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January
27, 2005 |
Office
of The Attorney General
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Peter C. Harvey,
Attorney General
Division
of Criminal Justice
- Vaughn L. McKoy, Director
Office of the Insurance Fraud
Prosecutor
- Greta Gooden Brown, Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor
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Rachel
Sacharow
609-984-1936
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Essex
County Man Pleads Guilty to Theft of $61,000
Cadillac from Morris County Auto Dealership
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TRENTON - Division of
Criminal Justice Director Vaughn L. McKoy
announced that an Essex County man has
pleaded guilty to stealing a $61,000 Cadillac
Escalade from an automobile dealership.
According to Director
McKoy and Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta
Gooden-Brown, Steven E. Williams, 29,
Eppirt Street, East Orange, Essex County,
pleaded guilty on Jan. 26 before Essex
County Superior Court Judge Donald J.
Volkert to a criminal Accusation charging
him with theft by unlawful taking (3rd
degree). When sentenced on March 23, Williams
faces up to five years in state prison,
and a fine of up to $15,000.
At the guilty plea hearing,
Williams admitted that between April 24
and April 29, 2004, he stole a 2004 Cadillac
Escalade, valued at $61,000, from Royal
Cadillac in Florham Park, Morris County.
Williams admitted that he went to Royal
Cadillac to shop for a new Cadillac. When
the Cadillac salesman showed him a new
Cadillac, Williams switched a blank key
with the valet key for the new Cadillac.
Later that day, Williams admitted he went
back to Royal Cadillac and utilized the
valet key to steal the Cadillac Escalade.
An investigation by the Division of Criminal
Justice - Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
determined that Williams subsequently
“re-tagged” the stolen Cadillac
replacing the valid Vehicle Identification
Number (VIN) with a different VIN in order
to conceal its identity from law enforcement.
State Investigator Jarek Pyrzanowski,
and Deputy Attorney General Richard W.
Queen were assigned to the investigation.
DAG Queen represented the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office
of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor at the
guilty plea hearing. Detective Sargent
Stan Chciuk from the Essex County/Union
County Auto Theft Task Force also assisted
in the investigation.
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