Just when we were starting to feel good with viral videos of people leaving snacks and beverages for busy delivery employees working around the clock for the holidays or pizza delivery guys getting an unexpected hundred-dollar tip, we are reminded that sometimes money is used as bait for something sinister.
Two men who reside in the southern part of New Jersey have pleaded guilty to their roles in separate but equally calculated schemes that targeted motor vehicle owners and buyers.
A victim provided the street directions John Bailey sought but refused to give him a lift, shortly after which he allegedly returned to the woman's car, punched in a window, then entered the vehicle and sat on her, beginning to choke her.
A press release from the Middle Township PD confirms that an elderly man was carjacked as his wife grocery shopped at the Shop Rite in Rio Grande this week.
Toms River Police arrested a pair of Jersey Shore residents involved in a car jacking that occurred along Weston Drive and Ashford Road on Tuesday evening.