
As The Lakewood Scoop reported
here on
Motsoei Shabbos, the State Police were led on a high speed chase which passed Lakewood, with speeds exceeding 100mph at times. It began when
Hazlet police called
Keyport officers and told them they were looking for a stolen Ford Ranger whose driver allegedly did not pay for $10 worth of gas at a local gas station, said
Keyport Police Chief Thomas Mitchell. Employees at the
Citgo gave
Hazlet police the license plate of the truck, and
Keyport Patrolman Robert
Womack spotted the vehicle and stopped it after it entered the Parkway. But soon after the officer approached the vehicle and began to speak with the driver, later identified as Michael
McKenna, 25, of Mulberry Street, the Trenton man sped away, police said. Around 9:50 p.m.,
Keyport police told New Jersey State Police they were involved in a pursuit of a stolen vehicle that was heading north on the Parkway. Troopers from the State Police
Sayreville station backed up the
Keyport officers, and
McKenna left the Parkway at exit 125 in
Sayreville, said State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones
McKenna drove onto Chevalier Avenue, then continued into Perth
Amboy, where he turned around, went back over the Victory Bridge, then returned to
Sayreville and headed south on the Parkway, said Jones. In Ocean County, police from
Waretown set up spike strips that deflated one tire, and police from Stafford set up more strips that flattened the other three tires, said Jones. He was then arrested as reported on
TLS and being held on $125,000 bail. Police from
Sayreville, Wall, Lakewood, Brick, Berkeley, Toms River, Lacey, and
Barnegat also assisted.
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