Authorities: NYC Defendant Who Crashed Stolen Mercedes On GWB Is Serial Car Thief Authorities: NYC Defendant Who Crashed Stolen Mercedes On GWB Is Serial Car Thief
Authorities: NYC Defendant Who Crashed Stolen Mercedes On GWB Is Serial Car Thief UPDATE: An 18-year-old New York City resident busted after crashing a car stolen from a Paramus dealership at the George Washington Bridge has been arrested several times – and almost immediately released – after committing similar crimes. New Jersey State Police were investigating Nyaomi James, who crashed a Mercedes stolen from a Paramus dealership Thursday night into four vehicles on the bridge while trying to flee, Daily Voice has learned. James, who police say has family in Teaneck, was accused last month of stealing a $150,000 Land Rover from an Englewood Jaguar dealership several wee…
Police: Four Nabbed Selling Stolen Long Island Car To Online Buyer In Lyndhurst Police: Four Nabbed Selling Stolen Long Island Car To Online Buyer In Lyndhurst
Police: Four Nabbed Selling Stolen Long Island Car To Online Buyer In Lyndhurst Lyndhurst police nabbed four men -- two of whom ran -- as they tried to sell a stolen Long Island car to an online buyer in Lyndhurst, authorities said. The 2014 Mercedes had been reported stolen after the owner’s daughter left it running with the keys inside in Great River, a town in Suffolk County, they said. The owner called Lyndhurst police at 9:30 p.m. Sunday after the tracking device showed the car at The Station At Lyndhurst Apartments on Chubb Avenue. Sgt. Richard Holicki found the four standing outside the car with the prospective buyer, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Officer…
Becton Regional Locked Down As Police Capture Fleeing Car Thieves Becton Regional Locked Down As Police Capture Fleeing Car Thieves
Becton Regional Locked Down As Police Capture Fleeing Car Thieves Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford temporarily went into lockdown Friday morning as borough police chased down three young suspects riding in a stolen car. All three bailed out in the area of Hackensack and Ann street and tried to run after police spotted them but were quickly captured, Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. Although all three were seized on school property, “there was never any attempt to go towards the school building itself,” Taormina said. The school nonetheless was placed on lockdown out of an abundance of caution, the deputy chief said. It was lifted…
Hackensack Police Pursue Two Stolen Vehicles At Once, Nab Newark Kearny Boys, 15, 16 Hackensack Police Pursue Two Stolen Vehicles At Once, Nab Newark Kearny Boys, 15, 16
Hackensack Police Pursue Two Stolen Vehicles At Once, Nab Newark Kearny Boys, 15, 16 Two boys – one 15, the other 16 – and a third suspect led Hackensack police on a high-speed pursuit in two stolen vehicles, authorities said. It began when Detective Lt. Michael Antista saw a 2015 Mercedes Benz E350 and a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee go through a red light on First Street near Hackensack High School last Friday, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. A license plate check showed that the Mercedes had been reported stolen out of South Plainfield, he said. Antista tried stopping the vehicles, but both sped off on Polifly Road at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour, DeWitt said. The Mercedes go…
Lyndhurst Police Stolen Car Chase Ends With Newark Crash, 3 Burglary Suspects Seized Lyndhurst Police Stolen Car Chase Ends With Newark Crash, 3 Burglary Suspects Seized
Lyndhurst Police Stolen Car Chase Ends With Newark Crash, 3 Burglary Suspects Seized A Lyndhurst police stolen car chase through Nutley and Belleville before dawn Wednesday ended with a crash off Route 21 in Newark and the arrests of three burglary suspects. Officer Rich Jasinski was on patrol on 10th Street when he saw a Honda Accord headed east on Kingsland Avenue tailgating another vehicle and going back and forth across the double-yellow line, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Jasinski followed the Accord to Ridge Road, then onto Park Avenue and 8th Street before it returned to Kingsland headed west. Discovering that the sedan had been reported stolen out of Fairfiel…
Newark Girl, 15, Wounded In Drive-By Shooting: Report Newark Girl, 15, Wounded In Drive-By Shooting: Report
Newark Girl, 15, Wounded In Drive-By Shooting: Report A teen girl was hit at least seven times by a shooter who opened fire from a car Wednesday night in Newark, authorities said.  The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. on Goodwin Avenue. Video obtained by WABC 7 shows a white Volkswagen come to a brief stop in the street in front of a home's front stoop and people scattering before the car takes off again.  "As soon as he started shooting, they dispersed," one witness told the station. "She was very hysterical, so it was hard to tell because there was a lot of blood. So it was hard to tell. She was very hysterical. She didn't go into s…
Hawthorne Police Nab NYC Fugitive, Grab Two Others In Stolen Car Hawthorne Police Nab NYC Fugitive, Grab Two Others In Stolen Car
Hawthorne Police Nab NYC Fugitive, Grab Two Others In Stolen Car Hawthorne police recovered a stolen car while capturing a fugitive wanted out of New York City. An officer initially pulled over the 2017 Audi A4 on Lafayette Avenue near Wagaraw Road on Thursday. But the driver – 20-year-old Carl Alston of Queens -- hit the gas as a rear passenger jumped out, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Immediately arrested was 24-year-old Andre Foster, of Clifton, who the sergeant said was carrying pot. Members of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and Glen Rock Police Department joined the search for the Audi, which was found abandoned on May Street. An are…
Wild Chase Across Clifton Rooftops: Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Stolen Car Thief After Crash Wild Chase Across Clifton Rooftops: Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Stolen Car Thief After Crash
Wild Chase Across Clifton Rooftops: Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Stolen Car Thief After Crash A wild chase along Clifton rooftops ended when a 17-year-old repeat offender who crashed a stolen Jeep was nabbed by Passaic County sheriff’s officers. Undercover narcotics detectives were headed east on Route 46 in Little Falls just after 2 p.m. Wednesday when they spotted a black Jeep reported stolen from a nearby Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. It was being followed by a Mercedes Benz that was reported stolen out of Little Falls the day before, authorities said. A sheriff's detective pulled up next to the Jeep and spotted the driver with a hood p…
Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car
Police: Clifton Driver, 15, Passenger Jump From Moving Stolen Car A 15-year-old boy and a companion jumped from a stolen car while it was moving before dawn Tuesday during a brief police chase in Clifton that ended with him in custody. Officer Jessenia Levy was patrolling the area of Hazel Street and Grant Avenue around 1:20 a.m. when she spotted the 2004 Honda Accord, which had been reported stolen a day earlier, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. She tried pulling the car over, with assistance from Sgt. Robert Domski and Officer Edgar Duran. Suddenly, both the driver and front-seat passenger jumped from the Honda, which crashed into a nearby car, Brack…
Clifton PD: Alert Officer Finds Family's Stolen Minivan, Arrests Thief Clifton PD: Alert Officer Finds Family's Stolen Minivan, Arrests Thief
Clifton PD: Alert Officer Finds Family's Stolen Minivan, Arrests Thief A Clifton police officer on the lookout for a stolen minivan quickly found it and arrested the thief, authorities said. Officer Jomarcell Urena responded to the Vale Avenue owner’s 3 a.m. call of her 2005 Chrysler Town & Country minivan being taken sometime within the previous four hours, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Urena was checking the area when he spotted the minivan turning onto Broad Street from Fenner Avenue, Bracken said. He stopped the vehicle and arrested the driver – identified as 18-year-old Nicolas Chaparro of Clifton – on theft and receiving stolen property charges…
Port Authority PD Chase Ends When Woman In Window Points Officers To Hiding Suspect Port Authority PD Chase Ends When Woman In Window Points Officers To Hiding Suspect
Port Authority PD Chase Ends When Woman In Window Points Officers To Hiding Suspect Port Authority police were searching for a suspect who’d just bailed out of a stolen car near the Holland Tunnel when an elderly apartment building resident pointed from her window to a couch in the alleyway below. There, they said, they found the driver who tried to elude them covered in a blanket. Officer Joshua Oliveri first stopped 46-year-old Ismael Hernandez on Hoboken Avenue Thursday night because the vehicle he was driving didn’t have a license plate, Port Authority spokesman Lenis Rodrigues said. Hernandez immediately hopped out and took off, she said. Oliveri chased him, joined …
Maywood Police Stolen Jeep Chase Up Route 17 Ends With Two Teens In Custody Maywood Police Stolen Jeep Chase Up Route 17 Ends With Two Teens In Custody
Maywood Police Stolen Jeep Chase Up Route 17 Ends With Two Teens In Custody Maywood police were chasing a stolen Jeep overnight when it abruptly stopped in the left lane of northbound Route 17. Two juveniles bailed and bolted across the highway. One was caught immediately and the other a short time later, they said. It began just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday, when Officers William Phayre and Michael McMahon spotted the red 2002 Jeep Liberty attempting to enter the northbound highway through the Essex Street exit ramp, Detective Jason Liaban said. A quick check showed the vehicle was reported stolen from Garfield earlier that night, he said. The officers tried pull…