Detectives reviewing surveillance video from a nearby house saw Carlos Allaico, 18, break into the Colling Avenue home on Saturday, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said.
Allaico claimed he "wanted to leave to go back to NYC and was searching for car keys," DePreta said.
Allaico was charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, and possession of marijuana and released under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law.
Detectives were working to recover the victim's property, DePreta said.
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