Crime & Safety
Police Catch Cypress Neck Burglar
The following information was obtained directly from Middletown Police Department Records. It does not indicate a conviction.
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Police arrested Jose Luciano, 32, of Reidway Place, Freehold, on Dec. 28, following an investigation into a Nov. 8 burglary at a residence.
Luciano was arrested by Detective Adam Finck and charged with burglary, criminal mischief and theft, for the initial breaking and entering at the home in the township's Lincroft section.
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Those charges were then elevated to strong-armed robbery and aggravated assault after Luciano briefly struggled with a neighbor who had observed him fleeing the home with stolen property in hand according to police.
The struggle ended when Luciano dropped the stolen property and fled the area in a silver four-door Audi. The unidentified neighbor assisted township police in helping to identify the suspect.
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Luciano was taken into custody in Middletown after police in Middlessex County arrested him on other charges. He was held on the Middletown charges at the Middlesex County Jail on $35,000 bail set by Judge Richard Thompson.
The investigation was conducted by Finck and Detectives First Class Bill Strohkirch and Danny Sullivan.
