Michael Izzo

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The Roxbury and Mount Olive police departments are asking for the public's help identifying one or two women involved in what authorities are calling a burglary-fraud ring.

Roxbury police spokesperson Jennifer Dillard said four vehicles were burglarized and driver's licenses and checks were among the items stolen. The licenses were then used to cash the checks at the drive through lanes at local banks, Dillard said.

Roxbury and Mount Olive police responded on June 25 to parks in their towns for reported motor vehicle burglaries. Responding officers found a total of four vehicles — two in Roxbury and two in Mount Olive — with their windows smashed and purses stolen.

Bank checks from the victim's purses were later cashed at multiple bank drive-through windows throughout New Jersey by a white female wearing sunglasses and operating a gold Hyundai Santa Fe, Dillard said.

Police discovered the license plate on the Hyundai was stolen from a parked vehicle in East Brunswick.

More than $10,000 was stolen through the transactions, Dillard said.

Police confirmed the Roxbury and Mount Olive incidents are related because one of the victims from Mount Olive had a check cashed by the suspect using a Roxbury victim's driver's license.

The photos of bank drive-throughs provided by police show a woman at a bank in Sayreville on July 2, and also a show woman at PNC banks in Hightstown and Princeton on June 26, according to the timestamps on the photos.

Police ask anyone with information about the two women to contact Mt. Olive Detective Sergeant Anthony Annecchiarico at 973-691-0850 ext. 7570, or Roxbury Detective Bill Manisa at 973-448-2050.

Anyone seeking to report information anonymously can call the Morris County Crimestoppers at 973-267-2255.

The public helped authorities identify a suspect in a Mount Olive crime earlier this week. A Budd Lake woman was arrested Wednesday for stealing a Mount Olive bagel shop tip jar after the community helped identify her from a video shared on social media sites.

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Staff Writer Michael Izzo: 973-428-6636; mizzo@dailyrecord.com

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