Police Report Eight Burglaries, Thefts Throughout Township

West Orange police are investigating a series of burglaries and thefts throughout the township over the past week, including a alleged burglary from a car parked in the municipal lot, at 4 Municipal Plaza on Friday afternoon.

In that incident, the owner told police a $200 printer was taken from the car near the West Orange Public Library on March 29 at around 4 p.m. along with some paperwork and an umbrella. 

Police are also investigating the alleged theft of 29 varsity football jerseys from a locked, gated area at West Orange High School.

The high school's athletic director reported the alleged theft of the jerseys on March 25.

School personnel told police they recovered 13 of the missing jerseys. However the remaining missing jerseys, valued at about $1,600, have not been recovered. 

On Tuesday, March 26, a home was reportedly broken into on Watchung Avenue while the resident was out between 6:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., police said.

According to the report, a Sony PlayStation, valued at $300, and a pair of Nike shoes, valued at $220, were allegedly stolen. The resident told police when he returned home, the window was open in his home.

Police also reported:

• At about noon on Sunday, March 31, a 600-watt gas generator, valued at $800, was stolen from an unlocked flatbed parked on Ashland Avenue.
• A five-foot metal ladder was stolen from the driveway of an Eagle Terrace residence on Friday, March 29 around 5:15 p.m. One of the residents told police, she saw a white van pull up to the driveway and two men put the ladder in the van. 
• On Monday, March 25, more than $700 in equipment, including a power drill, torch and leaf blower, was stolen from a truck parked on Stockman Street at about 2 p.m. 

Additionally:

• On Sunday, March 31, three men approached a West Orange resident as he put groceries in the back seat of his car at about 6 p.m. The men displayed what was  his car. 
• On Monday, April 1, an  in the residential area across the street from St. Barnabas Medical Center, West Orange police said.