Stolen SUV Dropped Off Englishtown Carjack Suspects: Police

ENGLISHTOWN, NJ — Police say a stolen SUV dropped off three persons now charged with a carjacking in the borough last week, and they have warned residents not to approach it if they should see it in the borough.

Police said the suspects - who were arrested after the car they took was already disabled by a flat tire - were seen arriving in Englishtown in a light gray or silver 2003 Ford Explorer, bearing Pennsylvania registration LZZ6520. They were dropped off behind the Village Center, 14 Wilson Ave., the strip mall that is next door to the Walgreens, police said Saturday.

No description of the driver is available, but there was a woman in the front seat, police said.

The SUV was reported stolen from Staten Island earlier the same day as the Wednesday, Nov. 30, carjacking in the borough.

Police said if anyone sees the SUV to not approach it or make any contact with its occupants. Rather, they advise dialing 911 immediately and report it to the local authorities.

The occupants of the vehicle are wanted for questioning by the City of New York Police Department in relation to the stolen vehicle, by the Jamesburg Police Department regarding an attempted carjacking in that jurisdiction and by the Englishtown department in relation to the carjacking here.

Anyone with information about this vehicle or its occupants is asked to contact Detective-Corporal Dinicola of the Englishtown Police Department at 732-446-7001 ext. 232.

To make an anonymous tip, contact Crime Stoppers Monmouth County at 1-800-671-4400.

The three people charged in connection with the Englishtown carjacking were being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, awaiting a detention hearing, police said last week.

The carjacking took place Wednesday, Nov. 30, at around 9 a.m. A Manalapan woman was sitting inside a 2015 Mazda 3 and was approached by three people who forced her out of her vehicle, Englishtown police said.

The individuals then left with the vehicle eastbound on Gordons Corner Road towards Route 9.

However, the accused parties did not know the victim was waiting for roadside assistance to change a flat tire at the time of the carjacking. Upon noticing the flat tire, the individuals pulled the vehicle into Congregation Sons of Israel parking lot at 33 Gordons Corner Road, police said. Soon after the three were arrested.

Police on Thursday provided information on the names of and charges against the persons arrested:

• Hazma Williams, 19: carjacking 1st degree; theft of a motor vehicle 3rd degree; conspiracy to commit a crime, 1st degree; theft of property, 4th degree; hindering own apprehension, 4th degree.
• Rayj Durant, 20: carjacking 1st degree; theft of a motor vehicle, 3rd degree; conspiracy to commit a crime, 1st degree; theft of property, 4th degree.
• Tyler Lares, 20: carjacking, 1st degree; theft of a motor vehicle, 3rd degree; conspiracy to commit a crime, 1st degree; theft of property, 4th degree.

Information on addresses for those arrested was not released.