By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, January 4, 1992
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Responding to a call Friday in which a Franklin Road resident said that intruders had just broken into his neighbor’s home, police caught a 20-year-old man and a teenager going through the house.
Mikko Benjamin of Elmwood Avenue was charged with burglary, theft, and resisting arrest and was to be remanded to the Bergen County Jail Annex in Hackensack on $6,000 bail. His 17-year-old accomplice, charged with the same offenses, was being held in the Bergen County Juvenile Detention Center in Paramus, acting Police Chief William Luciano said.
The neighbor called police about 11:15 a.m., and told them the two had entered the home through a back door. Patrolman Anthony Cureton and Sgt. Warren Lewis entered while six officers surrounded the house.
“Once inside, they saw one suspect running through a room and they grabbed him. While they were scuffling with him, the other ran out through the back door,” Luciano said.
Leaving Lewis grappling on the ground with the juvenile, Cureton ran after Benjamin. Patrolman John Holdsworth strained a neck muscle as he jumped a fence running after Benjamin, Luciano said. Cureton hit his head on a rock as he tackled Benjamin, but he was able to subdue the suspect, the chief said.
Luciano said Lewis injured his hands and back bringing the youth under control. The officers received medical treatment and are expected to return to work next week, he added.
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