Some unknown thieves apparently couldn't get the whole car, so they just settled on stealing the bumper off a Volkswagen Beetle last week.
On Monday, Nov. 11, at 2:51 p.m., Officer Noah Schaffer responded to the 500 block of Wynnewood Drive in Forked River on a report of a theft and discovered the missing bumper, police said.
The complainant reported that between 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6 and 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, an unknown person or persons stole the bumper off of the front of her vehicle, police said.
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The car is a white, 2002 Volkswagen Beetle that was parked on Manchester Avenue in Forked River. The estimated value of the bumper is $1,000, police said.
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