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Stolen Car Crashes On Jersey Shore, 2 Suspects Arrested, 2 At-Large
A stolen car carrying four suspects crashed on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Holmdel police said the suspects fled on foot after the crash early Friday, May 13 at Everett Road and Route 520. Police caught two of the suspects, they said. Two others remained at large. On Thursday afternoon, May 12, an unconfirmed report said that a stolen Mercedes had struck a home at Oakcrest Court off Centerville Road. That sedan then reportedly fled toward Middletown, accompanied by an Audi, reports said. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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Foursome Arrested For Auto Thefts On Jersey Shore: Police
After a high-speed chase, four suspects were arrested in connection with stealing and breaking into cars, authorities said. On Monday, May 9, at approximately 6:36 a.m, Marlboro police received a 911 call from a resident who said that an unknown subject was attempting to gain entry into his neighbor’s vehicle. The vehicle, a 2018 Porche Macan was locked and parked in the driveway, police said. The caller was able to provide a description of the suspect as well as his vehicle which was described as a blue BMW. A short time later, Marlboro police officers were able to lo…
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Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column
Paramus police -- no longer hamstrung by limits on pursuits -- captured a trio of teenage car thieves who crashed into a tree off Route 17 after they were caught prowling local neighborhoods, authorities said. Officer Kevin Grady was on patrol when he spotted the ski-masked bandits from Kearny scoping out vehicles around Polly Ann Terrace and Ivanhoe Drive in a Honda CRV shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Grady tried to stop the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Livingston, the chief said. The driver, 19-year-old Jason Cathcart, hit the ga…
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NOT SO FAST: Thief Hops Inside Woman's Unlocked Car And Drives Off, Police In NJ Say
A Somerset County man hopped behind the wheel of a woman's car left unlocked and parked outside of her job and drove off, authorities said. Surveillance tapes show James Owens, age 39, Somerville, getting inside of the vehicle parked at a business on Route 22 before heading east on Route 22 around 11:35 a.m. on Thursday, April 28 in Branchburg, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. Owens took the car to Somerville and parked it near Mechanic Street, Taggart said alongside County Detectives John W. Fodor. Police found the stolen car soon after, and identifi…
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Accused 'High-End' Car Thief From North Carolina Charged By South Jersey Police
A suspected "high-end" car thief from North Carolina has been charged by Burlington County authorities. Kevin J. Fields, 26, was charged with theft, according to Evesham police. On Jan. 24, Elkins Chevrolet, 401 South Route 73, reported the theft of a 2018 Dodge Challenger Hellcat valued at $76,600, police said. The ensuing investigation by the Evesham Police Department Investigative Bureau uncovered a potential suspect who was at the car dealership the day before the theft and allegedly acted suspiciously when asking about the Hellcat. Additional follow-up inves…
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NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note
A Bergen County dad whose car was stolen with his 11-year-old son still in the back seat said he desperately chased the speeding vehicle on foot terrified by the thought that he'd never see his boy again. Then came a moment of what he suspects was divine intervention. Now Daniel Reiser hopes others can learn from his ordeal. The youngster was "wet and frozen" from a morning soccer game when they pulled into the parking lot of the Chase Bank on County Road near Central Avenue in Tenafly around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2, Reiser said. "I went into the ATM vestibule just a few feet in…
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Second Arrest Made In Thefts Of Unlocked Luxury Vehicles From Same Cliffside Home
UPDATE: A career criminal who stole three high-end vehicles from the same Cliffside Park home obviously had help, said police who charged a second man in the brazen thefts. Alterek McCeary, 29, of East Orange was charged with burglary, theft and conspiracy, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The owner not only didn't lock the BMW X7, Lamborghini Huracan or Mercedes G-Wagon: He also fell asleep after leaving the key fobs inside one of them and the garage door open. Authorities recovered all three, which initially were impounded and examined by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau o…
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Range Rover Stolen From Suburban Philly Driveway May Be In NJ: Police
A car stolen from a driveway in the Philadelphia suburbs may have ended up in New Jersey, according to its tracking device. A Montgomery County homeowner pulled into her driveway near County Line Road and Huntingdon Pike around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, Lower Moreland police said. She told police she went inside her house and left her gray 2022 Range Rover running with the keys inside, and it was stolen about seven minutes later. She didn't notice it was stolen until around 10:30 p.m., police said. Neighborhood surveillance video shows the thief arriving in another vehicle befo…
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! Trio Of Broad-Daylight Car Thieves Captured In Saddle River, With Help, Following Crash
Three car thieves from Newark were captured thanks to a Saddle River resident who suspected something sinister, along with force-multiplying officers from neighboring towns who responded instantly, authorities said. Car thefts not only have skyrocketed recently throughout New Jersey the past few months -- they also occur during the day now, all because of new rules that prevent police pursuits. What local law enforcement officers can rely on, however, are their colleagues and their citizens. This played out in Saddle River -- an affluent suburban town off Route 17 near the New York State b…
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Central Jersey Man Who Stole Running Car On Long Island Had Crack Cocaine: Authorities
A 31-year-old New Jersey man was busted with crack cocaine on Long Island after stealing a car that was left unlocked and running outside an area restaurant, authorities announced. Mohamed Elgendy, of Piscataway, hopped behind the wheel of a 1999 Honda left running while unlocked on a stretch of Jericho Turnpike in Garden City Park around 9 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 13, police said. During a canvas of the area, police said that officers found the stolen Honda outside in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven on East Jericho Turnpike, leading to the arrest of Elgendy. Elgendy was taken into cu…
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Sedan From NYC Driving School Not Ridgewood Car Thief's Wisest Choice
He could've just as well honked his horn. A would-be car thief behind the wheel of a sedan stolen from a driving school in Queens was casing neighborhoods in Ridgewood for targets when he was spotted early Wednesday, Feb. 9, authorities said. The suspect drove off after abandoning an attempt to steal a vehicle on Gilbert Street but was caught soon after. It's not like he could give anyone the slip: The Toyota Corolla was marked with large lettering from the Ferrari Driving School in Queens and had a battered front New York State license plate dangling vertically from a single screw. The…
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East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives
What at first seemed like a run-of-the-mill package theft led Palisades Park detectives to an organized theft ring that used bogus IDs to buy high-end luxury cars, authorities said. Jeon Kichul, a 43-year-old Korean national, was arrested last December after Detective David Chun identified him as the porch pirate who swiped a package containing a baseball glove from outside a resident’s home, Capt. Shawn Lee said. Kichul, who was also carrying bogus ID, was released pending further investigation, said Lee, the officer in charge of the department. Chun then learned that Jeon was "part of a …
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