Fair Lawn police grab burglar in the act after owner spots him on surveillance camera from home

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The owner of a Fair Lawn electronics refurbishing business watched on his home computer as a burglar began grabbing items from his warehouse. So he called police, who said they caught the thief in the act.

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Jerry DeMarco

12/05/2014 5:25 p.m.

Officers responding to Closeout Solutions on Wagaraw Road just after 5 a.m. said they found 40-year-old Igone Tejada of Paterson inside.

He’d gathered Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, cell phones, laptop computers and car radios into two a plastic shopping bag and backpack and was also carrying a knife, flashlight and crack pipe after two K9 units from the Bergen County Sheriff’s unit found him, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.

Tejada, who had arrest warrants out of Ridgewood and Paterson, apparently climbed in through a boarded up window that had been damaged two weeks ago, Metzler said.

He was ordered held on $75,000 bail on charges of burglary, theft and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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