Wyckoff man sought in hit-and-run with police car

CLIFFVIEW PILOT HAS THE SCOOP: Authorities were looking for a Wyckoff man who they said was behind the wheel of a vehicle that rammed a police cruiser so hard this morning that it moved. The missing car has heavy front-end damage, police said.

Jerry DeMarco

03/13/2012 2:50 p.m.

Two officers — one from North Haledon, the other from Midland Park — were in the parking lot a Dunkin Donuts in Hawthorne when the Chevy Cobalt rammed the North Haledon police car around 2:30 a.m., law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT a short time later.

The driver, who took off, has a history that includes charges of assault on a police officer.

Police from North Haledon, Hawthorne and Midland Park are investigating.

They asked that anyone who spots the Cobalt call them. The license plate: ZMV 15T

SUPPORT Cliffview Pilot:

{loadposition log}

Click here to follow Daily Voice Northern Highlands and receive free news updates.