Police announced the arrest of a 44-year-old Irvington man following an investigation into the recent rash of motor vehicle thefts, beginning in November 2016.
Yusef Dunbar was arrested and charged with 2nd degree theft and conspiracy.
According to police, detectives investigating a series of auto thefts in Union, Essex, Passaic, and Hudson Counties, managed to gather sufficient information to obtain search warrants for two homes on Westervelt Place and for a storage locker in Bergen County.
At all three locations officers seized numerous power tools.
Police believe that more than 125 vehicles - primarily work vans - were broken into by Yusef Dunbar and possible conspirators.
Dunbar was arrested and charged with 2nd degree theft and conspiracy.