Friday, April 24, 2009
Five defendants previously indicted in multi-state investigation
TRENTON - Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccionni announced that four defendants were indicted in connection with a multi-million dollar car theft network that stole cars from dealerships in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and shipped them overseas.
The four defendants were charged with receiving stolen cars and loading them into shipping containers at sites in North Brunswick and Glassboro for delivery to Port Newark. The network was shipping cars from Port Newark to Sierra Leone in West Africa for resale.
The state grand jury indictment was obtained by the Division of Criminal Justice Major Crimes Bureau. The bureau previously obtained an indictment against five men who allegedly stole high-end cars from dealerships in southern and central New Jersey to supply to the network.
The ongoing investigation has linked the criminal network to more than 150 vehicle thefts from dealerships in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Additional charges are expected.
"This was a major criminal enterprise, not just thieves stealing cars from the street and chopping them for parts," said Attorney General Milgram. "Defendants were stealing high-end cars from dealership lots and fencing them to other defendants, who shipped them overseas for resale."
The indictments resulted from Operation CarGo, a multi-state investigation led in New Jersey by Detective Sgt. Michael Lake of the New Jersey State Police Auto Unit and Detective Deborah Kappler of the Cherry Hill Police Department, working with attorneys from the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. They worked in concert with the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, the Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett, the Pennsylvania State Police, North Brunswick Police Department, Philadelphia Police Department, Plymouth Township (Pa.) Police Department, the FBI in Philadelphia, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
TRENTON - Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccionni announced that four defendants were indicted in connection with a multi-million dollar car theft network that stole cars from dealerships in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and shipped them overseas.
The four defendants were charged with receiving stolen cars and loading them into shipping containers at sites in North Brunswick and Glassboro for delivery to Port Newark. The network was shipping cars from Port Newark to Sierra Leone in West Africa for resale.
The state grand jury indictment was obtained by the Division of Criminal Justice Major Crimes Bureau. The bureau previously obtained an indictment against five men who allegedly stole high-end cars from dealerships in southern and central New Jersey to supply to the network.
The ongoing investigation has linked the criminal network to more than 150 vehicle thefts from dealerships in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Additional charges are expected.
"This was a major criminal enterprise, not just thieves stealing cars from the street and chopping them for parts," said Attorney General Milgram. "Defendants were stealing high-end cars from dealership lots and fencing them to other defendants, who shipped them overseas for resale."
The indictments resulted from Operation CarGo, a multi-state investigation led in New Jersey by Detective Sgt. Michael Lake of the New Jersey State Police Auto Unit and Detective Deborah Kappler of the Cherry Hill Police Department, working with attorneys from the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. They worked in concert with the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, the Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett, the Pennsylvania State Police, North Brunswick Police Department, Philadelphia Police Department, Plymouth Township (Pa.) Police Department, the FBI in Philadelphia, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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