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Borough police said the owner not only didn't lock the Lamborghini Huracan, Mercedes G-Wagon and BMW X7.
He told them he also left the key fobs inside one of the vehicles and the garage door open but fell asleep.
Authorities recovered all three vehicles. They were impounded and examined by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, Cliffside Park Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said.
The forensic experts then matched a fingerprint found on the BMW to Alshalik Sweat, the deputy chief said.
At only 22, Sweat already has an extensive criminal history, including a host of arrests in various Essex County towns, as well as another following a Paramus police stolen car chase four years ago, records show.
After identifying him as their culprit, Cliffside Park police obtained an arrest warrant that was entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, Capano said.
This past Sunday, police in Newark's 5th Precinct notified them that they'd captured Sweat, he said.
Cliffside Park police charged Sweat with burglary, theft and conspiracy. He was brought to the Bergen County Jail only to have a judge in Hackensack release him less than 24 hours later under the provisions of New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law.
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