Crime & Safety

Scaramucci's Car Stolen In Paramus, Recovered In Newark

Someone stole the former White House communications director's car in Paramus. Police in Newark were able to track it down.

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New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media July, 21, 2017, in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington.
New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media July, 21, 2017, in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

PARAMUS, NJ — After someone stole former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci's car in Paramus, police in Newark were able to track it down.

The SUV had been unlocked, and the thief took it from a Ridgewood Avenue residence Sunday by using a key fob, police told NorthJersey.com.

Police located the Mercedes-Benz, with the New York license plate "MRSMOOCH," by tracking a GPS unit inside the vehicle, according to NJ.com.

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Scaramucci indicated it was his wife's car in a tweet he sent Saturday.

"Shout out to (Newark public safety director) Brian O'Hara and his team," Scaramucci wrote. "You guys were incredible #grateful".

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