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Armed Ex-Con Who Spent Nearly 5 Years In Prison Busted After Chase, Crash: Saddle Brook PD
An ex-con who sped from a Saddle Brook police stop crashed his vehicle into four parked cars in Lodi, then tossed a stolen gun as he tried to run, authorities said.
Officer Marco Torres tried to stop Terrence Kelley, 40, of Paterson for an unspecified violation on eastbound Route 46 near Westminster Place around noon Sunday, Nov. 13, Capt. John A. Zotollo Jr. said.
Kelley had only just been released from state prison in February after serving 4½ years for drug and weapons convictions out of Passaic County, records show.
Instead of stopping for Torres, Kelly hit the gas, said Zotollo, the o…
SEE Anything? Lodi Bakery/Restaurant Worker Tackles Would-Be Robber
LODI, N.J. – A Lodi bakery/restaurant employee tackled a would-be robber, who fled empty-handed Monday morning, police said.
El Machetico Columbiano at 153 S. Main Street had opened barely 20 minutes earlier when the bandit walked in around 6:20 a.m. wearing a mask and a grey shirt, “with one hand in his shirt for the appearance of a weapon [hand gun], demanding money from the register,” Deputy Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said.
The victim tackled the would-be robber, who got up and ran out the door, heading south on South Main Street, he said.
The victim was OK, other than having two g…
