Burglary String Netted $2M In Items; Man Charged, Lakewood Police Say

LAKEWOOD, NJ — A Willingboro man has been charged in a string of burglaries that netted more than $2 million in stolen items, according to a report.

Barry E. Walker, 37, of Willingboro, was arrested earlier this month in the case, the Asbury Park Press reported.

Walker had been sought since November, when a member of the Lakewood Civilian Safety Watch saw a vehicle leaving the scene of a burglary that was interrupted by an alarm and was able to get a description of the vehicle to police, the report said. The vehicle information led to the development of Walker as a suspect, and he was tracked to Asbury Park, where he was arrested July 9, the report said.

The burglaries, which occurred from June 2015 to November, resulted in the theft of jewelry, cash, electronics and designer items, the report said.

Religious artifacts and silver candelabras and silver tableware and platters also were taken in several of the break-ins, according to the report.

Walker is being held in the Ocean County Jail, Toms River, in lieu of $250,000 cash bail and is facing more than 30 charges of burglary and theft, according to the corrections department website.

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