Momodu Rogers, 38, is charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of theft, police said in a news release on Tuesday.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK - Police have arrested an Irvington man they say employed an elaborate scheme to steal thousands of dollars of metal from a business without setting off the burglar alarm.
Momodu Rogers, 38, is charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of theft, police said in a news release on Tuesday.
The first incident was reported in November 2013 when someone stole more than $40,000 in copper bars over a month's time without being detected.
The burglar struck again on Sept. 25, again stealing metal without being detected.
Police viewed surveillance tapes and linked Rogers to the crime via an SUV he drove, according to the news release.
Investigators claim Rogers would scale up 30 feet a dust collector, then jump to the roof of the building he burglarized.
"He would fit himself through an exhaust fan and lower himself into the warehouse," police said. "In the warehouse he pushed the metal bars out a small window and exited via the roof so as not to set off the alarm."
He is being in the Middlesex County jail on $10,000 bail, police said.
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