Crime & Safety
My Son's Friend Took My Jeep, Millburn Man Tells Cops
Alan Vetushchi, 23, took vehicle Monday morning to go to CVS and never returned it, Millburn police say.
A 23-year-old Millburn man is suspected of stealing a car from an Oakdale Avenue residence Monday morning, Millburn police said.
According to Capt. Michael Palardy, the resident came home from work at about 12:30 p.m. Monday and noticed his 2001 Jeep was missing.
The resident's son told him his friend, Alan Vetushchi, had stayed over Sunday night and may have taken the Jeep, Palardy said.
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The father told police the keys to the Jeep were missing from the Oakdale home.
According to the report, the father called Vetushchi at about 1 p.m. and Vetushchi told him he was at the CVS in Millburn. He told Vetushchi to return the vehicle immediately.
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The father told police he waited until about 6 p.m. on Monday evening to report the missing car in case Vetushchi returned it.
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