Police: South Brunswick Man Surrenders On Burglary Charges

A South Brunswick man, wanted by police on charges of burglary, has turned himself in, authorities said.

Eugene Napolitano, 50, of the Monmouth Junction section of town, surrendered at South Brunswick police headquarters on Monday morning, according to Capt. James Ryan.

Napolitano is charged with two counts of burglary, along with possession of burglary tools and eluding.

Police previously said Napolitano fled from the scene of two Jeffrey Circle burglaries when patrols interrupted him last month.

According to police:

Police went to that neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. May 29, after getting a call about two suspicious men.

When a patrol sergeant arrived, he saw one man sitting in a green van, then spotted another man -- later identified as Napolitano -- emerge from the side of a house on that street.

When the sergeant ordered Napolitano to stop, he ran away, got into the van, and drove off.

Officers determined he had been trying to break into two homes in the neighborhood, but left empty-handed.

Napolitano was sent to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick, with bail set at $170,000.