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Two Men Arrested For Burglary Of Pasadena Restaurant, Police Say

PASADENA, MD. (WJZ) — Two men were arrested overnight Tuesday for allegedly burglarizing a restaurant in Anne Arundel County where one of them was a former employee, police said.

Officers responded to a report of a commercial burglary at Tandoori Kabob in Pasadena at around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.

The owner saw one of the front windows of his restaurant had been smashed out and then saw a white Ford pickup truck quickly leaving from the back of the restaurant. He said he recognized the passenger as a former employee.

The victim gave police a license plate number of the suspect's vehicle.

Officers found the driver and passenger, then arrested them.

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Credit: Anne Arundel County Police
TWOMEY_ JOSEPH RICHARD
Credit: Anne Arundel County Police

The two are identified as Julio Enrique Velazquez-Torres, 34, of Glen Burnie, and Joseph Richard Twomey, 59, of Pasadena.

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