Warren County 10-Year-Old Battling Rare Brain Disorder Appointed As Honorary NJ State Trooper

A Warren County 10-year-old battling a rare brain disorder was appointed as an honorary New Jersey state trooper.

Tayte Belstra was born with partial agenesis of corpus callosum — a partial or complete absence of an area of the brain that connects its two cerebral hemispheres.
Photo Credit: *New Jersey State Police via Facebook*

Officers met with Tayte Monday at the Troop B Hope Station, where the child was able to talk with troopers and get behind the wheel of a troop car.
Photo Credit: *New Jersey State Police via Facebook*

05/04/2021 10:24 a.m.

Tayte Belstra was born with partial agenesis of corpus callosum — a partial or complete absence of an area of the brain that connects its two cerebral hemispheres.

Officers met with Tayte Monday at the Troop B Hope Station, where the child was able to talk with troopers, meet the Colonel and get behind the wheel of a troop car.

Tayte was joined by his parents, as well as Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti and Hope Township Mayor Tim McDonough.

“Tayte’s bright smile was all the sunshine needed on this Monday afternoon,” state police said on Facebook.

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