Police Arrest Pair Suspected of Home Burglaries in Middletown

A call to police station about a suspicious person in the neighborhood led to an investigation that resulted in the arrest of two people suspected of several burglaries in the Middletown area. 

Middletown Police arrested Raymond Fisher, 34, from Courtland Street in Neptune and Catherine Archer, age 51, from Asbury Avenue in Asbury Park and charged them with multiple offenses related to burglary on Thursday.

Fisher is suspected in playing a part in burglaries on Southhall Lane, Chapel Hill Road, Navesink River Road, Tilton Place and Swimming River Road in Tinton Falls; Archer in the one at Southall Lane and Swimming River Road in Tinton Falls. 

On April 18 around 11 a.m., Middletown Police responded to a report of a suspicious man walking in the area of Ivy Hill Road, and then getting in a white Kia which was parked on Southhall Lane, according to Det. Lt. Stephen Dollinger. Southall Lane is located off Oak Hill Road, between Poricy Park and Fairview Cemetery.

Cpl. Keith MacDonald and Detective Kimberly Best located the car. Inside was Catherine Archer, age 51, from Asbury Avenue in Asbury Park, police said.

The officers, along with Det. Lt. Stephen Dollinger and Det. Sgt. Jeffrey Barner conducted an investigation which led them to believe the male subject was in the area committing a burglary to a home, said Dollinger in a press release. 

They set up a perimeter and began going door to door checking homes. Ptl. Scott Davis and Ptl. Andrew Micalizzi located a broken window to one of the homes on Southhall Lane and secured the residence until backup officers could arrive, police said. 

Det. Lt. Stephen Dollinger was able to reach the man, identified as Raymond Fisher, age 34, from Courtland Street in Neptune, NJ, on his phone and convinced him to surrender to officers on the scene.

Fisher was taken into custody by Sgt. First Class William Colangelo and Ptl. Anthony Gigante.

Det. William Strohkirch conducted the follow-up investigation which resulted in Archer being charged with burglary, conspiracy and theft for the burglary on Southhall Lane.

He also developed information connecting her to a burglary that took place on Swimming River Road in Tinton Falls, police said. The Tinton Falls Police Department charged her with burglary, conspiracy and theft as well. She was released pending a court date.

Det. Strohkirch charged Fisher with four counts of burglary, theft and conspiracy for committing burglaries on Southhall Lane, Chapel Hill Road, Navesink River Road and Tilton Place in Middletown.

Fisher was also charged with burglary, theft, conspiracy and criminal mischief by the Tinton Falls Police Department for the burglary on Swimming River Road. He was being held on $50,000 bail set by Judge Richard Thompson.