The stuff of nightmares: Musician's car is stolen while he’s asleep in the back seat and dreaming that someone has taken his vehicle Musician Justin Koerner had bedded down in his car after a night with friends when the vehicle was stolen He woke to find he was in a crashed car Koerner was originally treated as a suspect by police until security camera footage showed men getting into the car Police have arrested four people in connection with the incident By Chantalle Edmunds For Dailymail.com Published: 18:28 GMT, 15 February 2019 | Updated: 18:29 GMT, 15 February 2019 Viewcomments A musician from Delaware, who'd bedded down in his car for the night, woke up to face the real life nightmare that his vehicle had been stolen while he was still in it. Justin Koerner had fallen asleep in the back seat of his Ford Escape in Newark on Saturday night after a late night playing music with friends. He told the News Journal he was having a surreal dream that someone had jumped into the front seat of his car. Musician Justin Koerner (pictured above) had bedded down in his car for the night after a night with friends when the vehicle was stolen A Newark police statement says someone drove off in Koerner's car Sunday morning and bailed after seeing him sleeping in the back. When Koerner woke up he found himself inside a crashed car and saw treads on the lawn and a destroyed bush. Koerner said the exact details of what happened are hazy and that he briefly woke up, jumped in the drivers seat half asleep and corrected the vehicle before it crashed, and then went back to sleep. A neighbor's security camera footage showed men getting into Koerner's car, putting it in gear before bailing out He passed a full sobriety test, after police arrived on the scene, although officers said they were skeptical of his story. Koerner said he was treated like a suspect until a neighbor said he had security camera footage showing men getting into his car, putting it in gear before bailing out. The footage showed people arriving on the scene in a gray Chevrolet Suburban. Four people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the incident. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility