It sounds like an inside job. They obviously knew the money was there in both cases. I live near Terrace on Hutton, you can "see the money" parked in the driveways. Alot of business owners live in the area, so having cash like this on hand is common.

Ah, yes...
Now I remember why I left the Heights.

(Seems all the money in Jersey City is on crummy old Terrace Ave...Whooda thunk!)

NJ burglars net nearly $100K in Christmas heist

Updated at 08:56 AM today
AP Eyewitness News

JERSEY CITY -- Christmas proved profitable for burglars whom police say stole nearly $100,000 from a Jersey City home.

A 58-year-old Jersey City Heights man tells police he returned home at around 11:30 p.m. on Christmas night to find an entire safe that contained $75,000 gone.

The man also reported missing $20,000 in jewelry, $3,000 from a dresser drawer and a $300 leather jacket.

Police believe the burglars gained entry through an air conditioning unit in the window.

video here:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7190730

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I can't wait till we go to a cashless society. We can "trade" units instead of physical money. This will also enable us to "account" for the passing of all monitary payouts. No more reaching for a buck in the morning while buying a cup of coffee, or fumbling for change for the bus. Imagine holding up someone for their code number. "Stick em up and give me your code"

Last week a Terrace ave guy was robbed of $9000 cash - this week...

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Burglars swipe safe containing $75K in Christmas Day heist in Jersey City

By Charles Hack/The Jersey Journal
December 27, 2009, 7:08PM

These thieves made out like bandits for Christmas.

A 58-year-old Jersey City Heights man told police Friday he returned home at around 11:30 p.m. to find an entire safe that contained $75,000 gone, reports said.

The Terrace Avenue resident told police another $3,000 he had a dresser drawer was missing, along with $20,000 in jewelry and a $300 leather jacket, reports said.

Police believe the burglars pushed in an air-conditioning unit and entered through the window, reports said.

illegal poker winner or off to buy drugs

Maybe he was on his way to Starbucks.

Restaurant or bar owner perhaps?

Either that, or someone up to no good.

someone up to no good.

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Uh... who walks around with $9,000????

5:30 in the morning....

$9,000 bucks?


what?!

Jersey City Cops: Man robbed of $9,000 at gunpoint

By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal
December 21, 2009, 9:34PM

A Jersey City man who said he was carrying $9,000 got cleaned out when he and a friend were approached by a masked gunman early this morning in the Heights, officials said.

When police responded to Terrace Avenue at 5:23 a.m., the 33-year-old Palisade Avenue man and 55-year-old Hopkins Avenue man said the incident began while they were picking up a friend on Zabriskie Street, reports said.

They told police a man approached them near the friend's home, ordered them back into their car and forced them to drive him around at gunpoint, reports said.

The gunman ordered them to hand over their money and then told them to drop him off at Terrace Avenue and Thorne Street, where he ran away, reports said.

The Zabriskie Street friend said he ran away and called police when he saw the pair being forced into the car, reports said, adding that police searched the area but did not find the robber.

It wasn't clear from the police report which victim was robbed of $9,000 or why he was carrying that much money.

Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 915-1345.