At least 10 luxury vehicles were stolen in 2019 from New Jersey, Long Island, Hudson Valley and Connecticut. One of the cars was found in a shipping container bound for Africa.
In what has to be the ultimate in slick moves, a cop in Port Newark saved a number of cars waiting at a red light from being smashed by a runaway truck tire.
Cargo theft increased 147% in New Jersey from 2009 to 2010, making it a state to watch according to a survey by FreightWatch International, a Texas-based logistics security provider. Hudson and Middlesex counties rank among the top ten risk zones in the country for cargo theft.
Coast Guard officials insist there's nothing wrong with security at Port Newark, and they're blaming a security breach on cargo ship workers, who didn't notice that an emotionally disturbed man, who had scaled a barbed wire fence to get into the facility wasn't wearing an ID badge.