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Garfield man arrested second time in self-storage burglary

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield man arrested on charges of breaking into storage units in Clifton nine months ago was arrested yesterday by city police and charged with the same crime.

Photo Credit: Courtesy GARFIELD PD

Garfield Officer Dennis Serritella found a lock cut and put back into place after the burglary was called in from Safeguard Storage on Belmont Avenue, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning.

Detectives Michael Latona and Thomas LaMantia found several of the stolen items in a unit nearby, leading them to 28-year-old Kurt Bilin, Sucorowski said.

“Additional stolen items were recovered from a vehicle and from Bilin’s residence,” the captain said.

The 5-foot-11-inch, 250-pound Bilin was being held on $60,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with burglary and theft.

Records show Clifton police arrested him late last summer on charges of breaking into 26 self-storage units on Broad Street. He was leaving the Extra Space Storage facility when they grabbed him, they said.

They said they recovered some of the stolen items, including jewelry, compressors and electronics.

MUGSHOT: Courtesy GARFIELD PD

 

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