YouTube Video Leads to Arrest of Two Alleged Burglars
Footage goes viral, results in couple's arrest for Oxbow Place break-ins, police said.
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Surveillance video that went viral on YouTube has led to the arrest of two individuals accused of burglarizing two Oxbow Place residences last month.
Ahmet Islami, 20, of Haledon, and his girlfriend, Marjorie Alva, 21, of Elmwood Park, were each charged Friday with two counts of burglary, theft and receiving stolen property.
The couple was seen on video Dec. 3, asking an Oxbow Place resident if they could retrieve a football from the backyard, Wayne Police said. The video was filmed by a home security system. Police released the footage last week that was also posted on YouTube.
Capt. James Clarke said the video received more than 10,000 hits, according to NorthJersey.com.
Police believe the couple burglarized homes by entering through unlocked rear windows where residents didn't answer their doors, according to the NorthJersey.com article.
A second burglary occurred on Oxbow Police on Christmas Eve, police said.
A neighbor of the resident whose home was burglarized that day reported a male and female asked if they could go into his backyard to look for a football. The resident confirmed the two individuals were the same ones seen on the video, police said.
Jewelry was taken from both homes, police said. Islami and Alva sold the items to a Wayne jewelry store on Dec. 3, police said. Some of the jewelry was recovered and identified by the victims of the burglary, police reported.
Municipal court Judge Lawrence Katz set bail at $25,000 each for Islami and Alva. They posted bail and were released late Friday night, police said.
Detectives are continuing the investigation. Anyone with information pertaining to the investigation should call the Detective Bureau at 973-633-3530.
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Brad
1:43 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
good job catching these two P'sOS
Dory Degen
11:55 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
amen brother!
AMJD
7:50 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
So happy to hear they were caught, and that the victims were able to recover their stolen property. Why thieves think they have the right to breaking an entering and take something that doesn't belong to them is beyond me. If you ask me, they got off easy!!!!
eyes wide shut
7:50 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Another job WELL DONE
Flood Plain
7:50 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Should we assume that the bail they posted was earned or stolen???
Scondo
10:28 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Or maybe the parents put it up. These are kids. So what is their issue, drugs ? If it is drugs, we should announce it to all those kids who might be thinking of experimenting. They just did not one day wake up and say, Oh, good day to start a career as a house breaker now did they? There is a back story here.
Wayne Resident
3:21 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Scondo, you actually made a statement that makes sense and is logical...congrats.
Wayniac2
10:40 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
O'Toole is introducing a bill the raises the penalty for home burglary especially when the residents are home, contact your representative to ensure it gets approved.
Michael
3:21 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
Robbed a home Christmas Eve? What total scum. They should throw the book at these two dirt bags.
Fecal_Matters
3:39 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
@Scondo 20 and 21yr old Kids? At what age do you think someone would be considered an adult? At what age would you have them take responsibility for their actions?
Scondo
11:08 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
WR, part of my New Years resolution is that I not crank you up too often,m Happy New Year. BTW, so did you !
Scondo
11:08 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Fecal, The age of majority in NJ is 18, that is the age they transition out of Juvenile Delinquncy status into adult treatment by the Courts. I agree that 18 is the proper age, what I am not walking goose step into is the idea that we automatically take every offender and throw the "book" at them . Our country has more people behind bars per capita, than any country in the world. The cost is not only measured in loss to the taxpayer, but in loss of human capital, loss of economic productivity and position in the world. We need to come up with some form of better solutions. For that we need creative leadership, daring and bold.
Not some legislative tweaking of sentencing guidelines that can be trotted out at election time to be spoon fed to the non discrimiinating voter. Elect Sen. SOandSo, he sponsored legislation to increase penalities for home burglaries. Sure he did, but did he creatively address the underlying issues and problems---NOT IN MY LIFETIME.
Erinco
9:55 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Busted today for trying to lure a 13 year old girl...