Township Police Assisting Bernardsville Police in Search for Suspicious Person

Bernardsville police have asked police from surrounding communities, including Bernards Township, to assist in its investigation of a suspicious incident reported Monday in a neighborhood where police say a burglar already was active in October.

According to Bernardsville police, a resident of Charlotte Hill Drive reported Monday seeing a suspicious person peering into the window of a neighboring home at about 4:51 p.m. The suspicious person, who was completely dressed in black clothing, ran away toward a wooded area bordering the house after being spotted, according to police.

The Charlotte Hill neighborhood is within a few hundred feet of the Bernards Township border, police said.

Bernardsville police searched the area and were assisted by officers from Bernards Township, Peapack-Gladstone and the Somerset County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit, police reported.

The suspect was not located and an investigation is continuing, police said.

An attempted burglary was reported in the Charlotte Hill neighborhood on Oct. 6, police said. A subsequent completed burglary and theft was reported in the neighborhood on Oct. 20, Bernardsville police said.

Police are requesting residents remain vigilant and immediately report all suspicious activity. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Bernardsville Police Department at 908-766-0037 or the Somerset County Crime Stoppers Tips Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477).