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Driver Held For Extradition To NJ After Crash-Filled Pursuit From Bergen Ends In Westchester
UPDATE: A Connecticut driver who authorities said led officers and troopers on a high-speed chase from Bergen to Westchester counties – ramming police cars from both states along the way -- remained jailed Monday pending extradition to New Jersey. Mahwah police initially began chasing an Acura MDX driven by Henry L. Cofrancesco Jr., 51, of Hamden, CT, on southbound Route 287 last Thursday afternoon. South Nyack and New York State Police joined the pursuit at speeds that law enforcement sources said ranged from 75 to 90 miles an hour. The chase continued through Rockland County and cr…
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Police: Teens In Stolen Car Drive Across Lawn, Nearly Hit Officer In Pursuit Through Secaucus
Four teens from Newark were arrested for trying to burglarize vehicles in Secaucus before they led officers on a brief pursuit through town, authorities said Monday. Officers responded to Central Lane and Luhmann Terrace on reports of three men trying to break into parked cars around 5:45 a.m. May 15, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The suspects were accompanied by a black Honda Civic, locatd by officer Alex Witrock on Laurel Court. Witrock attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver -- a 17-year-old boy -- disregarded the signal to stop and reversed, crashing into a park…
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NJ State Trooper Struck By Vehicle In High-Speed Pursuit, Manhunt Underway
BREAKING: A New Jersey State Police trooper was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center after being injured during a high-speed stolen car pursuit that sparked a massive area-wide manhunt Sunday. It wasn't immediately clear whether the trooper was in or out of an NJSP cruiser when injured while pursuing a black BMW X5 on the Route 495 approach to the Lincoln Tunnel in North Bergen around noontime, responders said. The vehicle -- which had been reported stolen out of Totowa -- then fled with four black males inside, they said. It was later reported found in Newark. The chase h…
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Teen Steals Car With Toddler, 2, Still Inside, Leads Pursuit Through Union County: Prosecutor
A 16-year-old boy stole a vehicle from outside of a Roselle home carrying a 2-year-old child who was left in the vehicle as their parent unloaded groceries Thursday night, authorities said. The child was reunited safely with his family unharmed, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Roselle Police Chief Brian Barnes jointly announced Friday. The owner was bringing items from the supermarket inside their home on the 300 block of White Street when the vehicle was stolen by the teen around 11:30 p.m., Barnes and Ruotolo said. The teen led police on a brief pursuit into El…
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Clifton PD: 100 MPH Driver Who Eluded Police In Newark Arrested At His Morris Home
It's probably best not to flee the police if you're not off the grid. A driver who topped 100 miles an hour on Route 21 before eluding pursuing Clifton police on the streets of Newark was later arrested as his Morris County home, authorities said. Officers tried to stop Christopher J. Allan, 39, of Rockaway, on the southbound highway shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He "refused to stop and led the officers on a chase through the streets of Newark," Bracken said. Concerned for public safety, the officers pulled back. Detectives investigated and arrested A…
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Clifton Police Car Goes Airborne During Chase, Knocks Down Signs, Pole In Garfield
UPDATE: A Clifton police officer escaped serious injury after his SUV went airborne and rolled into a utility pole in Garfield, snapping it from its base, during a late-night pursuit, authorities said. The officer tried stopping a motorist on Ackermann Avenue near Route 21 for careless driving shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He ended up pursuing the driver after the sedan sped off onto northbound Route 21, he said. The chase continued on River Road to Outwater Lane, with the fleeing motorist turning off his lights and driving recklessly, the lieutenant…
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: Garfield Police Chase Ends With Elmwood Park Crash, Gun Arrest
A pre-dawn police pursuit from Garfield into Elmwood Park ended with a crash, the arrest of a passenger carrying a gun and a search for the fleeing driver, authorities said. Sparks flying from beneath an Infiniti Q50 with New York licenses plates as it crossed the railroad tracks on Outwater Lane caught the attention of Officer Joseph Kopacz, who tried to stop the sedan for speeding shortly before 1 a.m., Capt. Richard Uram said. Kopacz got out and spotted two men and two women in the car – one of whom was trying to conceal a fanny pack holding what appeared to be a silver handgun, Uram sai…
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Police: Man, 19, Crashes Stolen Audi, Runs Away After High-Speed Morris County Chase
A 19-year-old man was driving a stolen Audi SUV when he initiated a police pursuit in Morris County and crashed a short time later, authorities said. A man identified as T. Jones stole the vehicle from a driveway on Buxton Road in Chatham Township Tuesday, Patch reports citing Police Chief Thomas Miller. The stolen Audi was seen traveling toward Fairmount Avenue in front of another suspicious vehicle just before 4:30 a.m., Miller said. Jones sped off as officers tried to pull the vehicle over on River Road, initiating a chase that ended with a crash in New Providence, authorities said. Jo…
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: Wood-Ridge Boy, 17, Charged As Wrong-Way Mercedes Driver Who Side-Swiped Police Cruiser
A 17-year-old Wood-Ridge boy was behind the wheel of a speeding sedan that side-swiped a borough police cruiser and kept going, authorities said Saturday. The boy came to police headquarters accompanied by his mother Friday night after learning that authorities had identified him through surveillance video and interviews, Detective Sgt. Matt Mueller said. He was receiving several summons stemming from Thursday's incident as detectives considered possible eluding charges. The teen said in an email to Daily Voice that he was the driver and that he "did nothing near speeding off...…
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State Releases Videos Of NJ Police Pursuit Ending In Fatal Crash
Videos of a brief police pursuit that ended when a 23-year-old Trenton man crashed his sedan into woods off a highway were released Friday by authorities following his death. A Bordentown police officer began following the Nissan Maxima after Keron Roundtree, 23, brake abruptly on Route 206 shortly before 9 p.m. last Oct. 27, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Several violations followed over the next two minutes before the officer “activated his overhead lights and siren to make a motor vehicle stop,” Grewal said. Roundtree, who had an adult male passenger with him, hit the gas…
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Teens Go On Car Burglary Spree, Lead NJ Pursuit In Sedan Stolen Out Of Philly, Police Say
Three teens were in police custody with another suspect at large after going on a car burglary spree then leading a police pursuit across Hudson County in a sedan stolen out of Philadelphia, authorities said. A Secaucus, NJ resident called police to report four individuals burglarized his family's car on Pandolfi Avenue around 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The four suspects fled in a black Toyota Corolla, later found to be stolen out of Philadelphia on Jan. 13, Miller said. A responding police officer saw the stolen vehicle leaving near Centre Avenue, then…
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Police: Driver, 21, Leads Wild North Jersey Pursuit After Officers Interrupt 20-Car Drag Race
A 21-year-old driver lead police on a wild pursuit across North Jersey after police interrupted what appeared to be a 20-car race on Route 80, authorities said. Police responded to at the Route 80 entrance ramp on New Maple Avenue in Montville, where nearly 20 luxury vehicles were arriving, apparently getting ready to race around 12:15 a.m. Jan. 3, Fairfield Police Chief Anthony Manna said. While several of the cars drove off as police showed up, a grey Dodge Charger struck a 2020 Mazda MX5, then fled down the eastbound side of the highway, Manna said. Police recognized the Charger driver …
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