Accused Fair Lawn car thief chest-bumped, spit at officer, Paramus police charge

ONLY ON CVP: A 24-year-old Clifton man wanted by Fair Lawn police crashed a stolen car in Paramus, then chest-bumped an officer and spit in his face after he was caught trying to run away, authorities said.

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Jerry DeMarco

03/22/2015 5:35 p.m.

Footprints in yesterday’s overnight snow — reported stolen out of Fair Lawn — led Officer Gil Maynard to Eddie R. Gonzalez on Paramus Road moments after he crashed the stolen 2002 Lincoln Continental just after midnight, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning.

“He denied being the car, but the officer found him trying to discard the keys in the snow,” Guidetti said.

He then became combative, the deputy chief said.

After taking him into custody, Paramus police turned Gonzalez over to their Fair Lawn colleagues.

Gonzalez was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with assault on police, aggravated assault with bodily fluids and resisting/eluding.

Ridgewood police arrested Gonzalez on DWI charges three months ago after they said they caught him speeding and not maintaining a lane.

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