchool District superintendentKereazis Kiki Konstantinos wasknown by district students andstaff for his dedication to foster-ing excellence in education.

More than 40,000 students re-ceived education under Konstan-tinos’ tenure as superintendent

from 1963 through his retirementin 1993, and the district saw itsschools grow from one to three.

Although Konstantinos passedaway in 2002 at age 74, educationis still promoted in his name tothis day through scholarshipsawarded to district students everyyear by the K. Kiki KonstantinosScholarship Foundation.

However, foundation chairSteve Zeuli said the group can’t

do it alone, so he’s once againinviting members of the public toattend the foundation’s 24th an-nual Kiki Open Scholarship Golf Tournament fundraiser on Tues-day, July 19 at the Medford LakesCountry Club in Medford Lakes.

“Mr. Konstantinos, Kiki as hewas known, was the architect andthe vision for what we have heretoday,” Zeuli said. “There’s thou-sands and thousands of students

that have been benefited from hisplanning and his enthusiasm andhis instruction.”

According Zeuli, rather thanhonor Konstantinos with a tokensuch as a gold watch upon his re-tirement, a group of communitymembers chose to establish afoundation bearing Konstantinos’name to provide scholarships tosenior students.

Zeuli said the scholarship pro-

gram initially started by offering


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WE NES Y JUNE 1Info Table: US Family Health Plan:

Adult. 10 a.m. at the Mt. LaurelLibrary. Health benefits consult-

ant Josephine Grey will be in thelobby to answer questions aboutUS Family Health Plan for quali-fied military personnel.

Crochet Anyone?: Adult. 1 p.m. atthe Mt. Laurel Library. Learn tocrochet or crochet with newfriends. Join craft enthusiasts forcrocheting and conversation.Novices and experts welcome.Instruction available if needed.No registration necessary. Pleasebring personal knitting materials.

Intro to Meditation: Young adult to

adult. 7 p.m. at Mt. Laurel Library.Join an experienced meditationinstructor and achieve relaxationof mind and body. Wear comfort-able clothes, try not to eat a bigmeal before class and bring a mator towel. Those who prefer not tosit on the floor may sit on a chair.No registration needed.

Zoning Board meeting: 7 p.m. in thecourtroom at 100 Mt. LaurelRoad, Municipal Building, 100 Mt.

Laurel Road. Visit www.mount-laurel.com for more informationand to confirm meeting time.

Toastmasters Unity of Mt. Laurelmeeting: 7 to 8:30 p.m. on first,

third and fifth Wednesdays at Mt.Laurel Community Center, 100Mt. Laurel Road. For anyoneinterested in developing commu-nity and leadership skills. Formore information, contactShanese Ann Bello [email protected] or (609)346-2314.

Rotary Club of Mt. Laurel meeting:Noon at Laurel Creek CountryClub, 655 Old Centerton Road.For more information, visitwww.mountlaurelrotary.org or

call (856) 234-7663.Storytime: 11 a.m. every Wednesday

at Kids Play Lounge in Mt. Laurel.Come hear a new story everyweek and then stay and play therest of the day! Call (856) 273-9500 or visit www.kidsplay-lounge.com for more information.

New Covenant PresbyterianChurch Adult Bible Study: 2 to 3p.m. Church is at 240 Creek Road,Rancocas Woods, Mount Laurel.

THURS Y JUNE 2Masonville-Rancocas UMC Family-

Friendly Roller Skating: 6 to 8p.m. at the International SportsCenter, 1 Hovtech Blvd. Bringneighbors and friends and jointhe church for a great night offamily-friendly fun. Admissions

are $5 per person, with skaterental about $5. Hosted byMasonville-Rancocas UnitedMethodist Church. Any questions,please call the church office at(856) 234-0941.

S TUR Y JUNE 4Lego League: Grades K-4. 10:30 a.m.

at the Mt. Laurel Library. Regis-tration required. Join us for this

month's meeting of the library’sLego League. Each month thelibrary gathers together andbuild around a specific theme.This group is not sponsored bythe Lego Group.

SUN Y JUNE 5Kids' Music Round: Ages 1 to 5. 2

p.m. Participate in a musicaladventure. The library will playinstruments, have fun withrhymes, sing and dance as amusical community. Registrationis required. Ages 1-5 years with acaregiver. Register athttp://events.mtlaurel.lib.nj.us.

New Covenant PresbyterianChurch: Sunday worship 11 a.m. tonoon. Adult Bible study 9:30 to10:30 a.m. Coffee and fellowship

after the church service eachthird Sunday. Church is at 240Creek Road, Rancocas Woods,Mount Laurel.

MON Y JUNE 6Crochet Anyone?: Adult. 7 p.m. at

the Mt. Laurel Library. Learn tocrochet or crochet with newfriends. Join craft enthusiasts forcrocheting and conversation.Novices and experts welcome.Instruction available if needed.No registration necessary. Pleasebring personal knitting materials.

TUES Y JUNE 7

Teen Advisory Board Meeting:Grades seven to 12. 6 p.m. at theMt. Laurel Library. Earn volunteerhours and give your input onfuture teen events at the library.Pizza will be served. Registrationis appreciated for purposes ofordering enough pizza.

Mt. Laurel I BNI Chapter meeting:7:30 to 9 a.m. at Marco’s Restau-rant at Indian Spring C.C., 115 S.Elmwood Drive.

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Charny & Karpousis, P.A., a firmconcentrating in divorce and fam-ily law based in Mt. Laurel hasannounced that managing andfounding partner Judith S.Charny was honored and namedan Advisory Council Member atthe Samost Jewish Family & Chil-dren's Service of Southern NewJersey 2016 Annual Meeting onMay 10.

Over the years, she has regu-larly volunteered for the agency,

providing free legal consultationson divorce and family law mattersThe Samost Jewish Family &

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one scholarship to one student ateach of the district’s threeschools in 1993, but as the yearswent on and Seneca High Schoolwas added to the district, thefoundation eventually grew to of-fering four scholarships to each of the district’s four schools.

The standards used to awardthe scholarships are also in-linewith those set by Konstantinos

himself, who during his time assuperintendent saw the districtmaintain excellence in academ-ics, sports and student activities.

Scholarship winners exhibitstrength in all three of thoseareas, and, according to Zeuli,with the money collected so far

this year, the foundation hasraised more than $450,000 for itsscholarships since it began.

However, as Zeuli points out,

the annual golf tournament onJuly 19 is the foundation’s oneand only fundraising event forthe entire year, so Zeuli is invitingall those interested in promotingeducation in the district to signup.

“We have all of these scholar-ships, one fundraising event,”Zeuli said.

Zeuli said this year the founda-tion will also be funding one addi-tional scholarship in honor of

former foundation member andformer LRHSD board memberEarl Siegman, who passed awayin August of last year.

“He, like Kiki, was a true archi-tect of many of the things thatwent on in this district,” Zeulisaid. “He was a board member for

many years as well as a greatcommunity servant.”

Those interested in supportingthe foundation through the golf

tournament can sign up for a fullday of activities for $210, whichincludes the golf outing, a lunch-eon buffet and the dinner andawards ceremony. Those lookingto help the foundation but stay off the green can sign up for justcocktails and dinner for $95.

For those looking to give more,multiple sponsorship opportuni-ties ranging from $125 to $5,500are also available.

Those looking for more infor-

mation about signing up, donat-ing or sponsorships can call Zeuliat (856) 768-1985 or visitwww.kikiopen.org.

The foundation asks those in-terested in playing in the tourna-ment to sign up by July 5 to en-sure their reservation.

INTERESTEDContinued from page 7

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grades five and six upper elemen-tary students and 954 middleschool students. Of those, 59 per-cent are categorized as white, 15percent as African American, 6percent as Hispanic, 14 percent asAsian and 6 percent as “other.”

The district employed 729 staff members, with 397 listed as certi-fied staff and 332 listed as supportstaff.

Rafferty said when substitutes

and other vendors who work withthe district are taken into consid-eration, the district would mostlikely have more than 900 peoplewho work for the district in oneform or another.

“Mt. Laurel is a big place, andyou may not be the largest em-ployer, but you’re one of thelargest employers,” Rafferty saidto the board as he described thereport.

Rafferty described the workthose professionals provide to stu-

dents, which he said included aranges of services not just limit-ed to teaching and administrativework, such as counseling, psy-chology, learning support, socialwork, intervention specialists,school nursing, police liaisonservices, a full range of childstudy team services and more.

The report also details the dis-trict’s transportation services,where buses travel a total of 3,544miles per day throughout Mt.Laurel’s 22-square mile area.

The district’s fleet has 47 largebuses and 25 small buses, whichtransport 4,200 students alongwith eight students who attendschools out of the district.

Rafferty was confident to saydistrict was second to none intransportation, and praised thedistrict being able to provide itstransportation services andmaintenance in-house withoutoutside vendors.

“The amount of students you

have to provide, the work you doin that area, operationally, fiscal-ly, efficiently, you’re one of thetop-rate districts in the county, nodoubt,” Rafferty said.

Rafferty also praised the dis-

trict’s cafeteria services, whichfeed lunch to more than 4,000 stu-dents every day, including somewho also eat breakfast through

the district. Rafferty said the pro-gram was very self-sustaining, asit does not run at a deficit, whichallows the district to reinvest inthe program and equipment.

The report also outlines thedistrict's facility and mainte-nance work, with the district re-sponsible for 669,928 square feet of educational space through eightschool buildings, administrativeoffices, a bus maintenance facili-ty, and more.

Rafferty also outlined recentadvancements to aid student suc-cess, including new literacy inter-vention kits, new Science, Tech-

nology, Engineering and Mathe-matics materials, new math cur-riculum training and develop-ment of the Next Generation Sci-

ence Standards as mandated bythe state.

Technology also continues tobe integrated into the curricu-lum, as Rafferty detailed the pur-chase of 175 Chromebook com-puters for student use, 200 newteacher computers, 39 new EpsonInteractive Projectors for class-rooms and the continued use of Google Classroom services forshared document collaborationand Google Hangout services for

video conferencing.The report also details cost-sav-ing measures for the district,Partnership for Assessment of

Readiness for College and Ca-reers exam scores and more.

To read the full report, visitwww.mtlaurelschools.org under

the superintendent annual reportsection.


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NAACP and Jacob's ChapelA.M.E. Church of Mt. Laurel arecollaborating to celebrate June-teenth.

Juneteenth is the oldest knowncelebration commemorating theending of slavery in the UnitedStates. African Americans havecome a long way, however, there isstill much more work to be doneto ensure equality and justice forall.

Jacob's Chapel A.M.E. church

is the oldest African AmericanChurch in Burlington County.This historic property includesJacob's Chapel and theColemantown Meeting House,which were both stops for run-away slaves on the UndergroundRailroad.

This will be a Free Fun FamilyDay with tours of the historic Un-derground Railroad route and re-

enactments of the Civil War bat-

tle.Jacob’s Chapel Underground

Railroad Tours and Reenact-ments are an educational displayto remind us the sacrifices ances-tors endured for the future.

There is no charge to attend, socome out to witness Jacob’sChapel Living History June-teenth Celebration.

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South Jersey is once again part-nering with The Ravitz FamilyMarkets and their five localShopRite stores in sending carepackages to the troops serving inAfghanistan, Iraq, Jordan andother areas in the Middle East.

Each year, The Ravitz FamilyMarkets owned ShopRites areOYRSJ's No. 1 supporter, sponsorand partner in the communitywith helping raise funds and gen-erating donations of care pack-

age items for our brave womenand men deployed to the MiddleEast. The group is excited andgrateful to have such supportagain for 2016. With the help of The Ravitz Family Markets cus-tomers and staff, OYRSJ shippedmore than 50,000 pounds of carepackage items in 2015.

The Ravitz Family Markets-owned ShopRites are helpingOYRSJ from Memorial Day week-

end through the weekend of July

4 in collections for care packagesand donations for the troops attheir registers when customerscheck out and complete theirshopping trip.

In addition, volunteers fromOYRSJ will be visiting each storeat the listed dates and locationsbelow to greet customers andkindly ask them as they enter thestore to consider purchasing oneor more care package items anddonating them on the way out as

they exit. OYRSJ will then packthe generously donated items andprepare them for shipping to ourbrave women and men on thecare package recipient list of OYRSJ.

OYRSJ asks the public to comeshop for the troops on any of thedates below that is convenient.

A list of items requested can befound on the OYRSJ website atwww.OperationYellowRibbon-

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OYRSJ will give customers a listas they enter the stores at thedates and times below.

The Care Package CollectionDrive schedule is as follows:

• Saturday June 4 and Sun-day June 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the ShopRite at 1000 NixonDrive, Mt Laurel.

• Saturday June 11 and Sun-day June 12 from 10 a.m. to 1p.m.at the ShopRite at 400 East Eve-sham Road, Cherry Hill.

• Saturday June 18 and Sun-day June 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the ShopRite at 892 Union MillRoad (at Elbo Lane), Mt Laurel

• Saturday June 25 and Sun-day June 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the ShopRite at 307 West Route70, Marlton.

• Saturday July 2 and SundayJuly 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at theShopRite at Route 70 and CornellAve., Cherry Hill.

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Or ShortlyThereafter.

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At 11:19 p.m. on May 8, Mt. Lau-

rel Police located a suspicious oc-cupied vehicle in a parking lot of St. John Neumann Church onWalton Avenue. Dur-ing the investigationofficers arrested amale, age 20, of Mt.Laurel and a 17-year-old male from Mt. Lau-rel. They were bothcharged with possession of lessthan 50 grams of marijuana andreleased pending a court hearing.

At 9:12 a.m. on May 7, Mt. Lau-rel Police stopped a pedestrianwalking on the median of Route73 near the NJ Turnpike. During

the stop, officers arrested a male,age 27, of Camden. He was foundto be wanted for theft in Florida.He was charged with being a fugi-

tive from justice with bail set at$5,000 no 10 percent option. Hewas committed to the Burlington

County Jail.

At 2:36 a.m. on May7, Mt. Laurel Police lo-cated a man sleepingin his vehicle on Ma-sonville Road near

Coral Avenue.The investigation led to the ar-

rest of a male, age 28, of Burling-ton. He was charged with drivingwhile intoxicated and releasedpending a court hearing.

At 12:46 a.m. on May 7, Mt. Lau-rel Police located an occupied sus-picious vehicle in Spencer Park onRancocas Boulevard. During theinvestigation, officers arrested amale, age 19, of Mt. Holly. He wasfound in possession of drug para-phernalia, marijuana and a loadedpellet handgun. He was chargedwith possession of a firearm, pos-

session of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drugparaphernalia. He was releasedpending a court hearing.

Sometime between April 30and May 6, someone attempted tobreak into the refreshment standat Memorial Field on Mt. LaurelRoad. A window was damaged.

At 11:30 p.m. on May 6, Mt. Lau-rel Police conducted a motor vehi-cle stop on Atrium Way nearRoute 73. During the stop, officersarrested a male, age 33, of Voorhees. He was charged withdriving while intoxicated and re-leased pending a court hearing.

Between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. onMay 6, four vehicles were brokeninto in the parking lot of PlanetFitness on Route 38. In each case,a window was broken to gainentry and then various valuableswere stolen.

On April 28, the owner of abusiness on the 3700 block of Route 38 reported the theft of alarge lighted sign valued at $1,200that was being stored in a court-

yard of the building. Investigatorslocated the sign for sale on Craig’sList. A Mt. Laurel Police detectiveposing as a buyer contacted the

seller.The detective arranged to meet

the seller in a parking lot on Atri-um Way at 4:30 p.m. on May 6. Assoon as the seller arrived with thestolen sign, Mt. Laurel Police ar-rested him. A male, age 43, of Audubon, was charged with third-degree theft and released pendinga court hearing.

At 3:57 p.m. on May 6, Mt. Lau-rel Police responded to a resi-dence on Trefoil Terrace for aburglary report. The resident re-ported that at approximately 3:30p.m. she was in the shower on thesecond floor of her residencewhen she heard a loud noise. Shebelieved the noise was from apassing rainstorm and did notimmediately investigate. Latershe discovered a front windowhad been broken. The investiga-tion determined someone brokethe window and entered the resi-dence. However, the actor left

quickly and nothing was taken.

On May 6, a business owner re-ported that their computer systemwas infected with ransom ware.The entire company computer sys-tem was rendered useless and thehacker demanded payment of three bit coins (approximately$1,365) to unlock the network. Atthe time of the report, the busi-ness owner had not paid the ran-som and was researching his op-tions.

At 7:08 p.m. on May 5, Mt. Lau-rel Police conducted a motor vehi-cle stop on Route 73 near CloverRoad. During the stop, officers ar-rested a female, age 23, of MapleShade, for driving while intoxi-cated. She struggled with officersduring the arrest and attemptedto keep them from placing herinto a patrol car. Once at the sta-tion, she continued to be uncoop-erative. She was charged with

driving while intoxicated, resist-ing arrest, obstruction of the ad-ministration of law and posses-sion of less than 50 grams of mar-ijuana. She was released pendinga court hearing.

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