Alterique Jones of Maplewood was one of 21 people arrested in a major carjacking/theft ring that included suspects from several towns throughout the state, and even New York City.
A state Attorney General's office release stated in part:
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy
announced that 21 people have been indicted on first-degree charges of
racketeering, conspiracy and money laundering for allegedly operating a
major international carjacking and stolen car trafficking ring that
stole luxury cars from suburbs along the Route 17 corridor in New
Jersey and neighboring New York, as well as other suburban communities
in northern and central New Jersey, shipping the cars to West Africa
where they command premium prices. An additional defendant was charged
with attempted theft, bringing the total defendants to 22.
The indictment, which was
returned late yesterday, stems from “Operation 17 Corridor,” a joint
investigation led by the Division of Criminal Justice and the New
Jersey State Police, with assistance from the Port Authority of New
York & New Jersey Police, ICE Homeland Security Investigations and
numerous other agencies. Most of the defendants were arrested on Oct.
27, 2015, when the partnering agencies broke up the theft ring. Ninety
stolen cars worth more than $4 million were recovered.
Two alleged leaders of the ring, Tyja Evans, 39, of Watchung, N.J., and Ibn Jones, 37, of Newark, N.J.,
are charged with the second-degree crime of leading an auto theft
trafficking network.
The ring operated based on demand for specific
vehicles, including various models of Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, BMW,
Maserati, Porsche, Jaguar and Bentley. Some cars were taken through
carjackings, while others were taken in “soft steals” from locations
where the thieves were able to steal them with their electronic keys or
key fobs, which are critical to the resale value of the cars. Within
the ring, individuals filled various roles, including carjacker, car
thief, wheel man, fence, shipper and buyer. Shippers would load the cars
into shipping containers, which were taken to ports for transport by
ship to West Africa.
Jones, 41, was allegedly a lower level operative in the ring, described as a carjacker, thief or "wheel man."
See the entire release HERE.
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