Marlboro Charges Four In Attempted Burglary, Eluding Police

MARLBORO, N.J. — A report to police by a township resident of suspicious activity in his neighborhood led to the arrests of four persons in connection with an attempted burglary.

After an early morning, multi-town chase, two men and two male juveniles were charged by police Monday with various offenses, including attempted burglary, receiving stolen property and eluding, according to a report from Capt. Stephen J. Levy.

Erick Majette, 27, and Sherrod Richardson, 21, both of Newark and one juvenile from Newark and another juvenile from Brooklyn, N.Y., were charged, Levy said. The juveniles were released into the custody of their families. Majette and Richardson were transported to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Freehold.

At approximately 6:36 a.m., the township police department received a 911 call from a resident who advised that an unknown person was attempting to gain entry into his neighbor’s vehicle. The vehicle, a 2018 Porsche Macan was locked and parked in the driveway. The caller was able to provide a description of the suspect as well as the vehicle which was described as a blue BMW.

A short time later, officers were able to locate the suspect’s vehicle on a nearby residential street and attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop. The BMW refused to stop for the officers and a pursuit was initiated. While fleeing from the officers, the BMW struck a guardrail on the ramp to Route 18 Northbound, damaging the vehicle. The officers pursued the vehicle onto Route 18 northbound but terminated the pursuit shortly thereafter as it was deemed too dangerous to continue. A description of the vehicle was relayed to both Old Bridge and East Brunswick Police Departments.

Then, at approximately 7 a.m., the Old Bridge Police Department advised us that the suspect’s vehicle was abandoned in a Shell Gas Station on Route 18 in East Brunswick and four males were fleeing from the vehicle. Three of the suspects were located by the East Brunswick Police Department and one suspect was located by the South River Police Department. The four were then placed under arrest and transported back to Marlboro police headquarters for processing. It was later determined that the BMW they were using was reported stolen out of Nassau County, N.Y.

When advised of the incident and arrests, Chief Peter Pezzullo said, “When the Marlboro residents and police department work in conjunction, as we did here, it often leads to a successful apprehension. Mayor (Jonathan) Hornik instituted a program, fully supported by myself and the Marlboro Township Police Department, titled ‘See Something, Say Something, and We Will Do Something’. In this instance, it was the keen eyes of our residents that spotted something suspicious and immediately dialed 911.

"Our officers took it from there, and with the assistance of the Old Bridge Police Department and East Brunswick Police Department, we were able to take four suspected criminals off the street. This marks the ninth arrest made by our officers in the last week alone for attempted vehicle burglaries and other associated crimes. These statistics prove the program is working here in Marlboro Township.”