NJ Man Promised Victims Luxury Cars, Instead He Kept Their $202K: Cops

A 32-year-old Rahway man has been arrested after he was given more than $200,000 to purchase luxury vehicles that the victims never received, authorities said.

Jonathan Najarro
Photo Credit: *Somerset County Prosecutor's Office*

Sam Barron

01/25/2024 5:21 p.m.

Jonathan Najarro, who ran J and J Auto Sound and Security Corporation, became the center of an investigation last October, when the victims reported he had $202,920 of their money, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said.

The theft occurred between July 2022 and October 2022 in Somerville, said McDonald alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Somerville Chief of Police Dennis Manning.

Najarro was arrested on Friday, Dec. 15 and charged with theft by deception, authorities said. He was being held in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing, authorities said.

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