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Stolen Car Crashes On Garden State Parkway, Suspect Arrested: Holmdel PD Stolen Car Crashes On Garden State Parkway, Suspect Arrested: Holmdel PD
Stolen Car Crashes On Garden State Parkway, Suspect Arrested: Holmdel PD Police in Monmouth County recovered a stolen car that crashed on the Garden State Parkway and made one arrest, authorities said. One suspect was in custody at about 8:20 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14. "We are still looking for one or two additional suspects," Holmdel police said on Facebook. "One suspect may be wearing all black clothing with red sneakers." At 2:07 a.m., Thursday, an officer observed a silver BMW exit the Garden State Parkway, onto Red Hill Road. The vehicle, which had been reported stolen from Orange (Essex County), immediately fled upon seeing the officer and subsequently …

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by Jon Craig
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Pole Lands On Officer's Car, Occupants Flee In Fiery Stolen Car Crash In North Jersey Pole Lands On Officer's Car, Occupants Flee In Fiery Stolen Car Crash In North Jersey
Pole Lands On Officer's Car, Occupants Flee In Fiery Stolen Car Crash In North Jersey An officer escaped serious injury when a pole fell onto a police cruiser during a fiery overnight crash involving a stolen car and two fleeing occupants in Ridgefield. The Infiniti sedan was being pursued when it slammed into a traffic light and utility pole at Broad Avenue and Route 5 outside the Ridgefield Fire Co. 1 firehouse shortly after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13. Firefighters found the vehicle fully involved, the officer OK and the occupants gone, responders said. They quickly doused the blaze. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit initially was summoned…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WILD CHASE: Stolen Car Driver With Two Flats Hits Police Car, Parked Vehicles, Flees South WILD CHASE: Stolen Car Driver With Two Flats Hits Police Car, Parked Vehicles, Flees South
Wild Chase: Stolen Car Driver With Two Flats Hits Police Car, Parked Vehicles, Flees South Two thieves led police on a wild stolen car chase through Bergen County on what became two flat front tires. A Little Ferry police cruiser was struck during the pursuit, which began in Ridgefield and went through several towns -- on highways as well as back streets -- before winding up back there. The driver and his passenger were then somehow able to flee south on the New Jersey Turnpike with both the flats and a heavily-damaged front end, police said. Fortunately, no one was injured, Ridgefield Police Chief TJ Gallagher said Thursday. It all began late Wednesday afternoon when the two b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hudson Driver Caught After Crashing Car Stolen From NY Into Backyard Off GS Parkway: Paramus PD Hudson Driver Caught After Crashing Car Stolen From NY Into Backyard Off GS Parkway: Paramus PD
Hudson Driver Caught After Crashing Car Stolen From NY Into Backyard Off GS Parkway: Paramus PD Paramus police captured a Jersey City ex-con who crashed a car stolen out of Orange County into the backyard of a home off the Garden State Parkway and then took off on foot, authorities said. The 2018 Nissan Maxima -- which had just been reported stolen out of Monroe, NY -- barreled off the southbound Parkway exit ramp and into private property on Highland Avenue around 7 p.m. Monday, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officers Nicholas Perna and Clario Sampson found Javon Reaves, 29, who'd bailed out and was walking on Alden Road a short time later, the chief said. He at first …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teenagers Crash Stolen BMW, Arrested On Jersey Shore: Police Teenagers Crash Stolen BMW, Arrested On Jersey Shore: Police
Teenagers Crash Stolen BMW, Arrested On Jersey Shore: Police Police have identified the two teenagers from Essex County who were arrested on the Jersey Shore in connection with a stolen BMW. On Friday, May 13, shortly after midnight, a Tinton Falls police officer located a BMW 3-Series sedan that was reported stolen from Lawrenceville Police.  The BMW fled from the Tinton Falls officer and the pursuit was terminated on the Garden State Parkway due to excessive speed, police said. The BMW quickly exited the parkway and was located by Holmdel police officers on Crawfords Corner Road. The vehicle again fled from officers and after a…

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by Jon Craig
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Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife
Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife A posse of local, county and state law enforcement officers captured three teens who’d bolted into the Meadowlands marshes off the New Jersey Turnpike after they blew a tire on a stolen BMW during a pursuit. Hasbrouck Heights police issued an alert to area law enforcement around noon Saturday after the owner happened to spot the red 320i sedan, which had been stolen from outside his Lodi home two days earlier, Carlstadt Deputy Police Chief Thomas Cox said. The owner followed the vehicle as it headed south on Terrace Avenue / Hackensack Street toward Wood-Ridge, Cox said. Just up the road …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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K-9 Dog, Police Officer Struck By Fleeing Stolen Car In Atlantic City K-9 Dog, Police Officer Struck By Fleeing Stolen Car In Atlantic City
K-9 Dog, Police Officer Struck By Fleeing Stolen Car In Atlantic City An Atlantic City Police officer and his K9 partner were struck by a driver fleeing a motor vehicle stop in a stolen car, authorities said.  At 9:03 p.m. Tuesday, Detectives Christopher Dodson, Alberto Valles, and Eric Evans spotted a Ford Fusion that had been previously reported stolen, police said. The same vehicle had fled an attempted motor vehicle stop by an Atlantic City police officer earlier in the day and was not located. The detectives initiated a motor vehicle stop at New Jersey and Baltic avenues and were assisted by K9 Officer Anthony Grajales-Prado and his partner, K9 Cha…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Suspects Sought In Purse Snatching, Strong-Armed Robbery, Stolen Cars South Jersey Suspects Sought In Purse Snatching, Strong-Armed Robbery, Stolen Cars
South Jersey Suspects Sought In Purse Snatching, Strong-Armed Robbery, Stolen Cars Police in South Jersey seek the public's help in solving a series of parking lot robberies. A purse snatching, strong-armed robbery and stolen car are among the crimes that took place earlier this week in Hamilton and Egg Harbor townships, authorities said.    The vehicle used in the incidents, all of which took place in broad daylight, was a black 2017 Hyundai Elantra. Hamilton Township police were called to Marshall’s at 4215 Black Horse Pike at 1:54 p.m. Monday for a purse-snatching. The victim told police she saw two men loitering between parked cars as she walked …

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by Jon Craig
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Jersey Ex-Con ID'd As Fleeing Route 287 Stolen Car Driver Who Crashed On NY State Thruway Jersey Ex-Con ID'd As Fleeing Route 287 Stolen Car Driver Who Crashed On NY State Thruway
Jersey Ex-Con ID'd As Fleeing Route 287 Stolen Car Driver Who Crashed On NY State Thruway UPDATE: A driver chased by police more than 40 miles from New Jersey into New York State before crashing a stolen car was identified as an ex-con who’s been involved in previous pursuits and has an arrest record that numbers in the dozens. Dustin Jeandron, 37, recently of Keyport and Trenton, gave New York State troopers a Hell’s Kitchen address after they took him into custody following Wednesday afternoon’s chase. Jeandron was driving a Hyundai sedan reported stolen out of Harrison when a Wayne police officer "spotted the vehicle in Wayne with fictitious plates and attempted to make a sto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WANTED: Atlantic City PD Seeks Fugitive On Weapons Charges After Alleged Car Theft With 3 Teens WANTED: Atlantic City PD Seeks Fugitive On Weapons Charges After Alleged Car Theft With 3 Teens
Wanted: Atlantic City PD Seeks Fugitive On Weapons Charges After Alleged Car Theft With 3 Teens Atlantic City police are seeking the public's help locating a 20-year-old fugitive who is wanted on multiple weapons charges, authorities said. The alleged fugitive  and three juvenile males, who are now in custody, are accused of heisting  a vehicle from Cumberland County last month, an Atlantic City police.spokesman said. At 4:24 p.m. on May 5, Atlantic City police responded to Chesapeake Court after an alert abouit a car stolen from from Vineland, the city spokesman, Lt. Kevin Fair said.  The police from Cumberland County the stolen car was headed toward  Atlantic Ci…

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by Jon Craig
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Three Charged In $3 Million Burglary Of 50 Cent’s Bergen County Crib Three Charged In $3 Million Burglary Of 50 Cent’s Bergen County Crib
Three Charged In $3 Million Burglary Of 50 Cent’s Bergen County Crib A stolen car helped tie three ex-cons to the $3 million burglary of 50 Cent’s luxury apartment above the Hudson River, authorities said. The rapper, songwriter, TV producer and actor posted on Instagram that he was in Miami the third week of January, which law enforcement sources said afforded the thieves the opportunity. 50 – whose real name is Curtis Jackson – reported the break-in of his apartment to Cliffside Park police on Jan. 17. It “involved an estimated loss of approximately three million dollars in U.S. currency and jewelry,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor Releases Details In High-Speed Chase That Brought Helicopter, K9s To Somerset County Prosecutor Releases Details In High-Speed Chase That Brought Helicopter, K9s To Somerset County
Prosecutor Releases Details In High-Speed Chase That Brought Helicopter, K9s To Somerset County A pair of men from New York and South Carolina were arrested for their roles in leading a high-speed police pursuit in a stolen car across Somerset County earlier this week, authorities said Wednesday. Police responded to reports of two men in a Ford Edge trying to burglarize cars on South 7th Avenue in Manville around 11:40 p.m. May 17, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. The driver was identified as Andrew Barros, 19, of Queens, NY, and the passenger Rasheen Alston, 19, of Camden, South Carolina, Robertson said alongside Chief of County Detectives John W. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-Con Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Police Car For Uber Ex-Con Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Police Car For Uber
Ex-Con Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Police Car For Uber A Teaneck ex-con who ran off after crashing a stolen car near the Englewood border in Tenafly was about to hop into what he thought was an Uber – but was actually a police car, authorities said. Officer Manuel Fidel was searching the area of West Hudson Avenue in Englewood following the 5:22 p.m. crash Wednesday on Knickerbocker Road when an out-of-breath Michael D. Lockett approached his cruiser, Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. “Upon reaching the patrol car, [Lockett] said he thought it was his Uber,” the chief said. Realizing his mistake, the 28-year-old parolee began tippi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elizabeth Man Who Seriously Injured Girl In Stolen Vehicle Crash Nabbed In Fair Lawn Carjacking Elizabeth Man Who Seriously Injured Girl In Stolen Vehicle Crash Nabbed In Fair Lawn Carjacking
Elizabeth Man Who Seriously Injured Girl In Stolen Vehicle Crash Nabbed In Fair Lawn Carjacking An Elizabeth man who was released by a judge after a young girl was seriously injured when he crashed a stolen car was busted for a carjacking in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Byron L. Hernandez, 18, and Nicholas Greco, 19, of North Bergen, thought they’d hatched a fool-proof scheme to steal the vehicle from an unsuspecting victim, authorities said Tuesday. It didn’t work. Responding to report of a carjacking, Fair Lawn police found the 21-year-old owner and his passenger, Greco, at Memorial Park shortly before 1:30 a.m. last Friday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Both the victim and Greco told …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pair Nabbed In Stolen Car After Fleeing Atlantic City Police Pair Nabbed In Stolen Car After Fleeing Atlantic City Police
Pair Nabbed In Stolen Car After Fleeing Atlantic City Police A South Jersey pursuit of a stolen car led to the arrest of two fugitives with outstanding warrants, authorities said. On Sunday at 9:07 p.m., Atlantic City Police Officer Joseph Kelly tried to stop a car that had been reported stolen.  After activating his emergency lights and siren, the driver, Jason Sandfort, sped away, police said. Sandfort, 49, of Elwood, crashed into a parked car in the 100 north block of Florida Avenue, police said. He reportedly fled on foot but officers were able to catch him about a half=block away. A 30-year-old woman in the stolen vehicle, Samantha Buglio…

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by Jon Craig
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MANHUNT: Police Flush Out Fleeing Ex-Con Stuck In Swamps Of Lyndhurst MANHUNT: Police Flush Out Fleeing Ex-Con Stuck In Swamps Of Lyndhurst
Manhunt: Police Flush Out Fleeing Ex-Con Stuck In Swamps Of Lyndhurst A Newark ex-con driving a stolen car tried to elude Lyndhurst police by dashing into the Meadowlands marshes during an overnight pursuit, but their colleagues from other towns helped capture him, authorities said. Elliot Taylor, 26, floored it after Lyndhurst Police Officer Brian Kapp pulled up behind the already-speeding 2005 Hyundai Elantra on Ridge Road around 3 a.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Taylor made a quick right onto Valley Brook Avenue and raced down Disposal Road toward DeKorte Park, but the Hyundai bottomed out and began smoking, Auteri said. Taylor quickly pul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Palisades Interstate Parkway Pursuit: Pair Bails Out Of Stolen Car, Caught On GWB Palisades Interstate Parkway Pursuit: Pair Bails Out Of Stolen Car, Caught On GWB
Palisades Interstate Parkway Pursuit: Pair Bails Out Of Stolen Car, Caught On GWB A stolen car chase down the Palisades Interstate Parkway ended when the 17-year-old driver and a passenger bailed out on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge and were quickly captured, authorities said. Palisades Interstate Police officers began pursuing the 2019 Honda Civic hatchback down the PIP for having stolen New York license plates, Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. The driver “at first began to slow down before picking up speed and merging back into the left lane of the highway,” Walter said. The officers terminated the pursuit at the GWB toll plaza, after which t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Seaside Heights Police, Ocean Sheriff's Chase Fugitive Who Left Revolver In Stolen Newark Car Seaside Heights Police, Ocean Sheriff's Chase Fugitive Who Left Revolver In Stolen Newark Car
Seaside Heights Police, Ocean Sheriff's Chase Fugitive Who Left Revolver In Stolen Newark Car A suspect in a stolen car, chased by police in Seaside Heights early Wednesday, remains at large, authorities said. The brief pursuit exceeding 50 mph resulted in a crash into a second vehicle and a building on Central Avenue near Sumner and Franklin, a law enforcement source confirmed. The Ocean County Sheriff's Department responded with a K-9 unit, but the source said the driver of the car, reported stolen from Newark, was not caught. A handgun was found in the car, the source confirmed. The Seaside Heights Fire Department responded to secure the vehicle that collided with a structu…

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by Jon Craig