Crime & Safety
Man Charged In String Of Store Burglaries In Brick
Todd M. Lansing, arrested in Brielle in March in store burglaries, has been charged in more burglaries, Brick police said.
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BRICK, NJ — A Brick Township man has been arrested in connection with a string of commercial burglaries in the township, police said.
Todd M. Lansing, 46, was arrested July 2 and charged with two counts of attempted burglary and one count of burglary at three commercial businesses located within Brick Township, Police Chief David Forrester announced. Lansing also was charged with three counts of criminal mischief, two counts of possession of burglary tools and one count of theft.
Lansing was arrested in March in Brielle in connection with smash-and-grab burglaries in that borough, police said at the time.
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Brick police did not say which businesses were burglarized, but said the charges stemmed from an investigation in multiple towns that began in March following a rash of commercial burglaries that occurred throughout Ocean and Monmouth counties.
The Brick Township Police Street Crimes Unit, Point Pleasant Borough Police Department and the Brielle Police Department combined in the investigation, Forrester said.
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Lansing was taken to the Ocean County Jail but has since been released to await trial, according to jail records.
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