A suspect has been arrested for allegedly making off with more than $18,000 worth of wine and cash from an Italian restaurant in New Jersey.

Dashawn Durant, a 34-year-old Jersey City resident, is facing two counts apiece of burglary, theft, criminal mischief, possession of burglary tools and conspiracy in connection with the early-morning break-in on July 23, Middlesex police announced Thursday.

Durant is accused of forcing open a rear door at Vincenzo’s Ristorante on Bound Brook Road. Police said he took “$6,000 worth of wine cases and $12,000 in cash” from the eatery before fleeing the scene.

Earlier that morning, Durant also allegedly climbed through a kitchen window at nearby Tim Kerwin’s Tavern , which is also on Bound Brook Road. It was enough to trigger the watering hole’s

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