Two men are being sought in separate armed carjacking cases within an hour in Cape May County, police said.
Lower and Middle township police departments were investigating separate reports of two men brandishing a handgun Friday, when they connected the two cases.
Lower Township police were called to the 900 block of Irving Avenue at about 3:36 p.m. in the township's North Cape May section.
The victim said two men approached her, pointed a handgun and demanded she turn over the keys to her vehicle. She refused, and the men fled in what she described as a four-door gray sedan.
Police later identified it as a silver 2020 Toyota Camry reported stolen at gunpoint Thursday in Philadelphia. The vehicle a Pennsylvania license plate LTE6344.
Middle Township police were then called to the 2900 block of Route 9 in the Edgewood section of the township for a similar report at 4:34 p.m.
In that case, the victim said he was sitting in his 2018 Dodge Durango, when two men approached with one pointing a handgun and demanding the keys.
The man turned them over and the suspects fled: one in the man's vehicle and the other in the Camry.
Further investigation revealed that neither vehicle is currently in the area.
These incidents are currently under investigation by the two police departments and the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office.
Investigators are asking for residents in those areas with outside video surveillance to check their footage for vehicles matching those described.
Anyone with information about the case or video footage is asked to call Lower Township police at 609-886-1619, ext. 256, Middle Township Major Crimes at 609-465-8704, or the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-465-1135.
Information may be reported anonymously either through the TIP system at www.cmcpo.tips, the Cape May County Sheriff’s Tip Line at cmcsheriff.net (click on anonymous tip) or through the Cape May County Crime Stoppers, 609-889-3597.
