Early this morning, at approximately 4:45 a.m.,South Orange Police responded to a report of burglary and fire which had occurred at an East Clark Place residence in South Orange.
The victim, a 24-year old female was confronted by a male intruder in her bedroom while sleeping. A struggle with the suspect ensued and the victim sustained some minor physical injuries to the victim. After the struggle, the victim discovered the bedroom was on fire at which time she fled the residence and called 911. The South Orange Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished the one-room fire.
The suspect is described as a black male in his 20’s with a medium build, medium complexion and was wearing a black hoodie type sweatshirt over his head, dark or camouflage-colored shorts with yellow Timberland-style boots.
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Seems like there are a lot of nocturnal intruders around the area.