Crime & Safety

Berkeley Home Broken Into In Broad Daylight, Police Seek Suspects

Two men broke into a Lena Lane home on Friday afternoon, police said. Police are asking neighboring residents to help identify them.

Police ask that neighbors check camera footage to see if there was a suspicious vehicle/person.
Police ask that neighbors check camera footage to see if there was a suspicious vehicle/person. (Courtesy of Berkeley Township Police Department)

BERKELEY, NJ — A Berkeley Township home was broken into in broad daylight, and police are asking neighbors to check their cameras to help identify the two suspects.

On Dec. 2, two men broke into a Lena Lane home at about 2:40 p.m. through a locked rear window, police said.

Police shared a screenshot of a video showing the two suspects; one man dressed in black and another in a gray sweat suit.

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The man in the gray sweat suit was seen by a neighbor walking down the sidewalk in front of the burgled home about ten minutes before entry was made, police said.

The two men were also seen talking on radios in footage, police said.

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Police have not been able to identify a suspect vehicle.

Berkeley police ask that any residents in the area who saw a suspicious vehicle/person on their camera footage to contact Det. Mike Tier at tier@btpdnj.org or 848-992-3741.

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