SOMERVILLE — After Danel Suarez had been arrested for violating his probation, his wife, Krystal, appeared at a Feb. 4 court hearing and argued for her husband's release on the grounds that their son was hospitalized and gravely ill, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court.

Prosecutors objected to Suarez’s release and argued that he should produce verifiable medical records that prove the son’s grave illness, the affidavit states. A Superior Court judge rejected that suggestion and released Suarez from prison, the affidavit states.

But immediately after his release, Suarez went on a burglary spree throughout Somerset and Middlesex counties, resulting in “unnecessary and substantial costs to the victims of crime and to law enforcement,” according to the affidavit.

Suarez, 29, of North Plainfield, was charged on Thursday with burglary, theft and receiving stolen property in connection with five commercial burglaries in Somerset County, including four that occurred after he was released from jail, the affidavit states.

Suarez and an alleged accomplice, William Percival, were charged in March with committing an additional 22 burglaries across Middlesex and Somerset counties, authorities previously said.

In the affidavit filed last week, authorities said Suarez broke into businesses in Green Brook, Franklin Township and North Plainfield between Jan. 1 and Feb. 25. In each burglary, Suarez smashed the front glass door of the business to get inside, authorities said.

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The first of the five burglaries occurred on Jan. 1 at the Wonderland Smoke Shop in Green Brook, when Suarez stole a cash drawer containing about $103, authorities said.

In the early morning hours of Feb. 18, Suarez committed two burglaries in Franklin Township, authorities said. He stole a cash register containing $750 from Mr. Tod’s Pie Factory and, at Renaissance Nails, he stole $2,300 and a laptop computer, authorities said.

Suarez burglarized Batteries Plus in North Plainfield on Feb. 24, where he stole change from the cash register, authorities said. The following day, Suarez returned to the Wonderland Smoke Shop and stole vaporizers, which are commonly used to smoke marijuana, authorities said.

During the investigation, authorities said they found that the vehicles observed on video footage during certain burglaries were owned by Krystal Suarez and Percival.

After following Danel Suarez and Percival in Middlesex County on March 2, authorities arrested Percival during a motor vehicle stop, but Suarez fled on foot, the affidavit states. Suarez was arrested the following day when authorities tracked him down in Bridgewater, authorities said.

Suarez and Percival both remain in Middlesex County Jail, authorities said.

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