March 13, 2024 / By mobanmarket
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Burglaries were recently reported at a home and a pharmacy in Montclair, authorities announced Tuesday.
The Montclair Police Department released the following details about each incident:
HOME/VEHICLE BURGLARY
A North Fullerton Avenue resident reported that her home was entered and her vehicle was stolen on March 6. The suspect or suspects entered the home around 5:55 a.m. after breaking a small glass frame on a rear door. They then took the keys to a 2023 Range Rover that were on the dining room table, and fled the scene in the Range Rover, authorities said.
The vehicle contained a set of golf clubs at the time of the theft, police noted.
Responding officers observed the vehicle fleeing town east on Bloomfield Avenue at a high rate of speed. No pursuit was initiated, police said.
PHARMACY BURGLARY
Montclair police officers also responded to Grove Pharmacy on Grove Street around 3:40 a.m. on March 7 after getting a report about an activated burglar alarm.
The officers found the front glass door shattered on arrival, which was apparently done with a large rock that was found nearby. The cash register was open and empty, with coins scattered across the floor, police said.
An unknown amount of Alprazolam was missing, however, the pharmacy’s narcotic medication was in a separate area and was not stolen, authorities said.
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According to police, surveillance video shows two men get out of a vehicle at 3:37 a.m. and retrieve a bag from the trunk. The men smash the window with rocks, then enter the pharmacy through the broken window at 3:38 a.m. They then fled to a vehicle that was waiting on Oxford Street and made their escape.
Authorities said one suspect was dressed in grey sweatpants with red print on the right leg, a blue hooded sweatshirt, black gloves, face mask, grey sneakers and a blue Walmart bag in hand. The second suspect was dressed in a black and blue North Face puffy jacket, black pants, black sneakers, black gloves and a face mask.
No additional information was immediately available.
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