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Richard C. Medina, 57, took an undisclosed amount of cash from the Edgewater Plaza business at 725 River Road after breaking the glass of a side door shortly before 1:30 a.m. Jan. 22, Police Chief Donald Martin said.
Detectives who reviewed security video instantly recognized him, the chief said.
They’d arrested the 6-foot-5-inch repeat offender for burglarizing the same business last Dec. 30, he said.
Medina was already known to police, having been arrested numerous times over the past 20 years in various East Bergen and Hudson County towns, mostly for drug-related burglaries and thefts.
They charged him on Thursday, Feb. 16, with burglary, theft and criminal mischief in connection with the January break-in on River Road, then sent him to the Bergen County Jail.
Medina remained there on Friday while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
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