One of two men suspected of making off with a bag containing $150,000 in cash that was mistakenly left behind by ATM workers bought an SUV with the money hours later, police said.
Alton Harvey, 42, of Hillside, was arrested Wednesday after police traced a white van that was captured on surveillance video pulling up to the bag of cash that the ATM employees forgot outside a business in Mahwah, in northern New Jersey, on Monday. The video showed a passenger in the van grabbing the bag.
Police said the van was seen in another video pulling into a nearby auto repair business and pilfering used tires.
After finding the van in Irvington, police arrested Harvey.
Harvey said he was driving the van and told detectives a Chevrolet Tahoe was purchased with cash from the bag soon after it was grabbed, Police Chief James Batelli said in a news release. The SUV, which has a starting sticker price of $46,000, was parked near the van.
Detectives identified the passenger as Jamar Bludson, 35, of Newark. Police issued a warrant for Bludson, who also is wanted for a probation violation, Batelli said.
Harvey was held on $125,000 bail, charged with theft of mislaid property. It was not known if he has a lawyer who can comment on the charge.
Investigators determined the ATM workers were not involved in the theft, the chief said.
Typical Nigguh Shit! You get away with $150G’s & the FIRST thing you think to do is buy an SUV cash!?!?!?
Yuh get an opportunity, one that ONLY comes once inna lifetime, imagine the slim odds that BRINKS workers ‘forget’ a bag a money & imagine seh God smile pon yuh fi mek you deh deh at that EXACT MOMENT fi capture di money bag & di first ting weh come to yuh mind fi do is buy an SUV CASH!!!
You have to share the cash 50/50, so yuh ah go get $75,000 & yuh decide fi spend more than half ah dat pon ah cyar??? Even if surveillance camera never catch yuh, that big money purchase THE SAME DAY $150G’s goes ‘missing’ woulda mek yuh get catch ANYWAY yuh friggen idiot!!!
Is always dem idiot yah weh get them good opportunity fi fall inna fi dem lap!!!!
Dem FIINNDDDD $150,000 and run guh buy car sed time?
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