Home Burglarized, Mercedes-Benz Stolen, Wyckoff Police Report

Wyckoff Police reported three separate incidents of criminals making off with property that didn't belong to them this week. 

On Feb. 29, cops received a report that someone earlier in the day had pried open the front door of a Louisa Avenue home.

Wyckoff Police responded to the home to investigate the burglary, which had occurred sometime between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., and discovered several rooms were ransacked and jewelry, a computer and a $1,500 guitar had been stolen.

Local police were assisted by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department in processing the scene. 

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The burglar in that case tried to break in through the front door of the home but was scared off by the homeowner. Police searched for the crook but came up empty handed.

Car Theft

Just after 10 p.m. on Feb. 29, a Wyckoff resident reported that he went to a friend’s home on Annette Court, parked his car in the driveway, and left it running with the driver’s door open.

About 8 minutes later he left his friend's house and found that the car had been stolen, police said.

The vehicle was a black 2011 Mercedes E350 valued at $50,000.

An alert was broadcast to surrounding towns but the vehicle was not located, police said.

"This is the second high end vehicle stolen in the past two weeks in Wyckoff," Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. "Although the circumstances of this recent theft are unknown, both incidents are similar in that that are parked in a residential driveway about 10:00pm and stolen shortly after."

Earlier in the week an Edgewood Avenue resident reported a $4,000 Chopard watch had been stolen from his unlocked vehicle parked in the driveway of his home on Saturday, Feb. 25.

Fox urged residents to lock their car doors at all times and warns residents to call police if they believe they're being followed by another vehicle.

These latest incidents are just one in a string of local incidents that police say could have been avoided.

Earlier this month another Wyckoff resident had nearly $100,000 in personal property taken from her when her .

In January, 

All of the residents who suffered losses had failed to lock their vehicles, Fox said.

In December 2011, .

The vehicle — valued at about $100,000 — was also unlocked and its proximity key was left in the vehicle, police said. 

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