Six New Jersey residents were charged in a 20-count state grand jury indictment in what officials allege was a multi-county automobile and motorcycle theft ring.

Among those charged was Kelli Coleman, 40, of Newark, N.J., who faces charges of third-degree conspiracy and second-degree insurance fraud for falsely reporting her 2007 Cadillac Escalade as stolen, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.

According to the indictment, Coleman conspired with Demond Conley, 36, and Josef T. Allen, 23, both of Irvington, N.J., between Aug. 11, 2009, and Nov. 10, 2009, to sell the Escalade, valued at $37,000, to an undercover officer. Coleman allegedly submitted an affidavit of theft to Keystone Insurance Co. / AAA Mid-Atlantic for the alleged theft, even though she knew it was not stolen, officials said.

She also is accused of filing a fraudulent police report with the Irvington Police Department, saying she last saw the Escalade at noon on Sept. 16, 2009, and discovered it missing 1 ½ hours later when it was actually sold to the undercover detective a day earlier.

On Nov. 10, 2009, Coleman and five others were arrested by the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor and officers from the Essex/Union Auto Theft Task Force.

Conley is accused of trafficking other stolen items, including a 2008 BMW 750 Alpina, valued at $105,000, and a 2006 Chrysler 300 valued at about $19,500, knowing that the vehicles had been stolen.

Conley faces charge of second-degree leader of an auto theft network; three counts of third-degree fencing; two counts of second-degree fencing; third-degree conspiracy; second-degree conspiracy; second-degree eluding; and second degree aggravated assault.

Allen faces third-degree charges of third-degree conspiracy and fencing.

Others charged through the indictment were Terrence Simonson, 29, of Newark; Demetrius Ross, 34, of Newark; and a “John Doe,” whose age and address is unknown.

The six face several years in state prison and fines in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, if convicted.