Victims Confront Thieves; Store Owner Ignores 3 Alarms

Commercial Burglary
 

April 12: A Bloomfield Avenue business owner may be regretting not sending police to check on his business when three separate incidents occurred overnight at his check cashing business.

When police arrived, they discovered that not only had the back wall of the building been broken, but thieves had stolen $15,000 in cash and approximately $600 in coins from a floor safe in front of the store.

Bloomfield police say the owner of United Check Cashing at 239 Bloomfield Avenue was notified of three alarm activations from his monitoring company. 

Police say when the first alarm, an interior motion alarm, was received at 11:12 p.m., the owner said it was not necessary for police to respond, claiming it was not a perimeter alarm. 

When the second alarm, also an interior motion alarm, was received at 12:53 a.m., the owner once again told the alarm company it was not necessary for police to respond.

However, when the third alarm went off at 2:30 a.m., the business owner could not be reached, so the alarm company contacted police. 

An investigation is continuing.

Burglary

April 11: A woman on the 200 block of Davey Street said someone entered her apartment through a rear window. Nothing was reported missing. 

April 13: A front window was forced open on the front porch of a North Spring Street home between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. A 14-karat chain, a Movado white gold watch with diamonds and a gold ring were stolen from the home. 

April 16: Someone entered a Belleville Avenue home through a rear kitchen window and stole $180 in cash. 

April 16: A weed wacker and 10-speed bicycle were stolen from a garage on the 200 block of Ampere Parkway. 

April 16: Someone stole a coil of copper from the backyard of a home on the 200 block of  North 16 street.

April 16: A wallet with $140 in cash, an Xbox game console and game were stolen from a Bloomfield College student’s room on the 400 block of Franklin Street.

Theft from Auto
 

April 11: Spare change was stolen from a 2004 Honda broken into on Orchard Street. 

April 11: Approximately $10 in change was stolen from a 1999 Toyota on Baldwin Street. 

April 14: An old cell phone was stolen and the radio damaged when a 1994 Acura was broken into on Belleville Avenue. 

April 14: A Coach purse and $20 were stolen from a 2007 Toyota on Clinton Street. 

April 15: A 2011 Dodge was broken into on Lawrence Street. It is unknown if anything was taken. 

Stolen Vehicle
 

April 13: A 1993 Honda was stolen on Edison Street. 

Theft
April 11: A girl’s purple bicycle was stolen from the rear yard of a home on Orange Street.

April 11: A Ward Street woman reported her wallet containing her driver’s license, a cell phone and $100 in cash were stolen. 

April 11: Bloomfield police are investigating an incident on the 200 block of Broad Street where a homeowner noticed a man walking out of his basement carrying the homeowner’s laptop computer.

The homeowner said he confronted the 40-50-year-old suspect, who then fled south on Broad Street. 

April 15: A woman reported she was shopping at the Stop & Shop at 8 Franklin Sreet when she was bumped into by one person while another person removed her pocketbook from her shoulder.

The victim sent a phone a text message that read,"the police have your picture on video."  The store manager said a woman returned the purse a few minutes later. 

April 15: A gold necklace was stolen from a patient’s room in an office at 250 Bloomfield Ave. 

Criminal Mischief
 

April 11: The owner of a 2008 Honda located on the 100 block of Chester Avenue said the rear passenger door intentionally scratched. 

April 14: A mailbox at the corner of Berkeley Avenue and Franklin Street was spraypainted with graffiti. 

April 14: A small hole, possibly caused by a pellet gun, was discovered in a screen on the 400 block of Essex Avenue.

April 15: A metal nut broke a small window on Maple Street. 

April 15: A 2000 BMW 325 parked on Weaver Avenue had its driver’s side window broken. 

April 16: A broken phone was found near a wall that had been spraypainted with graffiti on the 800 block of Broad Street. 

Arrests
 

April 11: Orlando Montijo of Bloomfield was arrested for possession of a controlled dangerous substance. 

April 11: Manuel Hillario of Fairlawn was arrested for was arrested for possession of a controlled dangerous substance. 

April 12: Brandon Ocasio of Bloomfield was arrested for outstanding warrants. 

April 12: Hector Colon of Newark was arrested for outstanding warrants. 

April 12: Angel Matias of New Brunswick was arrested for outstanding warrants. 

April 13: Patricia Piacenza of Bloomfield was arrested for contempt. 

April 14: Joseph Rouselle of Newark was arrested for shoplifting. 

April 15: Malcolm Cannon of Newark was arrested for was arrested for possession of a controlled dangerous substance.