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SUMMIT, NJ, May 29, 2023 – At 1:50AM on Monday, May 29, 2023, a burglary occurred at a Sherman Avenue residence.
Two suspects entered the residence by climbing through a first-floor window after popping its latch. The residents were home and asleep during the incident and were unharmed. The suspects rummaged through kitchen drawers where they located key fobs to the resident’s 2023 Range Rover and 2023 Mercedes Benz GLS which were parked in the driveway. The suspects used the key fobs to take both vehicles. The resident’s wallet, containing credit cards and cash, was also taken from the kitchen.
The Summit Police Department tracked the stolen Mercedes using its GPS system and recovered it approximately three hours later parked on a street in the city of Newark. Summit Police Department detectives, along with members from the Union County Sherriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, processed the residence for trace evidence.
The incident is under investigation by the Summit Police Department Detective Bureau.
SUMMIT, NJ, May 27, 2023 – At 7:26 AM on Saturday 05/27/2023, a Midland Terrace resident reported that sometime overnight their 2022 Volvo XC90, which was parked in the driveway, was entered and a wallet, containing an undisclosed amount of cash, was stolen. Ring camera video footage put the time of the incident at 3:00 AM. There was no evidence of forced entry.
SUMMIT, NJ, May 22, 2023 – The Summit Police Department is reporting the arrest of two juveniles for attempting to enter a car on Waldron Avenue on Sunday, May 21, 2023.
At approximately 8:29PM, Summit Police officers stopped and questioned two suspicious males walking on Waldron Avenue near Whittredge Road. Both were wearing hoods and face coverings. Moments later, police dispatch received a call from a Waldron Avenue resident reporting that two males, who matched the description of the suspects stopped by police, had just attempted to enter their locked Audi which was parked in their driveway. The suspects were placed under arrest and transported to the Summit Police Department for processing.
The suspects, who were identified as a 16-year-old Irvington resident and a 17-year-old Union Township resident, were charged as juveniles and were subsequently released to the custody of their respective parents, pending a court date.
On Saturday, May 20, at approximately 11PM, Summit Police investigated reported attempts to enter vehicles parked in the driveways of two separate residences on Waldron Avenue. The incidents are still under investigation by the Summit Police Department Detective Bureau.