Man Mugged and Carjacked at Short Hills Station

Millburn Police report that a commuter was the victim of a mugging and a carjacking at the  around 6:20 a.m. by men who had just stolen a Land Rover from a house on Slope Drive.

Two men in the Land Rover followed by two men in a 2002 Subaru pulled up to the Municipal Lot #3 at the Short Hills Train station, where, police said, they jumped from those cars and brandished firearms at a resident in a 2011 Mercedes Benz.

They demanded his wallet and his car and took off with both at high speeds and were witnessed by an off-duty police officer speeding through downtown Millburn a few minutes later.

The off-duty officer followed the cars and advised the police department of the whereabouts of the vehicles.

Lt. Peter Eakley, Public Information Officer with the Police Department, reported  that in the area of Millburn Avenue and Wyoming Avenue, “the Subaru experienced mechanical problems, resulting in the suspects bailing out and jumping into the other two stolen vehicles."

The cars were spotted by the an officer with the South Orange Police department, who lost them on North Wyoming Avenue in South Orange, Eakely said.

The case is now under investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and will be assisted by the Millburn Police Department.