Cars have quite possibly never been as hard to get as they are now. That’s opened the door for a spike in thefts statewide. New Jersey leaders are spending millions to help curb the thousands of vehicles being stolen or carjacked. Thieves are targeting suburban and urban neighborhoods alike.
“There’s clearly a car theft ring going on here, especially in the northern part of the state. They get stolen out of people’s driveways and often younger people are selling them. They get driven right to the port of Newark or they get hidden for a day and then they go to the port of Newark, get put into a container, loaded on a ship and sent overseas,” said Congressman Josh Gottheimer.
