Crime & Safety
South Orange Man Carjacked in Front of Home, Police Say
South Orange Detectives are looking into a carjacking on Kilburn Pl, according to police reports.
South Orange Police are investigating after a resident was carjacked at gunpoint while parked in front of his house, according to a police report.
A South Orange man was carjacked in front of his Kilburn Place home at around 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, police said.
The man pulled up to his house and got out of his 2014 Land Rover when three men wearing ski masks approached him with a handgun.
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He gave the robbers his personal items, which were not disclosed by police. The three men then fled in the Land Rover and a silver Jeep Cherokee, police said.
Police are also investigating an alleged car chase in which a Newark man crashed his car into a pole on South Orange Ave. The man told police he was trying to evade a car which had chased him from Newark into South Orange.
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Both incidents are under investigation by the South Orange Detective Bureau.
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