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Riverdale resident Joseph Demauex, 35, was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with burglary, theft, and criminal mischief, Hackettstown Police said.
Demauex is accused of breaking into Budd Lake Bagel & Deli II on Mountain Avenue using the drive-thru window on Wednesday, Dec. 29, police said.
Demauex stole $1,600 in cash, two cash registers valued at $1,650 each, and then fled the scene, DailyVoice.com reported.
Surveillance footage showed the burglar hauling away the registers and fleeing.
Demauex is also a suspect in a series of commercial theft and burglary investigations throughout North Jersey and southern New York, police said.
He was previously put behind bars at the Passaic County Jail on $400,000 bail in connection to a burglary at the Union Avenue Deli in Bloomingdale and a home break-in, NJ.com reported.
Demauex was being held at the county jail pending a court appearance.
Assisting agencies included the Fairfield Township Police Department, Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Clinton Township Police Department.
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