In Montclair this week, a thief came looking for something shiny and bright. Lt. James Carlucci reports several locked cars were vandalized, and Xenon headlights were stolen.
Yesterday around 4:45 am a noise woke up a resident on Gates Avenue. He looked out the window but didn't see anything. Later in the morning he discovered his 2004 Lexus, 330 had been broken into. The driver's side door lock was punched, the hood was up and headlights were missing.
About 45 minutes later, a car alarm went off at a residence on South Mountain Avenue. When the car owners looked out they discovered the hood of their 2002 White Lexus, ES300 was up and the headlights were gone. Later, they found the driver's side door lock damaged and window broken.
Earlier this week, between 9:00 pm Monday and 4:30 pm Tuesday, a resident of Orange Road reported damage to the driver's side door lock of their 2005 Infinity, FX35. The vandal rummaged through the vehicle, but nothing appears missing. The vehicle was parked in the driveway.
Xenon lights seem to be at the top of thieves' smash and grab list, especially in New Jersey.. From The New York Times...
Exactly what part of your car you may find missing one day depends on what you drive and where you live. In New York City and northern New Jersey, it's those headlights. ''Theft of these things has become absolutely epidemic in the Northeast,'' said Michael Fella, director of operations for the Melville, N.Y., field office of the National Insurance Crime Bureau.The lights, which can range from $750 to $1,000 each, are the bluish ones that have become increasingly common on the highways... Makers of luxury cars like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Lexus have been offering the lights on new cars for several years, but in most of these cars removing the lights requires opening the hood, an inconvenience for thieves.
What next? In Texas, air bag thefts are the flavor of the month. But around the Northeast, we hear that GPS devices, which sit right on the dashboard, are becoming the next target for rip-offs.
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Oh wait that was "Xanadu." Sorry.
That's too bad. Gates Ave has enough issues as it is.
Increasingly common and increasingly annoying. god, I hate those things.
Xenon headlamps are great from behind the steering wheel ...
The reality is yet another inconvenience for us all: outdoor-parked cars should be "cleaned-out", that is all valuables removed from plain sight, before parking the car. iPods, GPS, CDs, cellphones, PDAs, laptop computers, all need to be stored in glove compartments, trunks, or ideally in the house so if the whole car is stolen you won't lose them at all.
Maybe the rise in theft of "designer headlamps" will bring about a return to retractable headlights ...
It's so sad that there are people who have to live in Lower Montclair. It's like Lebanon down there. Really scary.
Too bad they can't afford a real luxury car.
Rod:
What's even sadder is how vapid people like you are that you need to cast false "pity" on others to make yourself feel "rich". Enjoy your new money. Maybe you can buy a Hummer and drive it up and down Watchung.
Look, I'm just trying to be nice.
It's not like YOU would ever live in Lower Montclair. Maybe you're the vapid one.
We all know that people who live down in Lower probably don't have internet access. Which means that no one on baristanet lives in Lower. So stop being so self righteous.
There were two Hummer's parked outside the local diner in my small hometown in Central Jersey this past weekend. It's rare to even see one Hummer in my town, let alone two. Inside the two men were wearing sweatshirts with the "HUMMER" logo. It was a meeting for the Small Penis Club.
Your lame attempts to get attention will be ignored. I won't honor your juvenile, moronic dribble by responding.
Anymore, that is.
What town is that Katie? You were so deliberately vague...
it's drivel, not dribble -
oh wait, you're all the same poster. nevermind.
Rod Powers is probably Proud Montclairion, or they just happen to write like each other.
I think DRIBBLE works better regarding the salivating animal that is Rod.
I feel like a broken record. Listen up, people! THERE IS NO "Y" IN.... INFINITI !!!! !!!!
Please keep your & my car insurance rates from going up, by putting your car in the GARAGE at dusk.
As I've said prior, you sleep in the bedroom, cook in the kitchen, (I'll skip the bathroom) and the car goes into the garage. (as in 2-car garage or 3 car garage of 1 car garage)
Not really complicated. If NO garage, then you have a valid excuse.
But why do you park in the driveway and drive on the parkway?
I don't live in Upper or Lower Montclair.
I live in Regular Montclair.
You should try it sometime.
If I put my car in the garage, where would I put my nuclear reactor with the twin cooling towers?
I want to live in "Regular Montclair". Prunes maybe?
I live in irregular Montclair. There's slight imperfections, but you get it a little cheaper.
I live in Upper.
There are no imperfections and do it better.
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