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Marquill D. Wiggins of Newark, 25, broke into a Maple Avenue home through an open basement window and stole two TVs, several boxes of sneakers and crash, before fleeing around 8:30 p.m. Sept. 23, Hillside police chief Vincent Ricciardi said.
Hillside detectives identified Wiggins as a suspect the suspect vehicle after days of gathering evidence.
Detectives saw the vehicle and stopped it on Sept. 30, Ricciardi said.
The driver, Wiggins, was arrested and taken back to police headquarters, where he was found in possession of Oxycodone, the chief said.
Wiggins was charged with several burglary, theft and drug offenses on a warrant, and lodged in the Union County Jail pending a first appearance.
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