JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A suspect is under arrest in the burglary of a Jersey City firehouse while the firefighters were battling a nearby blaze.
29-year-old Antwan Barfield of Van Nostrand Avenue in Jersey City was identified by police after they say he used one of the firefighters credit cards hours after the theft.
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Barfield is charged with theft and burglary. At least some of the stolen property was recovered.
The firefighters found a broken window and their valuables missing after they returned from the scene of a house fire late Thursday night.
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The men were battling a blaze in a six-apartment building on Cator Avenue and rescued a 16-year-old boy who was trapped on the third floor.
The theft involved wallets, cash, credit cards, laptops and tablets.
WABC