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Police: Stolen Car Driver Surrenders, Then Attacks Wallington Officers
A Newark woman caught behind the wheel of a stolen car urged police to arrest her, then later turned on the officers, authorities in Wallington said.
It began when a witness at the Sunoco station on Locust Avenue pointed Officer Szymon Popek toward a rental car with heavy front-end damage, Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said.
The driver, identified as Jasmine Fletcher, 27, of Newark, got out of the vehicle after Popek stopped her moments later, Kudlacik said.
She had her hands up, telling him and backup officers to arrest her, the captain said.
Fletcher “appeared incoherent, saying that she was rob…
