PHOTO: Man Buys SUV, Few Hours After Stealing $150,000 ATM Workers Mistakenly Left Behind

One of two men suspected of making off with a bag containing $150,000 in cash that was mistakenly left behind by ATM workers, bought an SUV with the money hours later, – police said.

42-year-old Alton Harvey, of Hillside, was arrested Wednesday afterpolice traced a white van that was captured on surveillance video pulling up to the bag of cash that the ATM employees forgot outside a business in Mahwah, in northern New Jersey, on Monday. The video showed a passenger in the van grabbing the bag.

Police said the van was seen in another video pulling into a nearby auto repair business and pilfering used tires. After finding the van in Irvington, police arrested Harvey.

Harvey said he was driving the van and told detectives that a Chevrolet Tahoe was purchased with cash from the bag soon after it was grabbed. The SUV, which has a starting sticker price of $46,000, was parked near the van.

Detectives identified the passenger as 35-year-old Jamar Bludson, of Newark. Police immediately issued a warrant for Bludson, who also is wanted for a probation violation.

Harvey was held on $125,000 bail, charged with theft of mislaid property. Investigators determined the ATM workers were not involved in the theft, – the police said.