Freeholder Director Daniel Beyel and County Prosecutor Robert Taylor announced that Cape May County will auction more than 1,000 confiscated items with a retail value estimated over $290,000 through online auctions beginning Saturday, May 22nd.
"The items, confiscated from one of the largest stolen property schemes in Cape May County history, will be on auction over a course of several months, on GovDeals which is accessible through the county's website CapeMayCountygov.net," Beyel said.
"These items – in addition to cash and gift cards totaling over $380,000 – were uncovered through months of investigation by the Prosecutor's Economic Crime and Major Crime Units.
"This was a bizarre story of retail theft carried out by Thomas Moran of Dennis Township throughout the region over the past ten years," Taylor said.
The items in the auction include: 71 Dyson vacuums, 23 GPS systems, 22 MP3 players, 8 home security systems, 8 televisions and 4 power washers. Other items range from tools, kitchen cabinets, light fixtures, barbeque grills and more. "The County decided with this significant number of items to be sold over several weeks that an online auction would bring the most revenue back to the county and our taxpayers," Beyel said.
The first online auction starts May 22nd and will run through June 1st with a second one slated for June 26th through July 6, 2010. Surplus property can be viewed by going to capemaycountygov.net and clicking online auction or at www.govdeals.com.
Also, in order to bid, you must pre-register with GovDeals. Bidders can register to participate in this auction free of charge by going to capemaycountygov.net and clicking online auction or at www.govdeals.com.
There will be no inspection of any of the surplus confiscated property. However, pictures are available on the web site of the confiscated property.
For more information about the Cape May County confiscated items auction, please call 609 465 1125.
