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Police: Suspect In Wayne Chase Rams Cruiser, Heads Wrong Way On Route 46
WAYNE, N.J. -- Wayne police on Wednesday identified a man who they said tried to run over a police officer at the Willowbrook Mall, crashing a car he'd just stolen into the officer's patrol cruiser and then, later, another police car, before he was captured on Route 46 in Fairfield.
Alterick Harris, 42, of Newark became "became irate and argumentative" with the owner of the silver BMW as they were driving outside the mall, then took the keys and sped off after she got out, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said.
Flagged down by the woman, responding Officer Pawel Jadczak positioned …
Port Authority PD: Con Man Chased Through Newark Airport Traffic
Drivers swerved to avoid an accused Florida con man chased by Port Authority police as he darted across several lanes of traffic at Newark Airport.
Andrew Mack, 58, climbed an embankment behind a nearby 7-Eleven, shed his jacket and bolted across traffic on the airport entrance bridge after he and another man tried to rent a car with a stolen credit card, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said.
Officers caught up with Mack and arrested him on a roadway adjacent to an FAA control tower about 10 minutes later, he said.
Mack, of Miami Gardens, and Michael Hill, 48, of Lauderhill, FL tried to …
