PARK RIDGE, N.J.—A thief or thieves moved quickly to spend money from a local woman’s credit accounts after making off with her purse, which also contained $200 cash and her house keys.
Officers responded to a Sibbald Drive address on Oct. 31 at 11:22 p.m. for the reported theft of a purse from a vehicle. The caller said she was not certain if her purse was taken while her vehicle was parked in her driveway or while she was at a gym in Montvale.
The caller, worried because her keys were taken, asked police to clear the house for her, which they did.
She said she’d returned to the gym but her purse was not there. She said she’d been there for about 15 minutes that evening.
The gym said it would review its surveillance footage the next day to see if anyone took the purse while she was inside the gym or if someone had entered her vehicle in the parking lot and taken it.
The caller said she could not recall if she had her purse with her inside the gym or if she left it inside her vehicle. She also could not recall if she had locked her vehicle.
While police spoke with the victim she received fraud alerts from TD Bank Credit Services. All credit card companies were notified and the accounts were closed.
TD Bank Credit Services told her that her card was used that night at 9:13 at Speedway, 9:47 at Broadway Mart, 10:16 at Rhita Grocery, and again at Walmart, all in Newburgh, N.Y.
The victim was advised to notify her bank, the credit reporting agencies, and a locksmith. A report was filed with Montvale police, and detectives were notified.
ID theft has local man ‘buying’ $40K Audi R8 supercar
A Park Avenue man told police at headquarters on Oct. 29 that he was the victim of identity theft.
He said Capital One alerted him that someone bought a 2015 Audi R8 “supercar” with his account information, taking out a $40,000 loan. Thereafter, he received insurance cards from Progressive.
The victim, 32, locked his credit files, contacted his banks, made an FTC report, and filed a Capital One fraud claim.
Documents were forwarded to detectives. No monetary loss is recorded.
