Police: Blackwood Man Charged with Burglarizing Home in His Neighborhood

Police charged a Blackwood man with breaking into a home in his own neighborhood after questioning him in connection with the crime following his arrest Monday for alleged shoplifting offenses.

Gloucester Township Police were dispatched to the 7-Eleven store on Evesham Road, in the township's Glendora section, a bit after 9 p.m. Monday on a report that a shoplifter had just fled the convenience store with 15 packs of cigarettes, Lt. Edward Bryant said.

While investigating the 7-Eleven incident, police received a call from the Wawa store on Somerdale Road, in the township's Chews Landing section, indicating a shoplifting incident involving cigarettes had just occurred there.

The Police Department's Operations Response Unit was sent to a potential suspect's Blackwood home to conduct surveillance after officers received similar suspect and getaway vehicle descriptions at both convenience stores, Bryant said.

Christopher Coller, 31, arrived at his Grand Avenue home a short time later, and was placed under arrest. Coller allegedly resisted arrest and was found to be in possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), according to Bryant.

During the course of the investigation, police charged Coller with both shoplifting incidents, as well as an earlier burglary in his home neighborhood.

Overall, Coller was charged with two counts of shoplifting and single counts of burlgary, theft, resisting arrest, possession of CDS and possession of drug paraphernalia.

His brother, Paul Coller, 32, also of Grand Avenue, was charged as an accessory to the shoplifting crimes for driving Christopher Coller to both convenience stores, police said.