Lithonia man ID'd as New Jersey ‘Office Creeper' suspect

By Associated Press

For the AJC

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Authorities in Morris County say they've caught a fugitive burglary suspect from Lithonia known as the "Office Creeper."

Gerald Broadwater was arrested Thursday morning in Newark by state police and members of the U.S. Marshals Service.

The 61-year-old Broadwater is charged with burglaries in Parsippany and Florham Park. He's also a fugitive with outstanding criminal charges in Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio.

Authorities said the Georgia man is suspected of committing burglaries in the Allentown, Pa., area as well as in other parts of Morris, Bergen, Somerset, Union and Middlesex counties in New Jersey.

The burglary suspect got the "Office Creeper" nickname for his habit of quietly stealing laptops, money and other valuables from office buildings.