Items Valued At $25,000 Reported Stolen From Fleetwood Drive Home

Lacey police are investigating the burglary of a Forked River home where a resident reported that roughly $25,000 worth of items were missing, Police Chief David A. Paprota said.

Officer John D. Simonson responded to the home in the 1700 block of Fleetwood Drive at 4:26 p.m. on May 20 on a report of a residential burglary, the chief said.

The resident told police that an unknown suspect or suspects forced their way into the home sometime between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on May 20, Paprota said.

Lacey Police Detective Brian Flynn and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department Criminalistics Investigation Unit, along with their K-9 Unit responded to the scene. The incident is currently under investigation, the chief said.