Photos, RPD                  Jeffrey M. Post, 35, of North Bergen

By Alexis Tarrazi / Senior Reporter

RUTHERFORD (Nov. 17, 2009, 2:05 p.m.) — On Friday, Nov. 13, Rutherford police arrested a North Bergen resident on burglary-related charges for a suspicious encounter on Orient Way.

Jeffrey M. Post, 35, was arrested and charged with attempted burglary, possession of burglar’s tools, burglary, theft and criminal mischief.

“It was good old fashioned police work,” Rutherford Police Detective Michael Garner said.

Rutherford Police Officer Frank Orlando spotted Post, who matched the description of a suspect involved in an earlier burglary on Orient Way, walking around a residence on the same street at 2:16 p.m. on Nov. 13. Post proceeded to bang on the front door of the residence and yell until he saw Orlando and began to walk away, police said.

Orlando said he stopped Post and began questioning him. Post gave conflicting versions of events and reasons why he was in the area.

A search of Post turned up a flashlight and black gloves in his possession. Post admitted that he was looking at the residence for an attempted burglary, according to Rutherford Police Detective Lt. Patrick Feliciano.

A search of his 2001 four-door Dodge, parked on Nevins Street, revealed an earring, which was evidence of a previous burglary on Barrows Avenue, Oct. 27. Post subsequently gave a statement indicating that he committed that burglary.

The New Jersey Department of Corrections reports that this was not Post’s first run-in with the law. Post was arrested and charged with four counts of burglary before 2002.

Rutherford Judge Warren Stroedecke set bail at $25,000 with a 10-percent option.

He posted bail and was released on summonses.