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Car theft
Armonk
Police & Fire
Resident Catches 2 Men Trying To Steal Car From Northern Westchester Driveway
Authorities are warning residents to be on high alert after a Northern Westchester resident caught two men trying to steal his car out of his driveway. The incident happened on Wednesday evening, May 1, when a resident of the Whipporwill area of North Castle saw two suspects trying to steal his vehicle, North Castle Police announced on Thursday, May 2. The resident then alerted police, who tried to apprehend the suspects. However, they remain at large, authorities said. Following the incident, the department reminded residents to stay alert. "If you observe any suspicious activ…
Westport
Police & Fire
2 Teens Nabbed After Driving Stolen Vehicle In Westport, Fleeing Officers
Two teenagers were taken into custody after driving a stolen vehicle in Connecticut and fleeing a traffic stop, police said. The incident happened in Fairfield County on Wednesday, May 1 at around 11:45 p.m., when two people were seen trying to enter vehicles on Hillspoint Road near Compo Beach in Westport, according to Westport Police. Soon after this was reported, Westport officers and members of the Bridgeport Auto-Theft Task Force arrived in the area and saw two suspect vehicles stolen from other jurisdictions. When officers tried pulling them over, they instead kept driving. However, p…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
Police & Fire
Car Thief Confronted By Wyckoff Homeowner Turns Out To Be 14-Year-Old Garfield Boy
A would-be car thief who fled a Wyckoff driveway after the new BMW X5’s owner confronted him turned out to be a 14-year-old boy from Garfield, authorities said. The teen hopped into a waiting Dodge Charger that was trailed by a Nissan Rogue, both of which sped from Atwood Place early one late-March morning, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. Sgt. Ryan Noon tried stopping the Rogue but had to terminate the pursuit because of safety concerns, Soto said. Detective Sgt. Michael DeMaio took it from there, identifying the boy with help from Newark police who’d stopped the Charger, the lieutena…
Baltimore
Police & Fire
Windsor Mill Woman, 37, Killed By Wrong-Way Driver In I-695 Police Pursuit (
Update
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Police have identified the innocent driver killed by a wrong-way car thief during a police pursuit on I-695 earlier this week. Dimeka Thornton, 37, of Windsor Mill, was operating an Acura TSX when she was struck by a driver in a stolen car in the outer loop, on the ramp to Exit 18 to Liberty Road around 12:15 a.m. Monday, April 8, the Maryland Attorney General's Office said in a release. Just prior to the crash, officers were patrolling near the 1800 block of Belmont Avenue in Windsor Mill when they saw a car reported stolen in a hotel parking lot, officials said. A man then got into the ca…
North Orange
News
25-Year-Old Assaults Home Invasion Victim, Steals Car In Newburgh, New Windsor: Here's Sentence
A 25-year-old man will spend more than a decade in prison for stealing a car from a Hudson Valley home and assaulting a home invasion victim with a knife in the span of two weeks, officials announced. Dutchess County resident Emmanuel Gates of Poughkeepsie was sentenced to 13 years in prison in connection with two incidents that happened in Orange County in August 2023, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Friday, April 5. According to the Orange County DA's Office, the first of these incidents occurred on Friday, Aug. 4 around 11 p.m., when Gates was c…
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
PA Man Wanted For Car Theft Caught After Pursuit In Fairfield: Police
A 31-year-old New Jersey man wanted out of Pennsylvania was arrested after he was found with a stolen car and then led officers on a foot pursuit over the weekend, police said. Robert Hollingsworth, who was charged in Easton, PA with car theft last year, became the center of an investigation in Fairfield (Essex County), NJ, on Saturday, March 30, when police were notified of a stolen green Kia Soul stolen out of Passaic three days prior, Fairfield police said in a release. Police found the Kia at a BP gas station on Route 46 east, parked, running, and unoccupied around 1 p.m., officers said…
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Four Busted In Summer Series Of Luxury Car Thefts, Burglaries Across North Jersey Towns: Police
Four people have been charged, with one currently at large, in a series of car thefts and burglaries across North Jersey last summer, police announced Thursday, March 21. It all began on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 2:27 a.m., when Fairfield police responded to a crash at Route 280, the department said. The occupants of the vehicle had fled the scene prior to state troopers arriving on scene, police said. An investigation revealed the vehicle had just been stolen from a residence on Hollywood Avenue, police said. Personal belongings were also stolen from the residence, police said. The sam…
Yonkers
News
9 Get Prison Time For Stealing Vehicles In Yonkers As Part Of Car Theft Ring
Nine members of a car theft ring have been sentenced after stealing 45 vehicles from Westchester and New York City during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced. The nine defendants were sentenced to prison in connection with a car theft ring that operated over six months in 2020 and targeted vehicles in New York City and Westchester, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Monday, March 11. According to James's office, the nine sentencings were the result of a two-year investigation into the scheme that began in September 2019 and eventual…
Clarkstown
Police & Fire
Trio Nabbed For Stealing Vehicles In Nanuet Key Fob Swap Scam, Police Say
Three men were busted for allegedly using a key fob swap scam in which they asked to look at a vehicle at a car dealership and then gave back a fob from another vehicle so they could steal the auto at night. The suspects were caught in Rockland County on Monday, March 4 in Nanuet. According to Det. Norm Peters with the Clarksdown Police, on Monday, officers responded to Rockland Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership on Route 304 in Nanuet, regarding a key fob swap incident. An employee of the dealership told officers that two men came to the dealership looking to purchase a us…
Nassau
Police & Fire
Look Familiar? Man Swipes Money, More From Massapequa Park Driveway
Police are searching for a man who was caught on camera breaking into a car in a Long Island driveway. It was about 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, March 3, when the break-in happened, Nassau County Police said. A Massapequa Park man, age 64, has parked his car in the driveway of his Atlantic Avenue home the evening before. However, when he went back to the vehicle in the morning, he noticed his keys and an undetermined amount of money. A security camera later revealed that the culprit of the theft was a man in a black hoodie, blue and white checkered pajama pants, and a black backpack. Dai…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Police & Fire
Recognize
Them
? Pair Photo'd In NYC Tied To Thefts Of BMWs From Glen Rock Driveway
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Authorities have tied the theft of two BMWs from the same Glen Rock home to two men recorded on a parking garage surveillance camera on the other side of the Hudson River. The 2024 X5 and 2023 X1 were both swiped from the driveway of a Greenway Road residence after the thieves forced open a rear window and took the key fobs – which were hanging on hooks near the front door – as well as wallets just before dawn last Nov. 17, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Both vehicles were tracked on Route 20 heading towards Newark, the chief said. The thieves tried using the resident’…
Warren Hunterdon
Police & Fire
Watch As
Nypd
Helicopter Tracks BMW Thief Who Fled NJ State Troopers In Warren County
The NYPD has shared a video of its aviation unit tracking a New Jersey car thief in Manhattan. Just after pilots finish explaining how technology inside of the helicopter assists police work, they're notified of a felony vehicle — a white BMW with New York plates on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, on Monday, Feb. 26. They follow the vehicle from the air as it sits in traffic on the Belt Parkway. As the BMW heads east on the Belt Parkway, the NYPD learns that the vehicle had fled from New Jersey State Police, in Warren County New Jersey, an officer in the video can be heard saying. The…
Atlantic
Police & Fire
Stolen Longport Mercedes Found In Bergen County, Suspects Wanted: Police
Police in Atlantic County are looking for whoever stole a car and drove it about two hours to Bergen County, authorities said. Longport police said a Mercedes sedan was stolen on the 3300 block of Atlantic Avenue between 3 and 4:15 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24. The suspected thieves broke into a home and took the car keys. Two people were seen leaving the stolen car in Lyndhurst. Their identities were unknown. Anyone with information should email Officer Alec Morelli with Longport police at morelli_alec@longportpd.org.
Eastchester
Police & Fire
3 Teens In 2 Stolen Cars Nabbed After Chase Injures Officer In Eastchester
Three teenagers who led authorities in New York on pursuits in two cars stolen from Connecticut and Rhode Island and injured an officer in the process face a heap of criminal charges, police announced. The incident leading up to the arrests began in Westchester County on Thursday, Feb. 15 around 2:20 p.m., when police learned that two stolen cars were traveling together on southbound Interstate 684. An officer began waiting for the two cars to enter the Hutchinson River Parkway and followed them south once he spotted them, according to Westchester County Police. Once the cars arrived…
Atlantic
Police & Fire
Teens Arrested In Attempted Vehicle Theft In Galloway Township
Two teens were arrested after police said they tried to steal a car that's been targeted by thieves as part of a social media challenge, authorities said. Galloway Township police said officers responded to a report of three people trying to steal a Kia vehicle on Mohave Drive at around 3:46 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14. When police arrived, the three suspects ran away, but an officer did arrest a 16-year-old boy from Pleasantville. At around 5:30 a.m., a man living on nearby Rumson Drive called police about a teen at his door who was asking to use his cell phone. Officers said the 15-year-ol…
Arlington
Police & Fire
DC Car Thief Captured In Arlington: Police
A 21-year-old Washington D.C. car thief was arrested after leading police on a brief foot chase in Virginia, authorities said. Keonte Marshall was behind the wheel of the stolen car spotted by an officer in Arlington on 10th Street N. at Wilson Boulevard around 10:35 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, Arlington County police said. The driver stopped the vehicle as per officers' instructions, but Marshall fled the car on foot, police said. Marshall was eventually arrested and during a search of the vehicle, a stolen license plate was recovered. No injuries were reported. Marshall was arrested and…
Prince William
Police & Fire
Good Samaritan Frees Victim From Strong-Arm Robber In Woodbridge: Police
An 18-year-old man is wanted for tackling and robbing a man then stealing his car over the weekend in Prince William County, police said. Ibrahim Barrie Jr. was among a group who got a ride from the 18-year-old victim, an acquaintance, to a parking lot on the 14200 block of Smoketown Road in Woodbridge around 5:55 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, county police said. "At one point, [Barrie] and another man from the group chased the victim to the median area of Smoketown Road where he was tackled," police said. "During the encounter, the suspects struck the victim and took his phones, wal…
Darien
Police & Fire
Luxury Car Stolen From Darien Driveway, Found 25 Miles Away: Police
Police said a luxury car was stolen from a Connecticut driveway during dinnertime, only to be found days later and dozens of miles away by authorities in New York. The incident began in Fairfield Count on Monday, Jan. 29. A homeowner in the town of Darien reported that a 2022 Infiniti had been stolen from the driveway on Stanton Road around dinnertime between 6:50 p.m. and 8 p.m. Later, video captured by the homeowner’s Ring camera showed that, at 7:35 p.m., a white SUV crawled down their street. Two days later, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, in Westchester County — nearly 25 miles away in the …
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Good Samaritans Become Victims When Woodbridge Driver In I-95 Crash Flees In Their Car: Police
A 54-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested after police in Delaware say he stole the vehicle of a Good Samaritan checking on him after a crash. Nadeem Cassiem of Keasbey (Woodbridge) was heading south on I-95 in a Toyota Rav4 in Newark, DE near State Route 273 around 7:10 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 7, when he rear-ended a white Dodge RAM pickup, Delaware State Police said. A concerned passerby stopped to check on the drivers for injuries, at which point the Cassiem got into the Good Samaritan’s Mercury Mountaineer and fled southbound on I-95 in the stolen SUV, DSP said. Troopers ide…
Mt. Kisco
Police & Fire
Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed In Mount Kisco After Pursuit Across Northern Westchester: Police
A Western Massachusetts duo caught in a vehicle stolen from Connecticut were both apprehended following an extensive pursuit in New York, police announced. The events leading up to the arrests began on Tuesday, Feb. 6 around 1:40 a.m., when a patrol officer on the Saw Mill River Parkway in the Westchester County village of Dobbs Ferry saw a stolen Nissan Rogue pass him in the area of Ashford Avenue, according to the department's Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary. When the officer pulled out behind the Nissan, which had been stolen from the Hartford County town of Enfield, the …
Loudoun
Police & Fire
Car Burglars Hit 26 Vehicles In Leesburg (
Video
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Police in Leesburg are investigating a rash of car thefts, some of which were caught on surveillance footage. The multiple thefts from vehicles and tampering incidents occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 6, local police said. Of the 26 vehicles involved, 14 were entered and had items taken, police said. None of the entered vehicles were believed to be locked. Items that were taken include a handgun, money, wallet, purse, credit cards, and gift cards. Click here to watch surveillance footage captured. The reported incidents occurred at the following locations. • Artillery …
Saratoga
Police & Fire
Duo's Stolen Joyride Ends In Pursuit, Crash In Saratoga Springs, Police Say
A 17-year-old boy and a second defendant are accused of stealing a car and leading police on a chase before crashing in the region. The Saratoga County incident began around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, when a resident reported their car stolen from the driveway of their Saratoga Springs home. Officers spotted the vehicle a short time later on Circular Street and initiated a traffic stop, but the driver refused to pull over. They pursued the car for nearly three miles before the driver lost control and crashed on Jones Road in the town of Wilton. The driver and a passenger then fled on foo…
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Tipster Calls In Chop Shop, Two Arrested In Fairfield: Police
Two people have been arrested as police in Fairfield continue their investigation after discovering a local business was serving as a front for a chop shop, authorities said. On Monday, Jan. 29 at 2:33 a.m., police received a report that Veracity Stone Fabricators at 23 Daniel Rd. E, was being used to house and disassemble stolen cars, police said. The evidence would be removed before 6 a.m., a caller told police, providing evidence of the disassembled vehicles, police said. Fairfield Police Facebook Police responded and found a stripped down 2016 blue Honda CRV that had been…
Rye
Police & Fire
Man Tries Entering Locked Vehicles In Rye, Then Leads Police On Pursuit
Authorities are warning residents to keep their cars locked after a man was caught trying to enter parked vehicles in Westchester before leading police on a chase into Connecticut. The incident began on Friday, Jan. 26 around 2 a.m., when an alert resident in Rye in the area of Martin Road noticed an unknown man in her driveway and called the police. According to the Rye Police Department, the resident was able to give authorities an "excellent" description of the suspect and their vehicle, and arriving officers soon found a white SUV fleeing from the area. Police then followed…
Mount Vernon
Police & Fire
Vehicle With Dog Inside Stolen In Mount Vernon: Suspect At Large, Police Say
Authorities are asking the public to be on the lookout for a vehicle that was stolen from a Westchester street while it was unattended and had the owner's dog inside, police announced. The vehicle, a 2004 Honda Pilot with New Jersey license plate K47SSE, was stolen on Sunday, Jan. 7 from the 200 block of West 1st Street in Mount Vernon, the city's police department announced on Saturday, Jan. 20. On the night of the theft, an unidentified suspect entered the vehicle while it was unattended and still running and drove away. The vehicle has not been seen since the theft …
Anne Arundel
Police & Fire
Audi Stolen From Facebook Marketplace Vendor During Planned Meet In Annapolis: Police
A test drive went wrong for a Facebook Marketplace vendor who had his Audi stolen right out from under his fingertips in Anne Arundel County, police say. An investigation has been launched by police following the robbery during a planned meet between the buyer and seller with the intention of the former purchasing a white 2011 Audi A5 2.0T Quattro Premium Couple 2 in Annapolis. According to police, at around 7 a.m. on Thursday morning, officers were called to the unit block of Silopanna Road, where the vendor advised he had just been victimized by a car thief who sped away in the car. …
Loudoun
Police & Fire
Homeless Man Steals Car, Burglarizes 2 Homes In Leesburg: Police
A homeless man who stole a car then burglarized two homes has been arrested in Loudoun County, police said. A man later identified as Allen Goins, 42, stole a car left running from a home on the 100 block of Lawson Road SE in Leesburg around 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, local police said. A few minutes later, a Leesburg police officer saw the car in the 1000 block of Edwards Ferry Road NE. The officer tried to stop the vehicle, however Goins failed to yield and began instead headed northbound on the Route 15 bypass. In the interest of public safety, the officer did not pursue the vehic…
Englewood
Police & Fire
Spike Strips Stop Teen Car Thieves In NJ During Palisades Parkway Pursuit From Rockland
Spike strips deployed by Palisades Interstate Parkway Police stopped three teenage thieves as they sped south into New Jersey on Tuesday in a Jeep stolen out of Rockland County, authorities said. The New York City trio had swiped a 2018 Jeep Renegade from Clarkstown after the owner left it running with the keys in it shortly after 7:30 a.m. Jan. 9, PIP Police Lt. Raymond Walter said. New York State Police troopers who joined Clarkstown police in pursuing the trio radioed ahead to their parkway police colleagues before terminating the pursuit near the state line, the lieutenant said. Pickin…
Stafford
Business
Shawshank Condemnation: Man Attempted To Tunnel From One Biz To Another In Stafford: Sheriff
Like a scene out of Shawshank Redemption, a 35-year-old man attempted to tunnel from one Stafford County business into another in an effort to steal a car, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. West Virginia resident Jerrylee Adams was caught red-handed over the weekend after breaking into one Stafford business and then working to make his way through a wall and into a second, officials say. At approximately 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7, deputies from the sheriff's office were called to Auto Chiefs on Tyler Von Way to investigate a business alarm that had sounded. Upon arrival…
Atlantic
News
How Ventnor City Is Fighting Back Against 'Kia Boyz' Social Media Trend Of Rampant Car Thefts
Ventnor City is trying to crack down on thieves taking advantage of a social media trend by helping the car owners who could be targeted. The city's police department said it will give away free steering wheel locks to owners of certain Kia and Hyundai vehicles. The affected Kia vehicles are between the model years 2011 and 2021. The impacted Hyundai vehicles are between the model years 2015 and 2021. The wheel locks will be given away at Ventnor City Hall on Saturday, Jan. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. City residents must show proof of residency and vehicle ownership to receive a …
Arlington
Police & Fire
'Frantic' 911 Call Leads To Reunion Of Mother, 4-Month Old Taken In Stolen Vehicle: MPD
A 4-month-old girl is back with her mother after being taken by a car thief in Georgetown who later dropped her off on the porch of a Southeast DC home, police confirmed. At around 6 p.m. on Jan. 5, Metropolitan Police Assistant Chief Darnel Robinson said that the department received a "frantic" 911 call from a mother who said that her white Jeep had been stolen in the 3000 block of M Street NW with her infant daughter in a car seat in the back of the vehicle. Less than an hour later, officials say that the baby was found still in her car seat in the 1500 block of 28th Street SE after resid…
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