{"id":28443,"date":"2024-02-06T05:12:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T05:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/?p=28443"},"modified":"2024-02-06T08:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T08:11:20","slug":"repo-redemption-turns-deadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/repo-redemption-turns-deadly\/","title":{"rendered":"Repo Redemption Turns Deadly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Repo Redemption Turns Deadly<\/span><\/h6>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>One Dead in New Jersey<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">West Orange, NJ \u2013 February 5, 2024 \u2013 John Berlew last saw the victim arguing with a man who had just paid to get his car back. Minutes later, more than half-a-dozen rounds were fired and Berlew\u2019s friend was found gunned down in a car on the lot.<a href=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/crime_scene_NJ_2-24.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28446\" src=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/crime_scene_NJ_2-24-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Repo Redemption Turns Deadly\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/crime_scene_NJ_2-24-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/crime_scene_NJ_2-24-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/crime_scene_NJ_2-24-720x475.jpg 720w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/crime_scene_NJ_2-24-480x315.jpg 480w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/crime_scene_NJ_2-24.jpg 861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was Sunday afternoon, When John Berlew, a friend of the still unnamed victim who worked for a nearby tow and repo company, saw him arguing with a man who he had seen paying the redemption fees to get his car. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QVLBMiQX0s8?si=qy6gAu_2kxJKqLcb\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Berlew then says that his friend had pulled out the Nissan, he believed, to release to the man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28448\" src=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/victim_frndBurlew_NJ-2-24-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"Repo Redemption Turns Deadly\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/victim_frndBurlew_NJ-2-24-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/victim_frndBurlew_NJ-2-24-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/victim_frndBurlew_NJ-2-24-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/victim_frndBurlew_NJ-2-24-1536x930.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/victim_frndBurlew_NJ-2-24.jpg 1550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;I heard about seven or eight shots ring out and looked out the window and saw about four or five officers pulling up on the street, and within five minutes, the entire street was roped off,&#8221; said a man in the neighborhood, Nabeel Siraj to Eyewitness News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moments later, the victim was found dead inside a dark-colored Subaru. The car was peppered with bullet holes. The driver\u2019s side window was shattered and an apparent bullet exit hole penetrated the passenger side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I never thought that this would happen &#8211; shocking to see that,&#8221; said Burlew.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28445\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bullet_holes_NJ-2-24.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28445\" src=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bullet_holes_NJ-2-24-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Repo Redemption Turns Deadly\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bullet_holes_NJ-2-24-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bullet_holes_NJ-2-24-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bullet_holes_NJ-2-24.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to friends of the victim, he worked at TIRS Recovery Service and Towing located at the corner of Ashland Ave. According to Burlew , the victim \u201cwas the money man behind the operation.\u201d This statement seems to imply that he was possibly an owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is so far no more information released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/nj-car-repo-lot-murder-west-orange\/14386091\/\">Eyewitness News 7<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Editors Note<\/strong>: Sunday is an awfully unusual day for a repossession reinstatement. The company sign showed in the new story showed no mention of repossession services. I can find no association mention or website presence. It is possible that this was not a repossession related murder, but a private property tow recovery. We will keep you posted. &#8211; <strong>Kevin<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28447\" src=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tirs_sign_NJ_2-24-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tirs_sign_NJ_2-24-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tirs_sign_NJ_2-24-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tirs_sign_NJ_2-24.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Repo Redemption Turns Deadly &#8211; Repo Redemption Turns Deadly &#8211; Repo Redemption Turns Deadly<\/span><\/h6>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Repo Redemption Turns Deadly &#8211; <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/hot-topics\/11592-2\/repossession-violence\">Repossession Violence<\/a> &#8211; <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/repoblood.com\/\">Repossession History<\/a> &#8211; <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/?s=repossess\">Repossess<\/a> \u2013 <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/?s=Repossession\">Repossession<\/a> \u2013 <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/?s=%22Repossession+Agency%22\">Repossession Agency<\/a> &#8211; <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/?s=Repossessor\">Repossessor<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Repo Redemption Turns Deadly One Dead in New Jersey West Orange, NJ \u2013 February 5,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1181],"tags":[42,99,91,324,6,8,149,43,7,839,44,12],"class_list":["post-28443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-violence","tag-gun-fire","tag-murder","tag-police","tag-redemption","tag-repo","tag-repo-agency","tag-repo-murder","tag-repo-shooting","tag-repossession","tag-repossession-violence","tag-shooting","tag-violence"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28443"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28452,"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28443\/revisions\/28452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curepossession.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}