Gotcha! Newark Fugitive Wanted In Carjacking Of Rockland Driver In Clifton Captured In Asbury

A Newark man accused of carjacking a Rockland County driver in Clifton was ordered held by a judge after he was captured on the beach in Asbury Park, authorities said.

Zahir Christmas
Photo Credit: *BACKGROUND: Tim Jackson / MUGSHOT: Passaic County Prosecutor's Office*

Jerry DeMarco

09/05/2022 5:30 p.m.

The 27-year-old victim from Pearl River, NY, was hospitalized after being assaulted outside a medical building on Broad Street just off eastbound Route 3 the night of Aug. 20, they said.

Detectives from Clifton obtained an arrest warrant for by Zahir Christmas, 37, who was captured at the Fourth Avenue beach in Asbury shortly before dawn on Aug. 28, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said.

Christmas has remained held since then in the Passaic County Jail, charged with attempted murder, armed robbery, carjacking, aggravated assault and weapons possession.

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