Stolen Handbag Recovered After Verona Woman Receives Call

A 42-year-old Hillside woman was arrested after offering to return a stolen Coach bag at West Orange Burger King.

  A Verona woman who reported to police that her handbag was stolen from her back porch was surprised to get a call from a woman saying she had the bag. But the Verona woman had to call police a second time, after the woman on the phone offered to return the handbag after she paid her a “finder’s fee.” The call led police and the Verona woman to set up a sting operation at the Burger King on Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. Police said they became involved after the Verona woman called them and explained what was happening. They waited in the Burger King parking lot prior to the meeting and intervened when the two women met The meeting resulted in police arresting Talawthon Motyczka, 42, of Hillside on Aug. 24. Motyczka was charged with…

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