A 36-year-old Cliffwood Beach man was charged with multiple offenses Friday, including burglary, after a concerned citizen reported a suspicious vehicle in Holmdel.
HOLMDEL - A 36-year-old Cliffwood Beach man was charged with multiple offenses Friday, including burglary, after a concerned citizen reported a suspicious vehicle on Fox Hunt Drive.
Shortly after 4 pm. on Friday, Holmdel Township police received a call about a suspicious white Mercedes with all of its windows tinted driving slowly around Fox Hunt Drive.
Stafford police responded at 10:46 p.m. to Route 72 near milepost 22.7 for a report of a motor-vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. (File photo). Lt. Michael Pigott responded to the scene and located vehicle.
During a subsequent investigation, police determined that the operator of the vehicle - identified as Justin K. Brown, 36, who last known address was in Cliffwood Beach - had burglarized a home on Fox Hunt just before police arrived and was also wanted for questioning for a burglary and theft that had recently occurred in Tinton Falls, police said.
Lt. Pigott and Sgt. Vincent Imperato arrested Brown at the scene and the white Mercedes was impounded.
Brown was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit burglary, one count of conspiracy to commit theft, one count of Burglary, one count of theft, and possession of marijuana.
He was lodged in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in lieu of $67,500 bail.
A subsequent investigation by Detective Sergeant Edward Martinez and Detective Andrew Kret of the Holmdel Police Department resulted in warrants being issued for Cliffwood Beach resident Dwayne Melvin for burglary and theft related charges.
Both subjects were also charged by the Tinton Falls Police Department.
Anyone with information regarding these incidents or the whereabouts of Dwayne Melvin is asked to contact the Holmdel Police Department Detective Bureau at 732-946-4400.
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