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The 31-year-old victim told police he arranged on Facebook Marketplace to meet a buyer for the $530 system in the parking lot of the CVS on Fair Lawn Avenue shortly after 8 p.m.
The purported buyer took the Xbox and walked with the victim back to the vehicle he arrived in – a newer-model Navy blue BMW – that had a driver, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.
Once the victim had the envelope, the driver backed away with the passenger door open, dragging the victim a few feet, Metzler said.
The BMW then fled west on Fair Lawn Avenue, he said.
The victim refused treatment for a leg injury, the sergeant said.
Metzler, meanwhile, asked that anyone who might have witnessed the incident or has information that could help identify the vehicle or the robbers call Fair Lawn police Detective Mark Wyka at (201) 794-5410.
He also reminded citizens that the department offers a ‘Safe Exchange Zone’ in the lobby of Borough Hall, 8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue, “so that online transactions can be safely conducted for all parties involved.”
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