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A police officer involved in a crash in Long Branch last summer that left the passenger in a car driven by an armed burglary suspect dead will not be criminally charged, a grand jury ruled following an investigation by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. Officers from the Long Branch Police Department responded to a 911 call shortly before 4 a.m. on Aug. 14 after a caller reported a break-in at a home involving an armed person, according to a statement from the office. Long Branch Patrolman Lucas Brito was involved in a crash with a car that was believed to be driven by a suspect in the …