Since May, the suspects allegedly executed 17 smash-and-grab burglaries in Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties at mostly liquor stores.
GLOUCESTER TWP. -- Three men have been arrested for a 17-burglary spree in three different counties, police say.
Since May, numerous smash-and-grab burglaries have happened to businesses -- predominately liquor stores -- in Camden, Gloucester and Burlington counties, and were executed by the same suspects, police said.
This spree prompted more than eight law enforcement agencies in three counties, along with the New Jersey State Police, to assemble a task force to catch the suspects.
Evidence was found at a liquor store robbery in Gloucester Township that led police to identify possible suspects. According to police, officers coordinated a surveillance operation leading them to Hainesport where the suspects were caught committing a burglary at a carwash.
Two of the suspects, Habib R. Brown, 18, and Daquan Stratton, 20, both Glassboro residents, were taken into custody after attempting to leave the scene on foot, police reported. A third suspect, who police did not name, fled the scene in a getaway car but was followed by the team and later caught in Cherry Hill.
All three suspects are being charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree theft, third-degree conspiracy, fourth-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree resisting, according to the police report.
The men are being held in the Burlington County Jail.
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