Margate Police Investigate Recent Car Thefts

During the early morning hours of Wednesday February 23, two motor vehicles were stolen from separate residences in Margate.

Margate Police were dispatched to the first residence after the homeowner awoke and discovered his 2019 Range Rover was missing from his driveway.

A check of the victim’s home surveillance footage revealed two men, a few hours earlier, forcing open a first floor window. One of the men enters through the window and retrieves a purse containing the keys to the vehicle and the vehicle is then seen pulling out of the driveway by one of them.

Through the course of the investigation and with the assistance from the victim’s vehicle tracking system, the vehicle was located at a rest stop on the Parkway.

The New Jersey State Police were alerted but were unable to locate the vehicle.

Multiple personal items were located at the rest stop belonging to the owner of the Land Rover and another, apparent victim, which led Margate Officers to a second residence in town.

When contact was made with the second victim it was learned he was not in town at the time but advised officers he owned a 2019 Dodge Durango which should have been parked in the driveway of his residence. When officers arrived there, it was missing.

Margate Car Thefts

A check of the second victim’s residence by officers led them to discover entrance was made into the garage where the actor(s) located a set of keys to the Durango.

Officers then reviewed surveillance footage obtained from the Margate Bridge toll booth. This footage revealed the stolen Land Rover, Dodge Durango and another vehicle making its way out of Margate around 5:30 am after paying the toll.

The suspects faces in the video were all covered with some type of face covering.

The case is being investigated by Officer Steve Edelbach of the Margate Police Department. This is an ongoing investigation at this time and any new details will be released when they become available.