Newark Police Employee Arrested After Burglary, Car Theft Ring Busted: Morris County Prosecutor

Several people, including a Newark Police Department civilian employee, were arrested after a burglary and car theft ring that operated in North Jersey was uncovered, authorities announced Friday, July 25.

Between September and December 2024, Tyshawn Hoover, Samad Foster, Deeend Coleman-McRae, Zayanna Overby, a juvenile and others broke into homes and stole cars in numerous municipalities, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II, Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, Florham Park Police Chief Joseph Orlando, and Denville Police Chief Scott Welsch said.

An investigation revealed the group stole a 2023 Land Rover from a home in Florham Park last September after breaking into the residence and stealing a key fob, authorities said. Hoover later fenced the Land Rover, authorities said…

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