Short Hills Resident Assaulted During Carjacking of Porsche

A man was carjacked of his new Porsche outside of his townhouse on Morris Turnpike Tuesday night, according to report from NJ.com.

The report states a man was outside of his townhouse in the parking lot when he was approached and punched in the back of the head around 9 p.m.

The man was not seriously hurt, according to the report. 

The vehicle has been described as a black Porsche Cayenne by authorities and has the customary temporary tags given to new cars, according to the report.

The carjacking occurred almost a month to the day after the death of Dustin Friedland, a Hoboken attorney, who was shot in the head in a parking lot at The Mall at Short Hills during the carjacking of his Range Rover on Dec. 15.

Authorities arrested four Essex County men between Dec. 20 and 21 and were charged in connection with the death of Friedland. The four men, Karif Ford, 31, Basim Henry, 32, and Kevin Roberts, 35 of Newark; and Hanif Thompson, 29, of Irvington, were charged with murder, felony murder, carjacking, conspiracy, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose.

All four men pled not guilty on Jan. 8 in Superior Court.