Lakewood man charged with burglary

A Lakewood man was arrested after he tried to escape through a window after burglarizing a business on X-mas, police said.Willie Taylor, 43, was charged with burglary and resisting arrest by attempting to elude the officers, police said.Taylor was taken to Ocean County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail, with no 10 percent option.Officers Leonard Nieves Jr. and Dennis Dowden responded at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday to the Beaton Brothers Flooring building on Seventh Street, where a burglary was in progress, said Sgt. Glenn Clayton of the Lakewood Police Department.The officers saw a man inside the building trying to get out through a window, Clayton said. Ignoring the officers' directions to get down, the suspect tried to run away. After a chase through a wooded area and over at least two fences, Nieves tackled the suspect, police said.Other officers then arrived and took the suspect into custody.Nieves was treated at Kimball Medical Center for an eye injury and released. Assisting at the scene were Officer Nate Montgomery, Detective Steven Wexler, and members of the Ocean County Criminal Investigation Unit.
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