Cops Arrest Burglary Suspect On Bloomfield-Newark Border

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Cooperation between Newark and Bloomfield police resulted in the arrest of a suspected home burglar along their border last week, authorities said.

The arrest took place around 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday when a Bloomfield Police officer and Newark Police responded to a call of a robbery in the 500-block of North 13th Street, according to the Newark Department of Public Safety.

Police received a report that a man broke into a residence through a side door. The home’s occupants fled the scene through the front door, authorities said.

Officers apprehended the suspect, Michael Garland, 44, of Scotch Plains, as he was exiting the side door and took him into custody without incident, authorities said. Police charged Garland with burglary and criminal mischief.

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