Another Home Invasion In One Of Berkeley's Senior Communities, Culprits Still On the Loose

Berkeley Township police are investigating the second home invasion in less than a month in one of the township's senior communities, Police Chief Karin T. DiMichele said.

Berkeley officers responded to a home on Tortola Street on December 14, 2016 on a report of a robbery. The elderly victim told police that two white males entered her home through an unlocked front door, shoved her down and removed valuables from the home, the chief said.

The men left the home quickly and fled on foot in an unknown direction. The Ocean County Crime Scene unit also responded, DiMichele said.

Berkeley detectives are trying to determine if this incident and another home invasion that occurred on Nov. 29 on Zeeland Drive are connected.

In that incident, two men posing as delivery employees forced their way into the house, robbed the couple at gunpoint, bound them and fled on foot, the chief has said.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Berkeley Township Police at 732-341-1132 extension 611. Tips can remain anonymous.

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