Pizzeria Windows Smashed, Suspects Linked to Similar Incident

Talk about a pizza craving.

Two men face charges in Gloucester Township and Lindenwold after allegedly smashing out windows of businesses in each town. In Gloucester Township’s case, it was the pizzeria that sustained the damage.

While patrolling the area around Commerce Plaza on Blackwood Clementon Road, a police officer heard a store alarm going off early  Monday and spotted a man running from the scene. Police later identified him as Ryan Courtney, 26, of Thornfield Circle, Sewell.

Courtney led the officer on a brief chase, and a struggle ensued before he was apprehended.

Officers found the window of Little Caesars smashed with a rock.

Meanwhile, a Millbridge Apartments resident noticed the commotion and alerted officers to Courtney’s truck, parked in the 300 block of the complex. There, police found Ryan Gallagher, 22, of Greenwood Drive in Turnersville, hiding.

Shortly before the Gloucester Township incident, Lindenwold Police reported similar to damage to a business in town. Courtney and Gallagher are suspected in that crime and will face charges from Lindenwold, according to reports.

In Gloucester Township, Courtney was charged with criminal mischief and resisting arrest. Gallagher was charged with criminal mischief.