{"id":7708,"date":"2022-03-31T20:25:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T00:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=7708"},"modified":"2022-03-31T20:26:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T00:26:06","slug":"auto-thieves-looked-to-steal-suv-from-toms-river-driveway-but-the-driver-was-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2022\/03\/auto-thieves-looked-to-steal-suv-from-toms-river-driveway-but-the-driver-was-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto Thieves Looked to Steal SUV From Toms River Driveway, But The Driver Was Inside"},"content":{"rendered":"[videopress xvVExNPq]\n<p>Toms River police released surveillance video Thursday showing an attempt by at least two suspects to steal a car in the township Wednesday \u2013 while the driver was still inside!<\/p>\n<p>According to police, suspects in a silver Audi \u2013 itself believed to be stolen out of Clifton \u2013 attempted to steal a vehicle on Todd Road. The vehicle\u2019s owner was inside the car at the time and startled the suspect, who then fled the area. Immediately after, the same suspects made attempts in Wall Township, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle was most likely targeted due to the position of the mirrors, indicating it was unlocked,\u201d police said in a statement. \u201cPlease remember to lock your doors 24 hours of the day as New Jersey is experiences a surge in auto thefts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been over 700 reported vehicle thefts in New Jersey in 2022, the department reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2022\/03\/auto-thieves-looked-to-steal-suv-from-toms-river-driveway-but-the-driver-was-inside\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[videopress xvVExNPq] Toms River police released surveillance video Thursday showing an attempt by at least two suspects to steal a car in the township Wednesday \u2013 while the driver was still inside! According to police, suspects in a silver Audi \u2013 itself believed to be stolen out of Clifton \u2013 attempted to steal a vehicle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[398,1080,11],"class_list":["post-7708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-police-fire-courts","tag-car-theft","tag-featured","tag-toms-river-nj-news","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-31-at-8.23.00-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7708","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=7708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}