A Middlesex County grand jury has charged two Bronx men with 142 counts arising out of 65 burglaries committed in nine communities in Middlesex and Essex counties.
Two Bronx men were indicted in New Brunswick on 142 charges arising from 65 burglaries in Middlesex and Essex counties. NEW BRUNSWICK -- A Middlesex County grand jury has charged two Bronx men with 142 counts arising out of 65 burglaries committed in nine communities in Middlesex and Essex counties.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey said Wednesday that Felix Bruno, 33, and Anthony Goodwine, 50, were charged with committing the burglaries between Dec. 12, 2013, and Aug. 18, 2014 and collecting more than $850,000 in cash and jewelry.
The grand jury handed up the indictment Tuesday that included 25 counts against both men for committing the burglaries together, 113 counts against Bruno separately, and four against Goodwine separately.
Carey said the burglaries occurred on various dates in Edison, East Brunswick, South Brunswick, Piscataway, Old Bridge, North Brunswick, South Plainfield and Milltown. Two other burglaries, which occurred in Livingston, were transferred from Essex County, after investigators determined Bruno and Goodwine allegedly were responsible, the prosecutor said.
The grand jury charged both defendants with counts of conspiracy, theft by unlawful taking, burglary, and resisting arrest on Aug. 19, 2014, while attempting to flee from police before they were caught.
In addition, the grand jurors separately charged Bruno with burglary, theft by deception, two counts of unlawful possession of a .22-caliber handgun and criminal mischief by damaging the properties of two residents while committing the burglaries, Carey said.
Goodwine was also charged separately with burglary and theft by deception for the four burglaries he committed without his co-defendant.
Both men are in the Middlesex County jail, also facing burglary charges out of Ocean Township and Manalapan in Monmouth County, according to jail records.
Carey said the investigation into Bruno and Goodwine is still "active and continuing."
Anyone with information is asked to call their local police department or the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 745-3300.
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