Drifting Montgomery Driver Nabbed With Heroin, Needle, Police Say

A Montgomery driver was caught carrying heroin and a hypodermic syringe by police who stopped him for drifting across a New Jersey highway in the middle of the afternoon, authorities there said.

The Montgomery driver "appeared to have a difficult time maintaining his lane of travel," police in Wyckoff, N.J. said.
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Jerry DeMarco

03/09/2019 6:19 p.m.

William Rueckert, 27, of was nearly 50 miles from home when police in Wyckoff said they pulled him over.

Rueckert “appeared to have a difficult time maintaining his lane of travel” in his Volkswagen Jetta, Lt. Joseph Soto explained.

He was taken into custody on drug-related charges after police found the drugs and needle, Soto said.

Rueckert also received summonses for failing to maintain a lane of travel, having an unclear license plate and having drugs in a vehicle.

He was released pending a court date.

Police along the Route 208 corridor north of Paterson, N.J., often stop out-of-state buyers headed back to New York State or Pennsylvania.

Earlier this year, local police arrested a Pennsylvania trio who they said had driven an hour and a half to Paterson to buy heroin.

SEE: Franklin Lakes Police Bust Three In Route 208 Heroin, Oxy Stop

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