Dawud Ward, 23, of Plainfield, has been charged in three separate burglaries in three counties.
NEW BRUNSWICK -- Police are looking for a Plainfield man they say broke into a Union County home days after being picked up for another burglary in Middlesex County.
Dawud Ward, 23, of Plainfield. The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office filed a motion Thursday asking the court to rescind the previous pre-bail ruling for Dawud Ward from Jan. 17 when the judge released the 23-year-old pending a court date.
Superior Court Judge Alberto Rivas approved the motion Friday and issued a bench warrant for Ward as a result of the allegations from Cranford police on Jan. 20. Authorities and his public defender said they were unable to reach Ward about his Friday hearing. He did not appear in court.
In the South Plainfield burglary, Wade allegedly broke into a May Avenue house three days after being released from jail on monitored release. Police say Wade had two vials of cocaine on him when they arrested him.
As part of his pre-bail agreement, the person facing charges is required to provide a working phone number and current address. The extent to which he was required to check in with pre-bail services was not known.
The prosecutor's office said Wade also has pending charges from an alleged burglary in Morris County as well. Details of the Union and Morris counties charges were not known.
Bail was set at $50,000.
The statewide bail reform process took effect on Jan. 1, 2017, requiring a judge to rule within 48 hours of someone's arrest whether or not the accused should be released pending a court date or remain in jail with bail to be set in coming days.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey said Friday after the hearing that the bail reform had good motives but some kinks still needed to be worked out.
"I've been told that with bail reform 20 percent less people would be in jail," Carey said. "I wouldn't be opposed to that if that meant there were 20 percent less crime being committed, but what it means in reality, there will be more charged people on the streets."
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