Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
Drivers Hid In Trunk, Struck State Trooper During Pursuits Hour Apart In Virginia: Police Drivers Hid In Trunk, Struck State Trooper During Pursuits Hour Apart In Virginia: Police
Drivers Hid In Trunk, Struck State Trooper During Pursuits Hour Apart In Virginia: Police Virginia State Police have arrested two Reston drivers, both who led pursuits less than an hour apart, they said. The first was at 9:54 p.m. Thursday, March 7, when Jevon T Mark was spotted driving recklessly on I-495 near S. Van Dorn Street, State Police said. The 23-year-old Reston man refused to stop for the trooper in a Jeep Cherokee initiating a pursuit, during which a firearm was thrown out the window.  The firearm struck the ground and then the trooper's vehicle. At Braddock Road and Twinbrook Road, the Jeep struck the state trooper's vehicle. The suspect vehicle then continued…

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by Cecilia Levine
Vineland, NJ
Police & Fire
WILD RIDE: Driver Drags Police Officer, Strikes Pedestrian At Wawa In South Jersey WILD RIDE: Driver Drags Police Officer, Strikes Pedestrian At Wawa In South Jersey
Wild Ride: Driver Drags Police Officer, Strikes Pedestrian At Wawa In South Jersey A 40-year-old Cumberland County took police on a wild pursuit that included dragging a police officer with his car and striking a pedestrian at a Wawa, authorities said. The driver, Jacob D. Griffiths, 40, of Bridgeton, ultimately was charged with multiple counts of eluding, aggravated assault, obstruction and hindering apprehension, according to the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office. The pursuit started on Bluebird Lane in Millville at about 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 when an officer was investigating a report of a robbery in Vineland. Griffiths sped off with a woman in the car, the pr…

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by Jon Craig
New Rochelle, NY
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed At New Rochelle Bar After Nearly Running Over Officer, Evading Arrest: Police Man Nabbed At New Rochelle Bar After Nearly Running Over Officer, Evading Arrest: Police
Man Nabbed At New Rochelle Bar After Nearly Running Over Officer, Evading Arrest: Police A 28-year-old man faces criminal charges in two Westchester municipalities after fleeing from police multiple times and nearly running an officer over in the process, authorities announced. The events leading to the man’s arrest began during the early morning of Thursday, Feb. 1, when detectives in New Rochelle tried pulling over a suspicious vehicle. According to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne, this car instead drove away at a fast speed, avoiding officers. Police still continued an investigation into the vehicle, though. Later in the day around 10 a.m., the same car was s…

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by Ben Crnic
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Trespassing Man Behind Bars After Running From Deputies For Violating Protective Order: Sheriff Trespassing Man Behind Bars After Running From Deputies For Violating Protective Order: Sheriff
Trespassing Man Behind Bars After Running From Deputies For Violating Protective Order: Sheriff A wanted trespasser in Virginia couldn't outrun his fate and is behind bars after being tracked down by investigators from the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. No stranger to authorities, 23-year-old Trevor Sutphin attempted to evade sheriff's deputies, but was ultimately apprehended for trespassing and violating a protective order, according to officials. Over the weekend, a deputy familiar with Sutphin from previous transgressions was in the area of Garrison Woods when he was spotted, though he was not ready to go down quietly. The deputy began trailing Sutphin, who made multi…

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by Zak Failla
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Two Teens Arrested After Pursuit: Madison Police Two Teens Arrested After Pursuit: Madison Police
Two Teens Arrested After Pursuit: Madison Police Two teenagers were arrested in Madison after they led police on a pursuit early Friday morning, Oct. 6, authorities said. Police observed a black 2016 Lexus sedan traveling on a dead-end street, committing several traffic violations near Park Lane, officers said. When encountered by police, the vehicle turned its headlights off and fled the area at a high rate of speed, officers said. Police located the rental vehicle on Kings Road but the Lexus refused to stop, officers said. The vehicle crashed into a retaining wall in Chatham and the occupants fled the car and ran from police, officers s…

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by Sam Barron
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Jackson Man Sentenced For Fleeing Police, Ramming Patrol Car Jackson Man Sentenced For Fleeing Police, Ramming Patrol Car
Jackson Man Sentenced For Fleeing Police, Ramming Patrol Car A 21-year-old man from Jackson has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for fleeing police and later ramming a patrol car, authorities said. Kevin Valverde-Cruz was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 8, as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to aggravated assault and eluding, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. On Oct. 18, 2022, detectives from the Lakewood Township Police Department observed a white Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling at a high rate of speed, and attempted a motor vehicle stop, Billhimer said. Valverde-Cruz failed to s…

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by Jon Craig
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (UPDATED) Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (UPDATED)
Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (Updated) This story has been updated: Ricky Rivera, 20-year-old Paterson resident was shot by Weehawken Police after hitting a police officer with a car on the early morning of Tuesday, August 1, authorities said. At 5 a.m. police were patrolling a neighborhood plagued by auto thefts, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. When police approached a suspicious vehicle parked in a driveway on Regency Place, Rivera fled the scene in the vehicle, striking an officer, Suarez said. A second officer discharged his weapon, Suarez said. Soon after, the man crashed his vehicle into an occupied Port Auth…

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by Sam Barron
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Three Teens Nabbed After Stealing Car, Fleeing From Officers: Secaucus PD Three Teens Nabbed After Stealing Car, Fleeing From Officers: Secaucus PD
Three Teens Nabbed After Stealing Car, Fleeing From Officers: Secaucus PD Three teenage boys were arrested and charged after they stole a car, hit a police vehicle and fled from officers in Secaucus on the early morning of Friday, June 9 authorities said.  At 5:03 a.m., a police officer observed a black Kia Forte with no lights on and occupied by four people wearing ski masks near Radio Avenue by Route 3 West, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Police attempted to stop the vehicle at Paterson Park Road and Hops Lane, but the vehicle refused to stop, Miller said. The driver of the vehicle lost control and crashed into a police car, Miller said. Followi…

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by Sam Barron
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
ATV Rider Who Outran Cops Arrested In Allentown, Police Say ATV Rider Who Outran Cops Arrested In Allentown, Police Say
ATV Rider Who Outran Cops Arrested In Allentown, Police Say An Allentown man accused of riding an offroad vehicle on city streets and fleeing police has been arrested, authorities say.  City police were patrolling near 4th and Gordon Streets on Thursday, April 27, when they spotted a group of offroad vehicles — allegedly including an ATV — "riding illegally and dangerously in the roadway," the department said in a release.  Officers tried to pull them over, but all of the riders fled the scene, police wrote.  Authorities later obtained a search warrant for a house on the 300 block of North 5th Street, where they say they lo…

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by Mac Bullock
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Man Sentenced For Robbery, Eluding Atlantic City Man Sentenced For Robbery, Eluding
Atlantic City Man Sentenced For Robbery, Eluding A 21-year-old man from Atlantic City has been sentenced to four years in New Jersey State Prison for robbery and eluding, among other charges, authorities said. Richard Guante was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 21 on the charges, for which he must serve 85 percent of the sentence before being eligible for parole. On Dec. 13, 2020, Guante eluded police after officers of the Egg Harbor Township Police Department attempted to stop him. Instead, he led police on a high-speed chase with his vehicle’s speed reaching more than 100 mph, the prosecutor said. Guante hindered his own appre…

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by Jon Craig
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
East Orange Man Picked Up What Montclair Driver Was Putting Down: His Keys, Police Say East Orange Man Picked Up What Montclair Driver Was Putting Down: His Keys, Police Say
East Orange Man Picked Up What Montclair Driver Was Putting Down: His Keys, Police Say An East Orange man with sticky fingers faces felony charges, say Montclair police.  A driver walked into a CVS on Claremont Avenue on Tuesday, Jan. 3 and set his keys down to use the MoneyGram machine, the department said in a release. When he went to leave the store, the victim found his keys had been stolen from right beside him, and his car was missing from the parking lot.  Patrolling officers searched the area and found the driver's 2008 Toyota Yaris near Pine Street and Glenridge Avenue and pulled it over.  The man inside, 19-year-old Khalil Holland of East Orange, was…

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by Mac Bullock
Lakewood, NJ
News
Suspect Backed Jeep Into Detective's Vehicle, Fled Police On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor Suspect Backed Jeep Into Detective's Vehicle, Fled Police On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor
Suspect Backed Jeep Into Detective's Vehicle, Fled Police On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor A 20-year-old man from Jackson was arrested after fleeing from police and backing his Jeep into a detective's vehicle, authorities said. Kevin Valverde-Cruz was charged with three counts of aggravated assault and eluding police, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. On Oct. 18, 2022, detectives from the Lakewood Township Police Department observed a white Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling at a high rate of speed. The operator of the vehicle failed to stop and the police pursuit was ultimately terminated on the Garden State Parkway due to public safety co…

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by Jon Craig