NEWARK, NJ – Police are searching for Fernando Cunningham, 52, of Union, as the suspect who stole a trailer that had a shipping container filled with merchandise valued at $260,235 in Newark last month.
That trailer was recovered in Newark, and the products were found in an Elizabeth warehouse, the Newark Police Department said.
According to Brian O’Hara, Public Safety Director in Neark, the trailer was taken around 9:47 p.m. on April 5, from the parking lot of a trucking security company on Avenue L in the city.
“A man, later identified as Entimo A. Vargas, 39, of Elizabeth, was captured on surveillance video hooking the trailer to a red tractor that he drove heading westbound on Avenue L. During the investigation, detectives learned that Cunningham’s brother, Francisco Cunningham, 52, of Mountainside, owned a warehouse at 107 Trumball Street in Elizabeth,” police reported. “On April 8, 2022, detectives recovered the trailer’s contents at the location in Elizabeth and the trailer was retrieved from McClellan Street in Newark. Vargas has been charged with theft and Francisco Cunningham has been charged with receiving stolen property. His brother, Fernando Cunningham, has been charged with theft and conspiracy. He is described as 5’8” and 180 pounds with brown eyes and hair, and a light complexion.”