Turnpike toll collector clipped $10,000, NJ State Police say

A New Jersey Turnpike toll collector thought he’d created EZCash lanes, skimming $10,000 in fares from tractor-trailers before auditors sniffed him out, State Police said.

Jerry DeMarco

03/08/2011 4:04 p.m.

Working with the Turnpike Authority, State Police arrested 27-year-old Daron Burch of Jersey City and charged him with theft.

Burch, working booths in Woodbridge, processed tractor-trailers in his lanes at the lowest passenger vehicle rates, then kept the difference, State Police said.

He’s free pending an initial appearance in Woodbridge Municipal Court.

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