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Man Arrested Breaking Into Cars On Jersey Shore: Police Man Arrested Breaking Into Cars On Jersey Shore: Police
Man Arrested Breaking Into Cars On Jersey Shore: Police A 33-year-old man from Burlington has been arrested for breaking into cars in Brick Township, authorities said. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 12:55 a.m. Brick Police responded to Windsor Road for a suspicious person attempting to enter parked motor vehicles.  Ptl. Scott Mesmer responded to the area and quickly located a suspect who matched the description provided by the caller, police said. Christopher Kennedy was arrested and charged with two counts of burglary and theft of movable property. Kennedy was processed at Brick Police Headquarters and held in Ocean County Jail. Chief David For…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Somerset County Man, 24, Nabbed In Home And Vehicle Burglaries: Prosecutor Somerset County Man, 24, Nabbed In Home And Vehicle Burglaries: Prosecutor
Somerset County Man, 24, Nabbed In Home And Vehicle Burglaries: Prosecutor A 24-year-old Somerset County man accused of a string of home and car burglaries is facing various charges, authorities said. Jason M. Milak was seen driving a work van before burglarizing a home on River Road in Branchburg Township on Monday, May 9, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said in a release alongside local officials on Wednesday, June 22. A month later, Milak, of Branchburg, was scared off by a resident of Cedar Grove Road who claimed that he had tried to break into a parked vehicle shortly before 3:30 a.m. Meanwhile, a second resident’s vehicle was burglarized …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
NY Car Burglars Lead Police On Wild Jersey Shore Pursuit Before Crash With Audi: Authorities NY Car Burglars Lead Police On Wild Jersey Shore Pursuit Before Crash With Audi: Authorities
NY Car Burglars Lead Police On Wild Jersey Shore Pursuit Before Crash With Audi: Authorities A pair of alleged car burglars were caught after a wild chase in which the suspects tried to carjack several cars before smashing into an Audi, authorities said. It all began about 2 p.m. Thursday when off-duty Brick Township Police Officer Kevin Ryan was leaving the LA Fitness gym in Brick Plaza after working out, police said. Ryan heard a vehicle alarm sounding in the parking lot. The alarm was coming from a tan Chevy pickup truck. Ryan reportedly noticed a greenish gray minivan parked next to the tan pickup.  The minivan reportedly matched the description of a vehicle that car…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
KNOW ANYTHING? One Car Burglarized, Another Stolen Overnight In Mercer County KNOW ANYTHING? One Car Burglarized, Another Stolen Overnight In Mercer County
Know Anything? One Car Burglarized, Another Stolen Overnight In Mercer County One car was burglarized and another stolen overnight in Mercer County, authorities said. The first vehicle was left unlocked in the Penns Neck section of West Windsor Township and rifled through before dawn Friday, local police said. The thief took an unspecified amount of cash, police said. Meanwhile, a Honda Accord was reported stolen around the same area, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the key fob was left inside. Residents and business owners in the Penns Neck area are asked to check surveillance footage. Anyone with information is asked to contact the West Windsor …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Prosecutor Releases Details In High-Speed Chase That Brought Helicopter, K9s To Somerset County Prosecutor Releases Details In High-Speed Chase That Brought Helicopter, K9s To Somerset County
Prosecutor Releases Details In High-Speed Chase That Brought Helicopter, K9s To Somerset County A pair of men from New York and South Carolina were arrested for their roles in leading a high-speed police pursuit in a stolen car across Somerset County earlier this week, authorities said Wednesday. Police responded to reports of two men in a Ford Edge trying to burglarize cars on South 7th Avenue in Manville around 11:40 p.m. May 17, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. The driver was identified as Andrew Barros, 19, of Queens, NY, and the passenger Rasheen Alston, 19, of Camden, South Carolina, Robertson said alongside Chief of County Detectives John W. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN HIM? Hillsdale PD Seeks Help Finding Ex-Con Theft Suspect Who Crashed Twice While Fleeing SEEN HIM? Hillsdale PD Seeks Help Finding Ex-Con Theft Suspect Who Crashed Twice While Fleeing
Seen HIM? Hillsdale PD Seeks Help Finding Ex-Con Theft Suspect Who Crashed Twice While Fleeing A Florida ex-con suspected in a series of car burglaries crashed his car twice while fleeing Hillsdale police, who turned to the public for help finding him. A borough police officer saw a Ford Explorer with Florida license plates speeding south on Kinderkamack Road moments after hearing an alert that it had been involved in thefts from vehicles in Woodcliff Lake. The officer stopped the vehicle, but then the driver – identified as Khalil D. Pass, 26, of Fort Lauderdale – hit the gas and sped off, Detective Travis Woods said. Pass “was involved in two crashes and continued to drive reckles…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police On Lookout For Man Who Stole Credit Cards From Locked Car At Upscale NJ Country Club Police On Lookout For Man Who Stole Credit Cards From Locked Car At Upscale NJ Country Club
Police On Lookout For Man Who Stole Credit Cards From Locked Car At Upscale NJ Country Club Authorities are seeking the public's help identifying and locating a man who broke into a locked car at a Somerset County country club and took several credit cards. Surveillance tapes captured the man -- between 18 and 28 years old -- breaking into the woman's locked car at the Cherry Valley Country Club in the Skillman Section of Montgomery Township on Nov. 24 around 3:30 p.m., Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. The suspect was described to authorities as a white or Hispanic male with brown hair that is shaved on the sides. An investigation captured the man using t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Passaic Sheriff's Officer Helps Haledon Police Nab Fleeing Overnight Car Burglary Suspect Passaic Sheriff's Officer Helps Haledon Police Nab Fleeing Overnight Car Burglary Suspect
Passaic Sheriff's Officer Helps Haledon Police Nab Fleeing Overnight Car Burglary Suspect A Passaic County sheriff's officer helped Haledon police chase down a car burglary suspect wanted for several area break-ins before dawn Saturday, authorities said. Sgt. Michael Susen and Officers Semir Celoski and April Latona were responding to a call of break-ins on Cliff Street when they spotted Geremy Pulinario, 19, of Passaic at the corner of West Broadway and Burhans Avenue and ordered him to stop, Lt. George Guzman said. Pulinario bolted, jumping several fences, Guzman said. Borough officers got help establishing a perimeter from, among others Prospect Park and William Paterson pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Bound Brook Man Wanted For Two Separate Police Pursuits, Burglaries SEEN HIM? Bound Brook Man Wanted For Two Separate Police Pursuits, Burglaries
Seen HIM? Bound Brook Man Wanted For Two Separate Police Pursuits, Burglaries Authorities are seeking the public’s help locating a Bound Brook man wanted by police in two separate vehicle pursuits and a car burglary. Bridgewater Township Police say Nigel Hill, 22, led officers on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle on Hillcrest Road Tuesday, Feb. 4 after he was identified as a suspect in other home and vehicle burglaries. Hill did not obey officers’ commands to pull the vehicle over and was speeding, police say. The pursuit was ended on Washington Valley Road, and a follow-up investigation identified Hill as the suspect. The following day, Franklin Township Police locate…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Career Car Burglar Caught Again, Charged In Maywood Spree Career Car Burglar Caught Again, Charged In Maywood Spree
Career Car Burglar Caught Again, Charged In Maywood Spree A habitual car burglar who Maywood police said hit three vehicles the same night was captured early Tuesday. Hhome surveillance showed Rashawn G. Vaughan, 23, of Newark, walking up driveways and pulling on vehicle door handles overnight on Jan. 12, Detective Capt. Terence Kenny said. Vaughan has been arrested by Rochelle Park police last November following an eight-vehicle burglary spree, noted Kenny, the officer in charge of the department. SEE: Car Burglar Sought In 15 Rochelle Park Vehicle Break-Ins, Attempts Captured In Passaic Vaughan has been known to police, having been charged wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco