the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock police are stepping up overnight patrols after a string of car thefts between September 30 and October 3, with three vehicles reported stolen. One of the thefts was caught on home surveillance video, providing a glimpse of one of the suspected car thieves.
David Siegel, a homeowner on Heathcote Road, had his Acura targeted on September 30. Siegel’s surveillance footage shows the suspect walking up his driveway, seemingly unfazed when the lights turned on. “They walk up the driveway. The light comes on and they don’t flinch, so obviously they’ve done this before. Not their first rodeo,” Siegel remarked. The video also captured the suspect’s face, as they did not wear a mask.
Although the thief was unable to access Siegel’s Acura, they proceeded to steal a Range Rover from a neighboring driveway.
“In the last week, we’ve had three stolen cars just in our jurisdiction,” said Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann. He also noted that stolen vehicles have been found abandoned in town after thieves upgraded to more expensive cars.
The other two thefts occurred on October 3—one from Norwood Avenue and the other from Lincoln Avenue, which is close to Route 208, providing a convenient escape route for the thieves.
Chief Ackermann explained that, earlier in 2024, there had been a decrease in car thefts, but the numbers are starting to rise again as more residents are leaving their vehicles unlocked. “All of the vehicles were unlocked. One, a Range Rover, had the key fob in it,” Ackermann said. He warned that thieves typically move from driveway to driveway, checking door handles, and if a car is unlocked or contains a key fob, they’ll take it or steal valuable items inside.
In one incident, the Range Rover owner reported $30,000 worth of jewelry and clothing inside the stolen vehicle.
Police are urging residents to lock their cars and avoid leaving valuables inside as they work to increase patrols and prevent further thefts.
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“In one incident, the Range Rover owner reported $30,000 worth of jewelry and clothing inside the stolen vehicle.”
A problem with which we can all sympathize. (Don’t we all do this?)
You might as well wait for rubbish day and put it out on the curb.
And yes, the insurance will pay and everybody else’s rates will go up because of that.
The definition of
RICH and STUPID
“In one incident, the Range Rover owner reported $30,000 worth of jewelry and clothing inside the stolen vehicle.”
This screams “INSURANCE FRAUD”! There is no way that anyone would just happen to leave $30,000 of jewelry inside a vehicle. No way…
How we can pay to keep that much money in valuables in your car and not lock it come on
Overnight patrols. Ooh, that’ll get ’em. What are they going to do? Question people getting into cars? “Hey, you, is that your car you’re getting into?” GTFO.
Before he became Director of the FBI, he was AFAIR, the Chief in Kansas City.
While he was Chief, the department did a study on the effect of patrols on the crime stats.
They found that the presence or absence of patrols had little effect. It mostly makes people feel good, which is the basis of what a lot of the things the G does.