MOUNTAIN LAKES — On April 13, 2024, Mountain Lakes Detective Torres received notification from the Morris County Sheriff’s Office about a positive fingerprint match linked to a motor vehicle burglary attempt on Laurel Hill Road in July 2022.
Detective Torres positively identified the suspect as 19-year-old Yafee Q. Finch from Newark, leveraging video surveillance and additional images from various law enforcement agencies.
Finch is currently held at the Morris County Correctional Facility. Finch was formally charged on April 16th with burglary to a motor vehicle and failure to submit to fingerprinting.
A criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite this accusation, this Defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
