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Alqadir Ward, 26, of East Orange was nabbed by Paramus and Washington Township police as he tried to hide in bushes along the Garden State Parkway shortly after 8 a.m., Paramus Police Capt. Frank Scott said.
A DPW worker and police employee pointed the officers toward Ward after spotting him in the area of Georgian Drive during an extensive manhunt, Scott said.
Also arrested was a woman who the captain said was with him. Chanel Crain, 27, of North Brunswick apparently was waiting for Ward in a black sedan with heavily tinted windows and a covered license plate when officers responding to a burglary call found her in a getaway car.
The caller reported seeing a man -- later identified as Ward -- pulling on vehicle door handles.
Ward then entered an unlocked Drexel Road garage, unsuccessfully tried to start a resident's 2019 Corvette and opened a door to the home, where he "was confronted by a resident and fled," Scott said.
Police established a perimeter after taking Crain into custody. Ward was captured soon after.
Both Ward and Crain remained held on burglary-related charges Friday in the Bergen County Jail.
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