Friday, March 22, 2013
Morris Township resident returned home to find jewelry also missing.
A Pine Tree Lane residence in Morris Township was found to be burglarized Thursday, with bedrooms ransacked and cash and jewelry stolen, according to Morris Township police. Police Chief John McGuinness said the homeowner returned to the house just after 6:30 to find a rear window pried open where it appeared as though a person or people had entered (the window is low to the ground). McGuinness said that the person or people "took their time inside, almost every drawer was opened and emptied." About $1,100 in cash and jewelry has been reported stolen at this time. The Morris County CIS and K-9 units responded to assist police with the investigation. McGuinness said around the same time, a homeowner from Kennedy Road reported someone …
Friday, August 17, 2012
James Street burglary fits pattern of known Bergen County crew, police said.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
A James Street residential burglary was likely the work of a known Bergen County crew that has hit homes across North Jersey for years, Morris Township Police said. According to Capt. Rich Ferrone, the residents were away when the home was broken into sometime between last Friday night and Wednesday afternoon. The incident was discovered when a neighbor went to water the flowers at the home on Wednesday, Ferrone said. It appeared the front door had been kicked in, Ferrone said. The door jam was broken and the wood frame that held the lock was found on the front steps, Ferrone said. The master bedroom was found ransacked, but it was not immediately known if anything was missing since the homeowners were still away, Ferrone said. The break-…
Monday, July 30, 2012
Incident occurred over the weekend in Morris Township.
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Monday, July 30, 2012
A Burnham Road home was burglarized Sunday afternoon, Morris Township Police Department said. Police were not able to provide further details on Monday. Patch will update this story when more information is released.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Morristown Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Police say an 18-year-old Mendham Borough resident tried to break into a Gregory Terrace home. But, a few observant residents and their call to the cops stopped that from happening. David Domiter, of Emery Avenue in Mendham, was charged with third-degree burglary, fourth-degree criminal trespassing and criminal mischief June 17 shortly before 2 a.m. Officer Eddy Pichardo responded to the scene, where witnesses told him they had seen a man—described as white, 5-foot-10, about 130 pounds with long blonde hair, wearing a white T-shirt and carrying a black laptop bag—climbing a steel ladder in order to try and get inside the residence, according to Pichardo's report. When the witness asked the man what he was doing, he responded, "nothing, …
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Police advise taking steps to make your home appear occupied.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
A burglar forced his or her way into a Morris Township home over the weekend, police said in a community alert issued Monday. The burglary took place after dusk in the James Street area, while the residence was unoccupied, police said. The alert did not indicate what, if anything, was taken. "Residents are encouraged to report suspicious activity in their neighborhoods immediately the police," the alert states. "This includes both vehicles and people who look out of place. We also ask residents to take proactive steps to make their homes appear occupied. These steps include making sure garbage cans, newspapers, and mail have been taken in; interior and exterior lights are set to come on at dusk and having your homes watched by a neighbor …
Friday, July 22, 2011
Crimes of opportunity seen in multiple communities.
Lock your cars already, people. That's the message from Morris Township Police, who say there have been nine reports of thefts from unlocked parked cars in the last 24 hours in Morris Township. "They're happening all over, Ketch Road, Canfield Road–which is on the other side of the Township–and then Western Avenue in the middle," Captain Rich Ferrone of the Morris Township Police Department said. Ferrone said the items stolen were "the usual: GPS units, iPods, wallets, cash." Similar incidents have occurred repeatedly over the last few months in Morris Township and the surrounding communities. In mid-May, Patch reported on six thefts involving unlocked vehicles that occurred over a two-day period in the township. Among the items reported …
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The following arrest information was supplied by the Morris Township Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Morris Township police say they scored a double on Friday, when a man they arrested for allegedly breaking into a local restaurant was found to have items reported stolen from several unlocked cars. Eugene Hayes, 39, of Morristown, was charged with burglary and theft from the restaurant, plus burglary and theft from the unlocked car, police said. At 2:30 a.m. on May 27, according to police, a burglar alarm was activated at the Yummy Yummy Chinese Restaurant on Speedwell Ave. in Morris Township because the business had been broken-into through a rear door. Capt. Rich Ferrone said that the presence of extra police patrols in the area, prompted by recent thefts from unlocked cars in both Morris Township and Morris Plains, allowed police to …
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The following arrest information was supplied by the Morris Township Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
A Morris Township teen was taken into custody early May 30 after he was found to be in possession of several items believed stolen in the area, police said. The items included a laptop computer reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle and several GPS units believed taken from other unlocked vehicles in the area, according to police. Capt. Rich Ferrone said that at about 3:30 a.m., an Elder Drive resident surprised a person described as a juvenile male breaking into a car. The juvenile fled the scene, police said. In searching the area, Ptl. David Xenitelis encountered another juvenile male, age 17, from Morris Township, who was spotted riding a bicycle and carrying a laptop computer, Ferrone said. Police stopped the youth and the computer …
