Man Accused Of Assaulting Teaneck Priest Charged With Fair Lawn Church Burglaries

TEANECK, N.J. — A Paterson man accused of breaking into township churches in 2015 and assaulting a priest was charged recently with breaking into two churches in Fair Lawn after fingerprint evidence linked him to the incidents, police said.

Warren Point Presbyterian Church and Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Fair Lawn were burglarized on March 22 and April 4 in 2015; laptop computers and cash was taken from the churches, said Sgt. Brian Metzler.

Authorities collected evidence, including fingerprints, from both crime scenes and on Tuesday, Detective Anthony Lugo and Detective Sgt. Tim O'Shaughessy went to the Bergen County Jail and charged Roberto Quinones, 43, of Paterson, with two counts of burglary and theft, Metzler said.

Quinones also broke into churches Teaneck churches in 2015 and assaulted a priest, Teaneck Police Chief Robert A. Carney said at the time.

Quinones was charged with burglarizing 24 vehicles in Clifton in December of 2015, NorthJersey.com reported.

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Roberto Quinones, 43, — Courtesy of Teaneck Police Department