Alleged Long Valley Car Burglars Caught Red-Handed: Cops

LONG VALLEY, N.J. – Two Warren County men were arrested and jailed after police found them allegedly breaking into parked cars in Long Valley, Lt. Doug Compton said.

On Dec. 29, around 8 p.m., police received a report of a suspicious vehicle driving with its lights off on Catherine Court, Compton said. The caller told police the vehicle’s occupants were getting out of the vehicle and approaching homes on that road, Compton said.

At the same time, police received a call from a Cherry Street resident reporting their vehicle was broken into, Compton said.

Cpl. Brian Bigham and Officer Michael Thompson responded to the area in an attempt to locate the vehicle but learned the suspects had already left the area, Compton said. The officer continued their search and Thompson located a vehicle matching the description, which was now parked on Amherst Drive, Compton said.

Thompson then observed a man running down a driveway of a private home on Cambridge Drive, then entering the parked vehicle, Compton said.

Thompson then conducted a motor vehicle stop on the car, and found Jamaine Body, 28, of Oxford, and Jamal Parker, 25, of Washington (Warren County), Compton said.

Both were charged with burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary and were lodged in the Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of $20,000 bail.