Crime & Safety

Burglary Suspects Arrested in Berkeley Heights

Three men caught after burglary at Harding Drive home.

Three men were arrested Saturday for burglary on Harding Drive in Berkeley Heights.

Berkeley Heights police arrested Robinson Bermudez, 35  and David A. Pulgarin, 28, both of West New York, N.J., and Andres Jimenez, 23, of Kew Gardens, N.Y.

Further investigation by officers revealed that a residence on Harding Drive had been burglarized and that a neighbor had seen two of the suspects enter the residence.  When the neighbor rang the front doorbell, two of the suspects fled on foot from the back of the residence, with the neighbor chasing after them.

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Officers responded to the area of Snyder Avenue near Lone Pine Drive after receiving a report of an individual chasing two other individuals.  Police headquarters then received a second report from volunteer Fire Capt. James Hopkins, of an individual getting into a blue Honda on Pine Grove Rd. 

Ptl. Dan Cuocci arrived on scene and observed one individual still running east on Pine Grove Rd., and was able to take Jimenez into custody after ordering him to the ground. 

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Ptl. Michael Nelson then attempted to stop the blue Honda, at which time it fled east on Pine Grove Rd., coming to a stop after driving down a residential driveway near High Oaks Drive. 

Both Bermudez and Pulgarin were then taken into custody at that location by officers.

All three suspects were brought to police headquarters and processed.  Jimenez and Bermudez were charged with burglary and criminal mischief and bail was set at $20,000.00. 

Pulgarin, the driver of the Honda, was charged with eluding a police officer in a motor vehicle and bail was set at $10,000.00.  Pulgarin and Jimenez were released after posting bail and Bermudez was transported to the Union County Jail.    


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