{"id":1595,"date":"2018-02-02T02:38:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T07:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2018-02-02T02:39:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T07:39:21","slug":"wigged-bandit-wanted-across-n-j-hits-toms-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/02\/wigged-bandit-wanted-across-n-j-hits-toms-river\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wigged Bandit,&#8217; Wanted Across N.J., Hits Toms River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1596\" style=\"width: 751px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1596\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1596\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-2.37.07-AM.png\" alt=\"The suspect in a string of thefts, wearing different wigs. (Photo: TRPD)\" width=\"741\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-2.37.07-AM.png 741w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-2.37.07-AM-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-2.37.07-AM-640x219.png 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-2.37.07-AM-681x233.png 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The suspect in a string of thefts, wearing different wigs. (Photo: TRPD)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A woman known for her creative use of wigs has brought her brand of theft and bank fraud to Toms River, police said, and she\u2019s still at it.<\/p>\n<p>The police department first made a Facebook post asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying the woman earlier this week. Since then, the post has received more than 187,000 views and produced numerous tips. It also led other police departments, including Howell, to realize the same woman may be wanted in their towns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is believed to be an accomplice of a well-organized group that travels the state committing crimes,\u201d said Ralph Stocco, Toms River\u2019s police spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, and her potential accomplices, are known for\u00a0breaking into vehicles in public parking lots to remove purses that are readily visible. They then use accomplices to make purchases with stolen credit cards as well as to commit bank fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The mysterious woman who was recently caught on camera has worn several different wigs to help keep authorities from linking her crimes. She has appeared recently in blonde as well as long brown wigs.<\/p>\n<p>She first appeared in Toms River during an incident Jan. 7 during which a suspect smashed the windows of several vehicles while residents walked their children to nearby school bus stops. Similar incidents, likely involving the same woman, have occurred in Mays Landing, Hammton Township, Little Egg Harbor and Wall Township, in addition to Toms River and Howell.<\/p>\n<p>The woman\u00a0is driving a gray Nissan mini-van and\u00a0may reside out of the immediate area, Stocco said. Anyone with information should contact Detective Mark Bajada at 732-349-0150 extension 1241 or mbajada@trpolice.org.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/02\/wigged-bandit-wanted-across-n-j-hits-toms-river\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman known for her creative use of wigs has brought her brand of theft and bank fraud to Toms River, police said, and she\u2019s still at it. The police department first made a Facebook post asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying the woman earlier this week. Since then, the post has received more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-police-fire-courts","tag-toms-river-nj-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-2.37.07-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}