Jan. 25: Suspicious activity was reported on South Fullerton Avenue and Hawthorne Place. The two girls were walking home from school when a gold colored Audi pulled over to talk to them.
The driver asked, “Hey ladies, what’s up?” and ” Hey beautiful, what’s your number?”
The girls walked away, but the driver called back saying he was talking to them and then processed proceeded to slowly follow them. At the time, a police car was driving in the area and the Audi left South Fullerton. Shortly after, the Audi came back and the girls ran from South Fullerton.
The driver is described to be a black male, about 30 year old, with a beard graying towards the bottom and wearing a hat. The male in the passenger seat is described to be black, between the ages of 20 to 25 and wearing a red shirt with a black jacket.
Officers checked the area for the car but had no results.
Six burglaries/thefts also occurred on Jan. 22.
A Franklin Avenue, single home was robbed totaling $39,450 in stolen property, including $5000 hidden in a mattress.
In addition to $5,000 stolen from the resident’s mother’s bedroom mattress, a gold/diamond engagement ring ($16,000), a gold/diamond ring ($8,000), a set of two gold/diamond stud earrings ($10,000) and a gold Movado watch ($450) were also stolen.
The homeowner arrived home approximately 6:15 p.m. but didn’t realize the house was robbed until 7:30 p.m. Resident said her mother was the last person to leave the house around 10:30 a.m.
While investigating, police found a window in the dining room had obvious pry marks at the base where it was forced open. Outside police found a bench directly beneath the window and the screen was missing. All doors to the house were locked. Police are still investigating.
* A purse ($100), Louis Vuitton wallet ($300) and car keys were stolen from Bangz Salon located on South Fullerton Street. A hair stylist reported that she left her purse in an empty workstation and recalls seeing it throughout the day but couldn’t recall the last time she saw it. During the investigation, another employee stated they saw a possible suspect. She described the suspect to be a black female, approximately 5’7, thin build, about 115 lbs., short black hair, medium completion and eyes “big and droopy.” The employee saw the suspect walking around the salon for 30 minutes and believed she was waiting on a stylist. The victim was able to secure her 2010 Black Mercedes at the scene with a spare set of keys.
* A single-family home on Edgecliff Road was robbed between 3-11 p.m. A black Coach brief case, seven credit cars, N.J. license, AT&T Motorala cell phone, a black Kate Spade purse, and $13,000 corporate check was reported missing.
Residents reported being on the second floor of their home when the incident happened. Both residents said when they came home they left their brief case and purse in the hallway with the side door unlocked. One resident said that approximately 7:30 p.m., she noticed a black male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, with the hood up, walking south on Edgecliff Road when she came home from work.
* At the Lackawanna Plaza, a 47-year-old man was caught shoplifting from Pathmark taking Tylenol, Aveeno Lotion and Colgate toothpaste. The items taken totaled in $139.91. When police arrived, the found that the man had two outstanding warrants with Maplewood and Bloomfield and was placed under arrest.
* A small truck was broken into behind the Office Restaurant approximately between 2-7 p.m. A Campbell Hausfeld air compressor ($350), Dewalt Cordless Drill Kit ($150) and Pex crimping tool ($150), were missing from the bed of the owner’s truck.
* A BMX bike was taken from a garage on Cloverhill Place between 3-11 p.m. The caller said her son’s Fit BMX style bike was stolen from her unlocked detached garage.
copy and paste much??? “At Lackawanna Plaza…” not once, but twice; A 47 year old stole over $130 worth of headache medicine and Toothpaste!
Thanks jimmy – fixed.
Another typo:
The girls walked away, but the driver called back saying he was talking to them and then processed to slowly follow them.
Thank you sweetheart — fixed.
sweetheart…
Oxygen! I need oxygen!
Walleroo,
Push away from your desk. Bend over and rest your head on your knees. Take slow, even breaths for about 5 minutes. If this doesn’t work, go to your office medical department and they will send you home for the rest of the day!
If you’re sent home,’Roo, dress warm. It will be cold under the porch today.
A former neighbor of ours with a vivacious sense of humor pulled a practical joke on her husband.
He told her he was going to walk to the Bloomfield Center to pick up a couple of things.
The wife waited till he left the house then donned an old ‘bunny rabbit’ costume she had left over from Halloween. She left the house quickly and started follow him down to the center.
By the time he turned around to look behind him he was a couple of blocks from his home when he spotted the bunny. He took a few more steps and turned around – bunny still there, but every time he turned to look, the bunny would stop walking too.
This went on to and from the center. She actually followed him back home. When she came into the house he was in a panic and calling the police to report that a ‘large bunny rabbit was following him’.
This incident almost caused a divorce but whenever I envision this incident I think, God, I would love to have a wife this mischievous(sp). My wife is pretty good but definately not in this class.
* A purse ($100), Louis Vuitton wallet ($300) and car keys were stolen from Bangz Salon located on South Fullerton Street. A hair stylist reported that she left her purse in an empty workstation and recalls seeing it throughout the day but couldn’t recall the last time she saw it. …. The victim was able to secure her 2010 Black Mercedes at the scene with a spare set of keys.
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I clearly should have been a hairstylist instead of a university professor.
I have two words to describe the Franklin Avenue incident, where the supposed haul was $5k in cash in the mattress, plus four astoundingly overpriced pieces of jewelry ($10k for diamond earrings? Engagement ring that just happened not to be on the owner’s finger? Cash in the mattress??): INSURANCE. FRAUD.
No hairstylist in Montclair, NJ, can afford those things on their own. I’m not saying that this individual can’t afford it, but it is probably just another example of someone over-extending themselves for labels and status when they can’t afford it. Our country is obsessed with name brands for the status it seemingly gives (not the quality or true value of or need for the product). It’s ridiculous.
MB, one of my ex-wives followed me to the store as well.
With a .22 (and a lawyer).