Man Found In Stolen Car With Swiped Credit Card And Jewelry: Wayne Cops

WAYNE, NJ — A North Carolina man was arrested last week after police found him in a stolen car, which contained several stolen items, Wayne police said.

On Sept. 9, around 1:15 a.m., police noticed a Genesis G70 parked outside of the PC Richard and Son appliance store on Route 46 in Wayne. Officers added that the car was not there when the store was open earlier.

Wayne police ran the license plate of the car and found it to be stolen out of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

They approached the car to find Ricardo D. Cousins, 31, from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, behind the wheel. Officers ordered Cousins out of the car and arrested him.

Police searched the Genesis and found a credit card, not in Cousins’ name, as well as a “significant quantity of jewelry.”

Police said that Cousins admitted to jumping into the running car and driving off. He also admitted to using the stolen credit card, authorities added.

Cousins was charged with theft of a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property, and credit card fraud. He was also found to have warrants out for his arrest in Atlantic County, Atlantic City, and Parsippany.

Cousins was taken to the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Jail to await proceedings.