Marlboro Car Theft Arrest Is Latest After Police Investigations

MARLBORO, NJ — A call from a township resident to police about suspicious activity resulted in a car theft arrest Sunday, police said.

Sunday morning, the Marlboro Township Police Department received a phone call from a homeowner who reported seeing a suspicious male subject running down a neighbor’s driveway, according to the department.

Marlboro police responded to the scene and immediately detained a suspect.

After an investigation that included both patrol officers and the detective bureau, the person was arrested and charged with various crimes, including one count of auto theft, three counts of vehicle burglary and four counts of the township's newly enacted local ordinance trespassing with purpose to commit auto theft, police said.

The Linden native was lodged in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freehold.

This is one of a series of recent arrests:

Two people were charged by Marlboro police detectives with stealing a vehicle on June 19 from the parking lot of Maple Tree Plaza, South Main Street.

Then earlier in June two suspects were in connection with attempted car thefts on Church Road, police said.

The incidents from Sunday morning are still being actively investigated and more arrests and charges may be forthcoming, police said.

"We would like to thank the homeowner for staying vigilant and reporting the suspicious activity in their neighborhood," police said in a social media post.

Mayor Jon Hornik and Chief Peter Pezzullo would also like to remind all members of the community of the township initiative: "If you See Something, Say Something, and We Will Do Something," police said.