Millburn Cops Make Arrest After Family Carjacked In Driveway

SHORT HILLS, NJ — Millburn police have made an arrest in connection with a November carjacking that took place in Short Hills as a family returned to their Addison Drive home. The family was returning from vacation after Thanksgiving weekend when they were carjacked at gunpoint in their driveway, authorities said.

Millburn police arrested Ahmed Anthony, 29, of Newark, and charged him with offenses related to the Nov. 27 carjacking, including first-degree carjacking, first-degree kidnapping, and second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.

The Millburn Police Department was assisted by the New Jersey State Police Fugitive Unit, U.S. Marshal Service NY/NJ Regional Task Force Newark Division, and the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft Task Force in apprehending Anthony, authorities said.

The Millburn PBA wrote that the arrest was an “excellent job” from officers.

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According to the Millburn Police Department, the carjacking took place at 1:51 a.m. as the family unpacked their two SUVs. At that time, a pair of men in hooded sweatshirts with partially concealed faces approached them and demanded they hand over the keys to the vehicles and their cash.

While one of the suspects brandished a handgun, the other man grabbed a 13-year-old member of the family and held them until the keys and cash were handed over. The men escaped the scene in one of the Range Rovers and another waiting vehicle, police stated.

Authorities later recovered the stolen SUV in Newark, police said.

Neither the teen or the other adult victims - two women and a man - were injured during the encounter, Millburn police stated.

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