Cranford Police have nabbed a man they say took $4,000 from a Van Buren Ave. resident to install hardwood floors back in July, and then never showed up.
Edesio DeOliveira, 43 of Long Branch was arrested on Thursday while spotted in a van on Raritan Road, near Walnut Avenue. According to the police investigation, DeOliveira said he represented a firm known as "Eddie’s Hardwood Floors."
He was charged by Det. Spencer Durkin with theft by deception and faces four outstanding arrest warrants from other jurisdictions, according to police.
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He was processed and released on bail. He is scheduled for a court appearance on Feb. 2 in Superior Court.
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