Bayonne NJ police catch warehouse burglars with stolen U haul red-handed
Bayonne NJ Aug 26 2020
Two men were arrested early Sunday morning after they were caught trying to load merchandise from a Bayonne warehouse onto a stolen rental truck, authorities said.
Amir Z. Ibrahim, 37, of Rahway, and Anthony Padilla, 43, of Bayonne, were each charged with burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and other offenses, Bayonne Capt. Eric Amato said.
The men were taken into custody at 1:43 a.m. at 8 Hook Rd. after police received a call from the warehouse owner, who told them two men were inside the warehouse. Responding police officers found the rental truck, with the rear cargo door open, parked in the loading bay of the warehouse.
The officers then found Ibrahim operating a forklift and Padilla loading items into the truck, Amato said.
An investigation by Bayonne police determined that several pallets of various merchandise had been shrink-wrapped and moved from their original storage area. Police searching the rental truck recovered bolt cutters, 20 boxes of merchandise belonging to the business estimated to be valued at $5,000, a pallet jack belonging to the business, narcotic paraphernalia, and various loose items stolen from the warehouse, Amato said.
The truck was reported stolen out of Denver, Colorado on June 30.
Police searched Padilla and found used hypodermic syringe and a wallet containing identification and credit cards belonging to numerous people. Padilla had another person’s wallet, which contained several pieces of identification, bankcards, and personal papers. A search of Ibrahim led to the recovery of Oxycodone.
