MAHWAH, N.J. – A member of the family that owns Arturo’s Restaurant in Midland Park was charged by Mahwah police with vandalizing an eruv in town.
A surveillance image posted on Daily Voice and elsewhere helped lead detectives to Marcello Allegro, 49, Police Chief James N. Batelli said.
The image, captured by a passing motorist, showed a white, dark-haired middle-aged man in a black shirt vandalizing an Orange & Rockland utility pole on Airmont Avenue near Masonicus Road just before 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3, Police Batelli said at the time.
The vandalism, like two previous incidents in the township, are being investigated as a bias crime, Batelli said.