New Jersey Home Burglaries Target Luxury Cars, Police Issue Warning

Series of Home Burglaries in New Jersey

• 🚨 Home burglaries have residents in New Jersey on high alert, with investigators believing the thieves are specifically targeting high-end cars.
• ⏱️ In a single hour, three homes across New Jersey were broken into, with car keys being stolen from inside in most incidents.

Clifton Break-In Details

• 📹 Ring camera footage shows a group forcing open a locked window at a Clifton, New Jersey home early yesterday morning.
• 🔍 The suspects quickly searched the home, taking a watch and keys to a Honda Civic, though the family believes they were after keys to a BMW.

Similar Incidents and Police Advice

• 🚗 Similar scenarios occurred in Montclair and Bloomfield, New Jersey, where suspects entered homes and swiped car keys.
• 🔒 Police are urging residents to keep their car keys in a secure place, a measure that may have prevented a car theft in Clifton.

Legal Ramifications and Ongoing Investigation

• ⚖️ Last year, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a law imposing stricter sentencing for home invasion and residential burglaries.
• 🚔 A first-degree crime for home invasion burglary and a second-degree crime for residential burglary are considered under this law.
• 🔍 Police are continuing their investigation to determine if these incidents are connected.