Two Garfield men who were able to steal more than $40,000 in copper from a building under construction in Lyndhurst have been charged in connection to the crime, thanks to great detective work and collaboration with one of the department’s officers, Capt. Paul Haggerty, the Lyndhurst Police Department’s public-information officer, said
According to Haggerty:
On Monday, March 2, 2026, at 8:22 a.m., the property management of 9 Polito Ave., Lyndhurst’s sole high-rise building which is undergoing a massive renovation, made a report of theft of more than $40K in copper and criminal mischief to several electrical transformers located on the first floor of the parking garage in an isolated area…