BURGLARY SUSPECT NABBED, OTHER THEFTS REPORTED

Maplewood Police caught a burglary suspect in an incident first reported on Maplewoodian yesterday. 


They also worked with other law enforcement to catch a suspect in a Woodbridge convenience store armed robbery who was found in our township.


See the full police blotter below:

January 16, 2012: Burglary (Arrest Made). On 1/16/12, officers responded to a Park Avenue residence after a female called 9-1-1 to report that while taking a shower, she heard noises and believed that someone was in her home. Upon investigating, she noticed an open window and an ice cooler placed outside below the window. Several officers arrived and conducted a building search which proved negative for any suspects. Other officers located witnesses who had observed a young female running away from the scene of the crime. Moments later, Officer R. Wright located a 17 y/o juvenile female walking on Prospect Street who matched the description provided by the witnesses. In the immediate area, officers also located objects that were being reported stolen during the burglary. Detectives A. Sally and L. Washington continued the investigation, and subsequently arrested the juvenile female on charges of Burglary and Theft.

January 12, 2012: Burglary. On 1/12/12, officers responded to a Boyden Avenue apartment building on a burglary report. Unknown suspect(s) reportedly entered an unlocked basement window leading to a laundry room, where coin locks to two washing machines were broken and change removed.

January 14, 2012: Burglary. On 1/14/12, officers responded to a Pierson Road residence on a report of a burglary. The homeowner reported that between 1:45 pm and 6:00 pm this date, unknown suspect(s) entered through an unlocked door and removed a change jar containing approximately $200 in coins.

January 14, 2012: Warrant Arrest. On 1/14/12, Maplewood Police Detective R. Smith and several Maplewood Patrol Officers joined Woodbridge Police and the New Jersey State Police C.E.R.T team in the execution of an arrest and a search warrant at a Van Ness Terrace residence. The warrants were obtained as a result of a joint investigation between the Maplewood PD Detective Bureau and the Woodbridge PD Detective Bureau where Maplewood residents were developed as suspects in an armed robbery of a Woodbridge convenience store.

While the NJSP C.E.R.T. Team gained entry to the residence, detectives in the rear yard observed a firearm fly off of the roof and into the yard, along with another item. Detectives secured the firearm, a .380 caliber handgun. Inside the residence, the juvenile subject of the arrest warrant was detained and transported to Woodbridge PD for processing. In addition, a 21 y/o female resident was found to have outstanding warrants and was subsequently arrested and released.