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Stolen VIN-Switched SUV Stopped, Driver Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives Stolen VIN-Switched SUV Stopped, Driver Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives
Stolen Vin-switched SUV Stopped, Driver Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives A Dominican national was driving a “re-VINned” SUV that had been stolen out of the Bronx when Passaic County sheriff’s officers stopped him, authorities said. Members of the department’s Fugitive and Warrant Squad arrested Estaury Lanfranco, 27, after he pulled the Honda CRV into the parking lot of the Home Depot in Paterson, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Lanfranco was carrying a bogus New Jersey title for the vehicle that matched a phony VIN number, the sheriff said. It turns out the CRV had been reported stolen on Jan. 4, he added. Lanfranco was issued complaints for receiving stole…

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by Jerry DeMarco