A 32-year-old Orange man was robbed at gunpoint last night after meeting up with two men for car parts he found on Craigslist, police said.
JERSEY CITY -- A 32-year-old Orange man was robbed at gunpoint last night when he met up with two men to purchase car parts he found on a popular buy-and-sell website, police said.
The victim met the suspects on Old Bergen Road at about 9 p.m. to look at parts for a 2005 Saab 9-3 convertible that were advertised on Craigslist. But when the victim arrived, the men told him the car was at a family member's house on Stegman Place, according to a police report.
The two men attempted to get inside the victim's car, but the 32-year-old refused to let them in the vehicle. The suspects then got inside a Honda Accord and led the victim to a home on Stegman Place, police said.
When they arrived at the home, the suspects led the victim down a driveway to the back of the house, where one of the men pulled out a gun and demanded the $1,000 for the purchase, police said.
The victim told the suspects he didn't bring the money with him because he was just planned on just looking at the parts. One of the suspects grabbed the victim's cellphone before the two assailants got in their car and fled, the report states.
After the robbery, the victim walked to the Bergen Avenue firehouse to report it.