At 10:30 a.m., a license plate reader alerted officers to a blue Hyundai Santa Cruz traveling east on Wallington Avenue, displaying a stolen license plate registered out of New York, Wallington police said.
During a traffic stop, the driver, Daniel Gatson, presented a driver’s license belong to an individual who had an active warrant in Virginia, police said.
Gatson was charged with receiving stolen property, exhibiting a false government-issued driver’s license, possession of a false government issued ID, impersonation, and hindering apprehension by providing false information, police said.
He was also found to have several active warrants out of Florida and the City of Passaic.
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