Parking lot hit-and-run damages parked vehicle

Heard on: Sussex County Public Safety

01:11

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00:00

Three 20 patrol, ShopRite for the motor vehicle accident.

00:11

Six armed ShopRite.

00:14

In the parking lot, a female caller by the name of (name withheld) reports that a oversized Asian delivery van.

00:21

Had parked it very very closely to the rear of her vehicle, and she came back to her vehicle with groceries and got into a brief verbal argument.

00:34

And she noticed that her rear bumper is damaged and cracked.

00:39

The accused van fled the scene.

00:43

She said she had the registration, although the call has dropped with the complainant twice.

00:52

Did you get a direction of travel on the van?

00:59

Negative, unable before the call dropped.

01:01

I am not certain her exact location in the parking lot either or her vehicle make.

01:10

Copy, I'll be en route to the shop.

2026-10-28 19:18 UTC

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Wiebel Plaza, Sussex, NJ 07461

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a reported hit-and-run in a store parking lot, where a woman said an oversized delivery van parked too close to her vehicle, a brief argument occurred, and the van then left after damaging her rear bumper. The caller could not provide the van’s direction of travel or exact parking location.