Fair Lawn Burglar Captured Thanks To Neighbhor's Surveillance Video

FAIR LAWN, NJ - A Paterson man was charged with burglary Wednesday after a resident saw him walk by the same home he allegedly broke into the day before, police said.

Police were called to the home after a resident reported that a burglary there between 8 and 9 a.m. Tuesday, said Sgt. Brian Metzler.

Several rooms were ransacked and a side door was open, Metzler said.

A neighbor's surveillance system captured video of the man, which the resident was shown, police said.

The resident recognized the man while he was walking by his home shortly after 11:30 a.m. Thrusday, the sergeant said. The resident took a photo of the man with his cellphone.

The man, Adbulla Taylor, 22, ran away into Paterson, but several Fair Lawn police officers pursued him; he was found hiding behind a car and was arrested, Metzler said.

Taylor, of Paterson, was charged with burglary and theft. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail on $2,500 bail with no 10 percent option, Metzler said.