Brick Police Arrest Toms River Man Suspected in Multiple Shopliftings

A Toms River man has been charged with shoplifting tools from the Brick Target store, and is suspected of being behind a string of similar incidents, police said.

Nicholas Fisher, 33, of Brand Road in Toms River, was arrested April 4 and transported to Brick Police headquarters where he was charged in a March 27 shoplifting incident at Target. In that incident, Fisher and another white male were caught on a surveillance tape taking over $500 worth of merchandise, said Capt. Robert Mazza.

Similar charges are pending in a number of other towns, Mazza said. Fisher was charged in March with shoplifting drills in the Toms River Sears store, and he is suspected of shoplifting two DeWalt drills from the Manchester Lowe's store April 4, the day he was arrested. Those drills, worth more than $500, were later recovered in Toms River, Mazza said.

Additionally, on April 5, the Brick Home Depot store reported to police that Fisher stole DeWalt power drills from there, said Mazza.

Fisher was processed by Brick police and taken to the Ocean County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail. He remained there Monday, a check of jail records showed.