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Luddington Avenue, Clifton, NJ

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BADASS: Owner Of Car Hit By Stolen Sedan Tackles Knife-Wielding Driver Half His Age: Clifton PD BADASS: Owner Of Car Hit By Stolen Sedan Tackles Knife-Wielding Driver Half His Age: Clifton PD
Badass: Owner Of Car Hit By Stolen Sedan Tackles Knife-Wielding Driver Half His Age: Clifton PD Talk about stones: A man twice the age of a driver who'd just rammed a stolen sedan into his car grabbed the fleeing suspect and held him down for Clifton police despite being threatened with a knife, authorities said. Officers responding to a call at Luddington Avenue and Montgomery Street in the early afternoon on New Year's Day found city resident Guadencio Herrera, 26, pinned to the ground by the 52-year-old vehicle owner, Lt. Robert Anderson said. Herrera -- who clutched a pocket knife in his hand -- had just crashed a 2016 Acura TLX that had been reported stolen out of Paterson hours …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Driver, Passenger Switch Seats In Moving Vehicle During Clifton Pursuit Teen Driver, Passenger Switch Seats In Moving Vehicle During Clifton Pursuit
Teen Driver, Passenger Switch Seats In Moving Vehicle During Clifton Pursuit Two teenage drivers switched seats in a stolen vehicle while it was moving in a Clifton police pursuit, authorities said. Officer Mohammed Rayyan was on patrol on northbound Route 21 when he began following the 2018 Hyundai occupied by three juveniles shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The vehicle had been reported stolen out of Passaic days earlier, he said. The teens made it to Paterson, where "the driver and front seat passenger switched positions while the vehicle was continuing in motion," Bracken said. The driver then sped off and a pursuit b…

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by Jerry DeMarco