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Fleeing Dumont Driver Crashes, Bails, Caught Carrying $10,800 In Twenties, Police Say
A custodian from Dumont who led police on a brief pursuit before crashing outside a church in Bergenfield was carrying $10,800 in cash, authorities said.
Boubacar Diallo, 28, tried to run but was chased down by a borough officer and taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, March 14, Dumont Police Chief Brian Joyce said.
A detective had gone to a Walsh Drive home on an investigation moments earlier and attempted to speak with Diallo, who was behind the wheel of a Jeep Cherokee with an out-of-state license plate that was running in the resident’s driveway, Joyce said.
Diallo threw the Jeep int…
Repeat Offender With Pursuit History Hits Cresskill Police Cruiser Head On, Slams Into Another
A Dumont driver with a history of trying to elude police slammed his car head-on into one Cresskill cruiser, then rammed another Friday afternoon after refusing to stop for a traffic violation, authorities said.
Edward Arnold, 30, "went a couple of blocks, came up Maple Street, then hit a police car head-on," Detective Sgt. Jason Lanzilotti told Daily Voice.
"He totaled the police car, then spun out and hit a backup unit," the sergeant said.
Arnold then bailed out and ran, but officers quickly caught him on Knickerbocker Road, a short distance from the monument circle at Madison Avenue, he…
