Two Cars Stolen Within Two Hours

Lock up your cars. According to Montclair Police, two cars were stolen within a two-hour period in a single day—Monday, June 18.

The first car was reported stolen at the Shell Gas Station at Bloomfield Avenue and Pine Street at about 2 p.m.

The owner told police that he had been getting gas for his white Lexus ES350. He said the car was not running but that the ignition transmitter was in his jacket pocket, which was in the back seat of the car. He said he went into the convenience store at the gas station with his son to make a purchase when he saw a black male about 5'8 to 5'9, mid-30s, wearing a red hat, white shirt, and brown shorts, get into his car and drive away east on Bloomfield Avenue.

A $400 AT&T HTC cell phone was in the car when it was taken. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective J. Anderson at 973-509-4706.

A short time later, at about 3:15 p.m., a silver Sedan was reported stolen from Ferrara's auto body shop at 37 Orange Road.

Police were told that the car had last been seen traveling east on Bloomfield Avenue. Patrol units came across the car, which was actually a BMW, at the intersection of Valley Road and Bloomfield Avenue. They then saw a second car, a blue BMW M3, just ahead of the Silver BMW, driving in an evasive manner.

Patrol units activated their lights and sirens and tried to stop the cars as they went into West Orange but were unable to do so.

Police spoke to a witness at Ferrara’s auto body shop, who told them that the silver BMW had been serviced and was parked on his lot with the keys in it, waiting to be picked up by the owner, when it was stolen.

He said he saw a blue BMW with three black males inside pull into the lot. A black male with dreadlocks got out of the blue BMW and jumped into the silver BMW. Both cars then sped off.