Restaurants & Bars
Man Helps Himself To Cash Register At Montclair Restaurant: Police
Police initially got a call about an "armed robbery," which turned out to be inaccurate. Here's what actually happened, authorities said.
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.
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.
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The suspect, a 47-year-old male from East Orange, was charged with burglary, authorities said.
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