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Sgt. Ray Forsdahl

GOTCHA! Leonia Officer Quickly Finds Familiar Face Who Fled Traffic Stop: Police GOTCHA! Leonia Officer Quickly Finds Familiar Face Who Fled Traffic Stop: Police
Gotcha! Leonia Officer Quickly Finds Familiar Face Who Fled Traffic Stop: Police A repeat offender who might’ve thought he’d given a Leonia police sergeant the slip would've been wrong. It began when Leonia Police Sgt. Ray Forsdahl tried to stop a BMW with New York plates for a violation in the area of Broad and Lakeview avenues, Capt. Chris Garris said. The driver kept going, though, getting onto southbound Route 95, the captain said on Friday, Dec. 1. Forsdahl pursued him for a ways, then dropped back out of safety reasons, he said. Besides, he knew who the driver was.  Didn’t take long to figure out where he laid his head, either. To call Brandon Warren, 28,…
Out-Of-State Couple Busted In Leonia With Seven Pounds Of Pot, $11,000 Cash Out-Of-State Couple Busted In Leonia With Seven Pounds Of Pot, $11,000 Cash
Out-Of-State Couple Busted In Leonia With Seven Pounds Of Pot, $11,000 Cash An out-of-state couple was toting more than seven pounds of pot and $11,000 in suspected proceeds in their sedan when the driver ran a red light at a busy Leonia intersection, authorities said. Sgt. Ray Forsdahl stopped the 2014 Chevrolet Malibu after the violation at the intersection of Broad Avenue and Fort Lee Road around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. Forsdahl saw the plot in plain view and requested a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit. They were joined at the scene by Leonia Police Capt. Christopher Garris and Officers Debbie Maldonado and Young Cho, the chief…