Bloomfield: This past Sunday (Jan. 24), an Alva Street resident reported he heard someone break into his house while he was sleeping. When the resident went to check, he saw an approximately six-foot-tall black male, between 30-40 years old with a thin mustache in his apartment. The resident chased the suspect downstairs and then south on Edison Street. The suspect got away.
Between Jan. 18-21, there were five reports of smashed car windows and theft in Bloomfield. On Jan. 18, two cars were broken into on Berkley Avenue and ransacked, but neither car owner reported anything missing. Two similar incidents occurred on Broad Street and East Passaic Avenue. On Jan. 21, a car was broken into on Sadler Road and a jacket was reported stolen from the trunk.
Glen Ridge: Police were called to a business on Bloomfield Ave. on Jan. 24 to arrest a man after the storeowner reported he repeatedly had asked the man to leave on several occasions and to never return. The suspect, a Bloomfield resident, was arrested for defiant trespassing and disorderly conduct; he also had a warrant from Bloomfield and was released later that day without bail.