Police: Elmwood Park Worker Chases Down Lodi Burglar

ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- An employee from an Elmwood Park business helped police nab an ex-con from Lodi who'd broken into a van parked outside the building, authorities said.

The East Coast Group Floors and Floods employee got into his car, called police and followed the burglar down Chamberlain Avenue, police said.
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Jerry DeMarco

04/04/2018 2:15 p.m.

Manuel J. Cravero, 29, took off, but the East Coast Group Floors and Floods employee got into his car, called police and followed him down Chamberlain Avenue just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. Marc D'Amore said.

Responding officers grabbed Cravero near the intersection of Market Street and Brookside Avenue, D'Amore said.

He told them that he was "looking for a friend inside of the van," the captain said.

Cravero remained held on burglary charges Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail.

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