Phone Stolen By Costumed Kids On Halloween: Maplewood Police

MAPLEWOOD, NJ - It was all trick and no treat for a Meadowbrook Road resident as his phone was stolen by some costumed kids on Oct. 31, according to the Maplewood Police Department.

According to authorities at 9:15 p.m. on Halloween night several kids dressed in Halloween costumes approached a man on the porch of a Meadowbrook Road home. One of the kids grabbed the phone from the resident’s hand and ran off with it.

The phone was later recovered, police said.

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