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They finally found Edward Lawrence Jones — who turned 46 today — hiding in a Rock Creek Terrace apartment around 12:30 a.m., a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning.
NJSP Trooper Jeff Flynn confirmed that troopers began chasing Jones at the New Jersey Turnpike rest stop in Ridgfield around 10 o’clock last night after he called 911 several times to report that he was being followed by dozens of cars.
After ignoring the troopers who approached him, Jones drove off in his Toyota Sienna as they tried to remove him from the vehicle, Flynn said. They chased him to Hackensack, where the trooper said a concern for safety prompted them to back off.
Local police joined in — among them, Englewood, Fort Lee, Leonia and Palisades Park departments — as Jones doubled back east.
He then abandoned the car and ran, Flynn said.
The Bergen County Police Department’s K-9 Unit was summoned and helped lead to the capture just after 12:30 a.m.
Jones was being held on $250,000 bail, charged with eluding police, attempting to elude police and obstruction.
He also received several traffic summonses.
MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF (IMAGE: GoogleMaps)
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