Middlesex county man arrested in Hazlet on burglary charges
Police arrested a Middlesex County man on burglary charges last week who allegedly broke into a home in Hazlet. A Metuchen man was arrested shortly after 1 p.m. on June 2nd. The incident occurred on Gibson Drive in Hazlet when a neighbor called the police and reported a man crawling through a window of her neighbor's home. When police arrived, they found an open window and a window screen that had been cut. Police surrounded the house, entered the home, and found the perpetrator in the attic. Police said the defendant's vehicle was parked near a strip mall down the road as the suspect walked around the neighborhood looking for a house that appeared to be unoccupied. The defendant was charged with burglary, criminal mischief, and theft and is currently incarcerated at the Monmouth County Jail in Freehold on $20,000 bail.
