Bronx fugitive nabbed with knife, pot in Fair Lawn traffic stop

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police said they arrested a Bronx man wanted on robbery charges in the city while seizing a steak knife from his pocket and pot, pieces of jewelry, a hammer and a ‘Scream’ mask in a car they stopped on Route 208 yesterday.

Photo Credit: *Doug Haber / MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF*

Jerry DeMarco

03/30/2015 3:08 p.m.

Officer John Rovetto stopped the Nissan with New Jersey license plates on the northbound highway at Plaza Road near Fair Lawn Avenue just before 4:30 p.m.

Bergen County Sheriff’s K9 Officer Robert Mantone responded with his dog, Mike, who discovered “evidence of marijuana use: in the car, Sgt. Brian Metzler.

Tarik Jenkins, 20, was being held on $2,500 in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possession of a weapon, drugs and paraphernalia.

The driver, 20-year-old David Clarke of Hackensack, was released on a summons charging him with drug possession and a host of traffic offenses: failing to keep right, unsafe tires, maintenance of lamps, improper mirrors, operating an unsafe vehicle, not having a driver’s license and drug possession in a motor vehicle.

PHOTO: Doug Haber / MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF

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