Police: Arrest Made in Holling Road Burglary Case, Colts Neck

Correction: this article previously stated Procopio was allegedly responsible for a home invasion of Richmonde Court. This burglary was a separate incident.

Colts Neck Police charged an Eatontown man in connection with a burglary case, in which the man allegedly cut through a screen in a window to get into the house.

Paul Procopio, 26,  and Glenn Freeman, 29 of Freehold, were arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of burglary, three counts of theft and conspiracy with charges in Freehold, Colts Neck and Tinton Falls.

Procopio and Freeman were allegedly found in Freehold to be in possession of stolen property, during a motor vehicle stop. 

The pair allegedly stole $500 worth of jewelry from the Colts Neck home.

Police reported Procopio allegedly stole $500 worth of property from a Freehold home and $7,896 worth of jewelry and cash from a Tinton Falls home. He was also charged with conspiring to commit burglary with an unnamed defendant in Tinton Falls.

Procopio and Freeman were both charged with burglary and theft in Colts Neck Township, receiving stolen property out of Freehold Township and burglary and theft out of Tinton Falls Borough. Freeman was also charged with burglary and theft out of Shrewsbury Borough.

Procopio was charged and lodged in the Monmouth County Correction Institution in lieu of total bail on all charges set at $37,500.  Freeman was charged and later released from police custody, according to Colts Neck Police.