Maserati, Mercedes Stolen In Manalapan In Early August

MANALAPAN, NJ — A Maserati that had been left unlocked was stolen from a Manalapan driveway in the early-morning hours of Aug. 5. Just one week earlier, on July 31, a Mercedes was stolen from inside a locked Manalapan garage.

In the first incident, thieves were able steal the Mercedes by finding a garage door opener in an unlocked car sitting in the driveway. They used that to open the garage and get to the Mercedes. The Maserati, however, had been left unlocked in the driveway, said police.

The 2017 Maserati GranTurismo was parked with the key fob inside in a driveway on Appaloosa Drive. The 43-year-old Manalapan homeowner said that sometime between 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4 and 6:50 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, the car was stolen. The homeowner noticed the luxury car was missing at 7 a.m. and called police.

At around that same time, that same day, Manalapan police were called to a home on Champions Way at approximately 6:34 a.m. The homeowner said that at 4:17 a.m. that day, their doorbell camera recorded an unknown actor attempting to gain entry to a car parked in their driveway. However, the person was unable to get inside the car.

A week earlier, on Wednesday, July 31, a 2017 Mercedes S550 was stolen from the driveway of a Crystal Court home, said police. The car had been parked in the garage with the key fob inside of it.

The homeowner thinks it was taken sometime between 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30 and 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31. The suspect appears to have accessed the garage by using a garage door opener that was located in a different vehicle parked unlocked in the driveway of the home.

That Mercedes was valued at $160,000. Police did not put a price on the Maserati.

Read more from the latest Manalapan police blotter: Manalapan Police Blotter, July 17 - Aug. 6