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The babysitter eventually discovered the pair, who fled in the homeowner’s Lincoln Navigator with jewelry, a wallet, clothing and a backpack -- while leaving the clunker they drove up in behind, they said.
They also took the one item that authorities said would lead police directly to them: an iPhone.
Alex Ray Yeakley, of Myerstown, and Amanda Lentz, of Lebanon, had been in the Cedar Street home on Friday night "for some time," Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said Monday.
It was believed that they ate some food, drank some juice, had sex and even showered, with one of them donning the homeowner’s robe, according to sources.
Suffern confirmed some of it, diplomatically conceding that it "appeared the pair may have utilized the shower as well as taken other liberties."
Some of their activities were even caught on surveillance video, authorities said.
Suffern said his detectives tracked the stolen phone to Orange County, NY, then immediately notified New York State Police and surrounding local agencies.
The vehicle went through the city of Newburgh and then through New Windsor, with police chasing it into Chester, where it was disabled by spike strips and went into a field, responders there said.
Yeakley and Lentz bailed out but were quickly caught, they said.
Both were being held in New York pending extradition to New Jersey.
Englewood detectives, meanwhile, were reviewing evidence, including the 2003 Toyota Corolla the couple left behind.
Meanwhile, Suffern asked that anyone who may have seen the couple or has surveillance video of them or the light gray/silver Corolla (with Pennsylvania license plates) contact city detectives at (201) 568-4875.
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ALSO SEE: Authorities were awaiting autopsy results to determine the causes of death of an erotic photographer and his brother, whose bodies were found in the garage of the family’s Old Tappan home this past Friday. They suspect suicide.
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