Home Burglary, Attempted Burglary In Livington: Police

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston police say the same suspects may be behind a home burglary and an attempted burglary that took place on Monday.

According to the Livingston Police Department, officers responded to a home on Elmwood Drive at 2:09 a.m. after getting a report about an attempted burglary.

The homeowners told officers that they saw three people in their backyard. Surveillance video shows them pulling on the rear slider to the residence, police said.

The suspects weren’t able to get inside the home and fled the scene, police added.

BURGLARY

It appears that the same suspects committed a residential burglary on North Ridge Drive on Monday, police said.

The Livingston Police Department released the following details about the incident:

“At 2:28 a.m., the homeowners contacted Livingston police to report that their home had been burglarized. The homeowners were abruptly woken by an audible alarm and they discovered an unsecured window with the screen removed. Video surveillance shows four suspects entering their residence via the open window, and all four suspects exited the residence through the same window. It does not appear that the actors removed anything from the residence.”

The Livingston Detective Bureau is investigating both incidents, police said Tuesday.

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