Man Helps Himself To Cash Register At Montclair Restaurant: Police

MONTCLAIR, NJ — A North Jersey man was arrested after an incident at a restaurant in Montclair on Monday, authorities say.

According to the Montclair Police Department, officers responded to the Caribbean Grill on Bloomfield Avenue around 1:15 p.m. after getting a report about an "armed robbery" in progress – which turned out to the inaccurate.

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Police said the unarmed man entered the restaurant, walked behind the counter and opened the cash register. He started taking money from the register until employees and a patron at the restaurant stopped him.

The suspect, a 47-year-old male from East Orange, was charged with burglary, authorities said.

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