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Police: Newark Man Driving Carjacked Kia Leads Pursuit, Crashes Into Car, Hits Snowbank Police: Newark Man Driving Carjacked Kia Leads Pursuit, Crashes Into Car, Hits Snowbank
Police: Newark Man Driving Carjacked Kia Leads Pursuit, Crashes Into Car, Hits Snowbank Police arrested a man they say led a pursuit and crashed while driving a Kia Sorento that had been stolen at gunpoint in Newark Sunday night. Zair Trimmings, 19, was seen driving the Kia, which had been stolen by two women at gunpoint from the 200 block of Oraton Street around 11:35 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The victim’s cash, cell phone and other personal property were also taken during the incident while a silver SUV blocked her from leaving by pulling up next to the Kia, Ambrose said. Trimmings ignored officers’ attempts to pull him over near Sanford A…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Armed Robbers Nabbed After Stolen Car Chase From Paterson To Newark Ends In Crash, Police Say Armed Robbers Nabbed After Stolen Car Chase From Paterson To Newark Ends In Crash, Police Say
Armed Robbers Nabbed After Stolen Car Chase From Paterson To Newark Ends In Crash, Police Say A police chase from Paterson to Newark ended with the arrests of three armed robbers after they crashed a stolen SUV on Route 21, authorities said. Detectives Yamil Pimienta and Mohammad Bashir stopped the Mazda CX5 – reported stolen out of Jersey City – near the corner of 10th Avenue and East 24th Street shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday. They’d gotten out and were approaching the vehicle when the driver first backed up a bit and then hit the gas and sped away, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives chased the SUV through Clifton and Passaic on southbound Route 20, then …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Fleeing Offender From Englewood Crashes At HUMC, Subdued By Spray, Taser Police: Fleeing Offender From Englewood Crashes At HUMC, Subdued By Spray, Taser
Police: Fleeing Offender From Englewood Crashes At Humc, Subdued By Spray, Taser A fleeing repeat offender from Englewood didn’t have far to go for treatment after he crashed a sedan into a fence outside Hackensack University Medical Center and fought with police following a brief pursuit, authorities said. City Police Officer Benjamin Farhi first stopped the 2003 Acura driven by Matthew Wise, 28, on Railroad Avenue near Central Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Farhi was walking toward the car when Wise hit the gas and sped off, DeWitt said. A pursuit of barely six blocks ended when the Acura crashed at the HUMC loading dock, h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJSP: CT Man Points Gun At Troopers During Route 287 Chase, Four Firearms Recovered NJSP: CT Man Points Gun At Troopers During Route 287 Chase, Four Firearms Recovered
Njsp: CT Man Points Gun At Troopers During Route 287 Chase, Four Firearms Recovered A Connecticut passenger pointed a handgun at a New Jersey State Police trooper during a pursuit on Route 287, authorities said Monday. The pursuit, which began in Boonton, ended in a Mahwah park with the gunman and driver in custody and four weapons seized, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. A trooper tried to stop the Jeep Cherokee for a traffic violation on northbound Route 287 in Boonton Township shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, Marchan said. The driver, identified as ex-con Theron Brown, 22, of Bridgeport, CT, hit the gas instead and sped off, he said. At one point during the subsequent …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind
PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind A car thief from Newark who was captured after he crashed his own car on Route 46 in Clifton during a police chase left a loaded gun behind, Wayne police said. Wayne police responding to a report of thieves in a BMW with a temporary license plate in the Point View Parkway area spotted the car heading south in tandem with a stolen Lexus on Valley Road around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. They tried stopping the vehicles, but both sped away, Daly said. A supervisor eventually called off the pursuit because of the excessive speed, the captain said. One of the vehicles s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Man Crashes Stolen Bayonne Police Car After Route 287 Pursuit Into Brooklyn VIDEO: Man Crashes Stolen Bayonne Police Car After Route 287 Pursuit Into Brooklyn
Video: Man Crashes Stolen Bayonne Police Car After Route 287 Pursuit Into Brooklyn A man crashed a Bayonne police car stolen from the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Brooklyn, after a pursuit involving the PAPD on Route 287, authorities said. A man later identified as Frank Suarez of West 13th Street, jumped into a marked police vehicle parked on his street at the Broadway intersection around 11:30 p.m. by an officer, diverting traffic away from a crash, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. When the officer went back to his car, it was gone. The NYPD, Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Police Department (PAPD), and Jersey City Police Department, were immediately …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Alleged Coverup Probed After Saddle Brook Officer Leads Ridgefield PD On High-Speed Chase Alleged Coverup Probed After Saddle Brook Officer Leads Ridgefield PD On High-Speed Chase
Alleged Coverup Probed After Saddle Brook Officer Leads Ridgefield PD On High-Speed Chase A Saddle Brook police officer was suspended without pay and two of his colleagues suspended with pay Thursday following a reckless high-speed chase and alleged subsequent coverup. Saddle Brook Officer Andres Morales, 28, was off duty when a uniformed officer in Ridgefield tried to stop his speeding BMW on Broad Avenue 2:35 a.m. Oct. 3. Morales kept going, however, exiting onto Route 46 and then onto westbound Route 80, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. At the Route 80 split, Morales suddenly veered from the right local lane across several lanes into the express lanes, apparently …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
3 Nabbed In Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB 3 Nabbed In Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB
3 Nabbed In Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB Three suspects were taken into custody after their SUV rolled when they tried to elude Bergen County prosecutor's detectives Wednesday afternoon on the New Jersey Turnpike near the George Washington Bridge, authorities confirmed. The investigators had tried to pull over the Dodge Durango on the northbound Turnpike at the Vince Lombardi Service Plaza off the turnpike's western spur in Ridgefield shortly before 2 p.m., BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti said. The driver hit the gas "quickly lost control" of the vehicle, which crashed, Anzilotti said. The investigators captured the tri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Speeding Driver Captured After Ramming Civilian Vehicle, Palisades Interstate Parkway PD Car Speeding Driver Captured After Ramming Civilian Vehicle, Palisades Interstate Parkway PD Car
Speeding Driver Captured After Ramming Civilian Vehicle, Palisades Interstate Parkway PD Car A speeding Brooklyn driver under the influence of drugs and alcohol knocked another car onto a median on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, then rammed his sedan into a pursuing police vehicle on Route 9W Alpine Monday night, authorities said. Richard Simpson, 24, was driving a Hyundai with Delaware license plates that blew by a PIP officer on the northbound parkway shortly after 9 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Simpson then made an unsafe change into the fast lane, where his car hit a white Honda, knocking it onto the grass median, before the Hyundai continued at more than 100 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
CAPTURED: Bergen Prosecutor’s Detectives Nab Escaped 'James Bond Gang' Fugitive In Hudson CAPTURED: Bergen Prosecutor’s Detectives Nab Escaped 'James Bond Gang' Fugitive In Hudson
Captured: Bergen Prosecutor’s Detectives Nab Escaped 'James Bond Gang' Fugitive In Hudson A James Bond Gang associate who escaped from a halfway house in March was captured Friday in North Bergen by detectives from the Bergen County prosecutor’s office. Hakeem Chance, 28, of Hackensack had an original parole eligibility date of July 13, 2022 when he escaped from the East Jersey State Harbor Halfway House, records show. He remained a fugitive for six months before members of Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Special Investigations Squad tracked down and nabbed Chance near the corner of Kennedy Boulevard and 89th Street. They brought him to the Bergen County Jail on an esca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Sparks Fly In Park Ridge Pursuit, Police Nab Two Would-Be Burglars After Crash Sparks Fly In Park Ridge Pursuit, Police Nab Two Would-Be Burglars After Crash
Sparks Fly In Park Ridge Pursuit, Police Nab Two Would-Be Burglars After Crash Sparks flew during a wild chase that ended with the arrest of two New York men who authorities said seemed determined to break into a Park Ridge home. A Ridge Avenue resident called borough police after hearing a loud bang at the door and seeing a suspicious-looking man walking away shortly after 7:30 p.m. Friday, Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. Aa suspicious-looking silver sedan slowly passed the home several times, the resident added. Responding officers didn’t find anything but were called back again a half hour later after a man dressed all in black turned up in the same resident’s backyar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Palisades Interstate Parkway Pursuit: Pair Bails Out Of Stolen Car, Caught On GWB Palisades Interstate Parkway Pursuit: Pair Bails Out Of Stolen Car, Caught On GWB
Palisades Interstate Parkway Pursuit: Pair Bails Out Of Stolen Car, Caught On GWB A stolen car chase down the Palisades Interstate Parkway ended when the 17-year-old driver and a passenger bailed out on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge and were quickly captured, authorities said. Palisades Interstate Police officers began pursuing the 2019 Honda Civic hatchback down the PIP for having stolen New York license plates, Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. The driver “at first began to slow down before picking up speed and merging back into the left lane of the highway,” Walter said. The officers terminated the pursuit at the GWB toll plaza, after which t…

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by Jerry DeMarco