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the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Trenton NJ, Democrat Senator Joseph Lagana introduced a legislative package today meant to help curb the rash of motor vehicle thefts that have been occurring with increasing frequency across the Garden State by upgrading automobile thefts from a third- to a second-degree crime, and by imposing stiffer penalties for both automobile thefts as well as carjackings.