Crime & Safety

Long Branch Man Accused of Burglarizing Cars in Market Yard

Dario Showers, 21, was charged with burglary and theft.

Dario Showers, 21, of Long Branch, was charged with burglary and theft on Wednesday, July 20 after allegedly taking $1,400 worth of property from an unlocked car in the Market Yard parking lot.

The Freehold Borough Police Department received a call from a resident who saw a man attempting to enter vehicles in Market Yard. Ptl. Nicholas Iozzi responded to the scene and said he observed Showers trying to enter unlocked cars on the lot.

Iozzi interviewed Showers and found two watches and a cell phone valued at $1,400 that belonged to a Pennsylvania man.

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Showers was arrested and remanded to Monmouth County Correctional Institution on $50,000 bail.

Theft of items from unlocked cars typically rises in summer months, according to Lt. Mark Wodell. He urged residents to remember to lock their vehicles to prevent property loss.

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