A more stunning piece of news would have been if the vehicle had been found anywhere other than Newark.
Those who aren't familiar with New Jersey may not be aware of this, but the 10-mile distance between the mall and Newark isn't of any consequence. The two locations are connected by a major limited-access highway, which makes the mall a target of opportunity for any mutants who can make their way out there from Newark.
If you go just west of the Short Hills mall on that highway, you'll pass through a section about 5 miles long between interchanges. When the state built that section of the road, the local towns in that area fought hard to keep them from building any interchanges in their towns ... because they knew that highway interchanges would attract mutants from places like Newark.
Over 20 years ago, we knew of car theft rings with shopping lists. The gangs would go out Rt. 278 from Newark, to the upper class suburbs and “shop” around.
The cars would go to Port Newark for export or into chop shops in Newark for breaking up into parts.
It's similar to South Florida. The few nice areas are a convenient driving distance for the all feral humans who live here.
Yea but there's still the $12.00 in tolls per way.