HARRISON –
Two thefts of items delivered to residences, a shoplifting and two burglaries, one from a residence and another from a car, are being investigated by the Harrison Police Department.
Det. Lt. David Doyle listed the following incidents as among the reports filed with the HPD between July 5 and July 11:
July 5
Sometime between 11:23 a.m. and 6 p.m., someone removed a package containing perfume valued at $54 that the U.S. Postal Service had delivered to a N. Third St. residence, the victim told police.
The victim reported that an email from USPS confirmed that the item had been delivered to the correct location where it was left on the front porch, police said.
July 7
A town resident came to HQ at around 3 p.m. to report a burglary to an auto.
The resident told police that he had parked his girlfriend’s car, a Nissan Rogue, under Rt. 280 on Passaic Ave. the day before at 6:30 p.m. and that when he returned, about an hour later, he noticed that his black Lenovo Laptop Y410 series, valued at $600, was missing from the back seat.
Police said the resident told them that the passenger side door had been pried open by an intruder.
July 8
At 9:35 a.m., police said a Cross St. resident came to HQ to report the theft of a package delivered by UPS the day prior.
The resident told police that the package — which contained motor vehicle parts priced at $70, purchased from a California-based on-line company GoodTopMart — was reportedly delivered at 6:33 p.m. and left inside the front entrance door leading to the common hallway of his apartment building.
The victim told police that no one had to sign for the package when it was delivered.
At about 7 p.m., the victim concluded that someone had purloined the package, police said.
July 9
At 3:51 p.m., police were sent to a Sixth St. residence on a report of a burglary.
The resident told police that his family had left the building at about 11:30 a.m. that day and had kept the front door open. Upon returning, shortly before 4 p.m., the family discovered several items missing.
Police said the family listed the apparently stolen items as a silver Apple MacBook valued at $1,200, a green Apple iPod priced at $200, a black Acer Laptop valued at $500 and a black wallet containing a $100 bill.
Police said they obtained a GPS signal from the iPod but then lost the signal after having traced it to a location on Crawford St. off Martin Luther King Boulevard in Newark.
July 11
At about 4:45 p.m., police were sent to the Speedway Gas Station, 2 Harrison Ave., on a report of a shoplifter who had fled the scene.
Two station cashiers told police that the suspect, described as an Hispanic male wearing a red shirt and red shorts, asked for two cartons of Newport cigarettes. One cashier then went to a back room where the cigarettes are kept, got two cartons of Newports, valued at $175, and placed them on the counter.
According to the cashiers, the suspect then asked for a carton of Marlboros and, when the cashier returned to the back room, the suspect then grabbed the two cartons of Newports from the counter and ran out of the store, police said.
Police said the suspect entered a white, older-model pick-up truck with tinted windows and drove south on Passaic, turned right onto Harrison and continued west into Newark.
Police broadcast a BOLO for the suspect and vehicle to surrounding jurisdictions, to no avail.
Police said they were unable to retrieve the car’s license plate but were expecting to review a private surveillance video from the station’s security system in hopes of capturing an image of the suspect.
— Ron Leir
