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Victor Gabriel Ingles

(Englewood PD)

ENGLEWOOD — A city man was sporting an unusual getup when he broke into a nightclub Sunday morning and stole about $4,000 from a cash register, according to police.

Victor Gabriel Ingles, 20, was caught on camera smashing a glass door at the Night's Lounge on West Palisade Avenue at around 4:49 a.m., Englewood Capt. Tim Torell said.

Ingles — who was fired by the club three days earlier — allegedly grabbed as much cash as he could before making a mad dash from the area as police arrived. He led officers on a foot pursuit that lasted several blocks before escaping, although he dropped nearly all of the money along the way.

After abandoning the chase, Det. Chris Kedersha teamed with members of the Bergen County Sheriff's Department to conduct an investigation. The club's owner quickly turned over a surveillance video that showed a male sporting two ShopRite bags over his head and a red towel worn like a cape, likely in an attempt to conceal his bright purple shirt.

"He looked like a Superman impersonator having a bad hair day," Torell said.

An image from surveillance video that captured the break-in.

The video also showed the burglar entering a code to open the cash register, which only Ingles and two other current employees knew.

Kedersha discovered that Ingles had an active warrant for a failure to appear in court, and went to his home to arrest him. While taking him into custody, officers found the pair of jeans he wore during the alleged burglary, complete with tears and fresh blood stains.

Ingles then began cooperating, leading detectives to where he had stashed the few hundred dollars he had managed to hold onto during the chase earlier that morning.

"I’m thinking ‘rocket scientist’ is probably not listed anywhere on Victor’s resumé,” Torell said.

As of Tuesday, Ingles was being held at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack on charges of burglary, theft and evidence tampering. An illegal immigrant from El Salvador, authorities also notified Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials about his arrest.