Brick Pair Charged In String Of Restaurant Burglaries

WALL, NJ — Two Brick Township residents have been charged in connection with a string of burglaries at Monmouth County restaurants last week, police said.

Ryan Dautorio, 30, and Natalina Rossano, 27, were arrested Sunday by Wall Township police on Sunday in burglaries at Pastosa Ravioli, Pasquale's Pizzeria, Cluck U Chicken and Five Guys that happened from Dec. 13 to Dec. 19, Wall Police Capt. Greg Carpino said.

Dautorio was charged with four counts of third-degree burglary, four counts of third-degree theft and four counts of third-degree criminal mischief and taken to the Monmouth County Jail.

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Rossano was charged with two counts of third-degree burglary, two counts of third-degree theft, two counts of third-degree criminal mischief and two counts of conspiracy.

"Collaborative efforts of county law enforcement and local police led to the arrest Sunday morning of two individuals from Ocean County," Carpino said. "These arrests are another example of the concerted efforts by county and local law enforcement to stop recent commercial burglaries in Monmouth and Ocean counties."

The investigation included police from Wall Township, Lacey Township, Brick Township, Berkeley Township, Manchester Township, Toms River Township and Spring Lake Borough, as well as investigators from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

With reporting by Nicole Rosenthal

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