Berkeley Man Arrested In Oh, What A Bagel, Other Burglaries

TOMS RIVER, NJ -- A Berkeley Township man has been arrested in connection with a string of smash-and-grab burglaries on Route 37 as well as ones in Bayville and Lakewood, Toms River police said Tuesday.

Michael Guerino, 52, of the Silver Ridge section of Berkeley, was arrested Feb. 16, Toms River Police Department spokesman Ralph Stocco said.

Guerino is accused of robbing six Route 37 businesses between Feb. 7 and 14, as well as the burglary of Oh What A Bagel in Berkeley and the B&B Party Store in Lakewood, both of which were burglarized on Feb. 14, Stocco said.

In each burglary, Guerino is accused of smashing the front window to enter the store and then ransacking the business to take cash and valuables, Stocco said.

When Guerino was arrested at his home in the Route 37 burglaries, a search warrant executed at his home resulted in the seizure of property connected to the burglaries, including items that connected him to the bagel shop and party store burglaries, Stocco said.

Guerino is being held at the Ocean County Jail, Toms River, in lieu of $125,000 bail, Stocco said, and more charges are expected to be filed.

The investigation was led by the Toms River Police Detective Bureau Burglary “West” Unit, with the assistance of the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department CSI Unit, as well as the Berkeley Township and Lakewood Township detective bureaus.