I was 'lucky' enough to see this go down. Maybe next time the police could make bit less spectacle of the situation. Looked like a murder scene with yellow tape and police cars everywhere. Couldn't the police have been a bit more respectful in handling such a minor crime? Maybe this was an attempt to show the community how they are risking their lives taking fake purses. Pretty ridiculous to me and really made me think less of the Lawrence a police Department for making such an event of this in front of many people,

well the thug police love bashing OWS heads for the Big Banks , so why not take the merchandise for the overpriced Corporate pigs as well.....someone needs to do their masters dirty work......(most of which are foreign corporations, but of course the cops are too stupid to realize what is really happening !!)

It seems more and more all NJ Police and State Troopers are so full of themselves they come at you like a common criminal. Recently, I have lost all respect for the above the law mentality they exhibit and disregard standard procedures.

It was really disheartening to watch. The police acted like they just took down the mafia. It was ridiculous and I would have been embarassed to be taking part in such a silly over reaction. The situation could have handled with a lot more professionalism and respect. If this is how th police react to minor crimes I withdraw my support for them and say lay them off.

A warehouse vs two people sitting at a banquet table at the Lawrenceville Jubilee are two very different circumstances Patrick. I am very surprised at what a spectacle this became for a few knockoff purses. Overkill is an understatement. God for bid one of the 5 year old walked next to the big takedown the child might have gotten arrested. Still very ridiculous and very much overkill. It was silly at best

You people are unbelievable!!!!!!!! No not at the Lawrenceville Jubilee!! you might tip my caviar....oh muffy what to doooo. If this was in south Lawrence you would have called for the fires to be started and want the people burned at sundown!! STOP THE MADNESS!!!!

More amazing and uneducated comments from a bunch of idiots on the patch. As pridesouthof95 so correctly states, if this was happening somewhere else in the town no one would care. Lets be honest too, if it was a couple of minorities there would be nothing but praise for the police here on this article. As a normal citizen it is not our job to determine the necessary deployment of police personnel to handle a situation. As was listed, there was hundreds of pieces of evidence to be collected. One officer is not enough to handle this. And why is a counterfeit purse ring not important - because you yuppy scum are affected and probably wanted to buy one - right. DO NOT put importance on the level of crime to satisfy yourself. Just more self serving, self important banter from liberal yuppies. As for the layoffs, just wait. That day that you want your petty, stupid little life problem that no one else cares about resolved, I seriously hope and pray the police are too busy and tied up to handle it.

Amen to Patrick and Blueline...These whiny liberals really do live in a bubble. I guess the police should have done nothing, essentially promoting people to cheat the system. And where do you think much of the proceeds from selling counterfeit goods goes to...its goes to more illegal activity, e.g., sustaining organized crime, terrorist network funding, personal drug abuse, etc. But, once again, ignorance shines here, and everyone is an expert in law enforcement. And the idiots criticizing the police here are the same idiots that call the police because their neighbor gave them a dirty look or cursed at them or the neighbor put out their trash 1.5 hours too early and then expect the police to respond expeditiously and take action to solve what their lack of common sense and incompetence could not.

As a resident, I am becoming more and more embarrassed by the perceptions of the residents posting here.

Just more fuel for town council to ignore the small fraction of whiners calling for maintaining municipal trash collection. Just remove it from the budget...it is a luxury that many other towns don't provide...and many of these towns pay much higher property taxes than Lawrence and are more desirable than Lawrence. These towns have to find their own trash service (which is not difficult being that there are only a few providers anyway) and are doing fine. But these Lawrence whiners want the government to take care of everything for them...and also pay the bare minimum.

Looks like we must have a lot of stockholders in Coach, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Burberry. Otherwise whats the big deal. If both parties know the bag is a fake , no harm is done
and dont give us that load of crap (its goes to more illegal activity, e.g., sustaining organized crime, terrorist network funding, personal drug abuse, etc.....) because these 2 liberal yuppies (as some liked to call them) ALREADY PAID FOR THE FAKES , so if there really is a terrorist network (yeah right) they already got their money so now they can bulid their nuculear bomb to blow us all up........BOO !.....LOL!

Sorry...PrideSouthof95, credit to you too for calling these people out. Like you said, God forbid the Lawrence Jubilee has a hiccup.

To ReadyFreddyMommy: another simple brain. You stated, "It was really disheartening to watch...it could have been handled with more professionalism and respect." Well, I hope no one apologizes to you for offending your overly delicate sensibilities...grow up. Why do you assume this was minor? Just because these people were selling them at the Lawrence Jubilee in North Lawrence? That's probably your rationale which tells me one thing...the suspects in this incident are much smarter than you. Luckily, people smarter than you are readily available to intervene when these criminals try to exploit the system. Do you realize that the offenses were actually NOT minor and, due to the street value of the counterfeit goods, the offenses equate to felonies. I suppose you just assume that these people committed what would equate to a traffic violation? Like it was implied before, you would not have said anything if this went down at the Trenton Farmers Market. If the arrested suspects were minorities with dreadlocks, I would almost guarantee you would have called the police yourself.

And who was the victim of your alleged lack-of-respect belief? The suspects or the Jubilee attendees? Either way, no lack of respect...criminal are criminals, cheaters are cheaters and the self-absorbed, egomaniacal Jubilee attendees criticizing the police were not either.

I guess we as the public in this state need to do away with civil service. This is the only reason we have such incompetence to begin with. Some good people leave or get laid off and many that remain are not all that great. Some of the older officers are probably very good and they should be kept, but there are others who seem to be a litlle dumb. If we cant do away with civil service then we need to do away with the few government workers who are not qualified to be there and then we can have a competent workforce. I cant think that most of the cops there felt it was being handled the right way. I kind of think they felt it was silly and probably didnt want to be involved but were just doing as they were told.

If you people think it's so silly then start barking at the lawmakers that render these activities illegal. Police don't create law, they enforce what your elected officials enact. Chief Wahoo: Please post in truth what your highest level of education is and what your occupation is so others can determine if you are worth what you are worth.

And because no one is bleeding or physically injured means there is no victim? The victims are the entities that hold the trademark rights . Would you be fine if you patented something or trademarked your brand and others began profiting by stealing/imitating your creation. Counterfeiting is a multi-billion dollar industry and just because street-level buyers and sellers are on the same page, doesn't make it right and mean that there are no negative implications when these transactions are done millions of times.

No one here is asserting that this is equivalent to violent crimes, but that's besides the point. Chief Wahoo won't comprehend any of this and never will because he is too dumb to have ever created his own successful business and realize the dynamics surrounding counterfeiting . Wahoo, you amaze me with your lack of insight and intelligence. Put the sports section down and go read a book.

You people act like a SWAT team was deployed.

HaHaHa, Jason. Oh I mean Chief Wahoo the Yahoo. You have now made yourself known. I have just two words for you...Megan's Law.
Since you were "Defrocked" from Lawrenceville, keep your useless and retaliatory comments up in Brick

I guess being a dope is better than a perv. I think the detectives were too busy working on the crime of the century that this article refers to.

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