September 22 Evening News
NJ.COM HAS REPORTED TWO TEENAGERS WERE ARRESTED ON MONDAY IN PARAMUS AFTER FLEEING FROM POLICE IN A STOLEN CAR. THE TWO TEENAGERS REPORTEDLY STOLE THE 2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA IN WALLINGTON AND TOOK IT TO THE WESTFIELD GARDEN STATE PLAZA. POLICE CHIEF ROBERT M. [GEYE - DET - EE] SAID A PARAMUS POLICE SERGEANT SAW THE CAR DRIVING “UP AND DOWN THE AISLES” IN THE MALL’S PARKING LOT AT AROUND 12:30 PM. THE 17-YEAR-OLD DRIVER AND 16-YEAR OLD PASSENGER SAW THE OFFICER AND SPED ONTO ROUTE 17 TO EVADE POLICE BY DRIVING ALONG THE SHOULDER. POLICE SAID THE CAR STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER AND A PARAMUS POLICE VEHICLE BEFORE CRASHING INTO A CONCRETE DIVIDER ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DRIVER WAS CAUGHT BY POLICE AFTER ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE ON FOOT, AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER. THE TEENS HAD DISABLED THE IGNITION AND WERE OPERATING THE CAR WITH A USB CABLE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A STOLEN VEHICLE AND BURGLARY TOOLS.
NJ.COM REPORTED THAT MANY FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WERE CANCELLED DUE TO A CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO A NJ TRANSIT SPOKESMAN, THE ISSUE CAME WHEN A CONSTRUCTION CREW SEVERED A FIVER CABLE ON MONDAY WHILE WORKING ON THE DELCO LEAD PROJECT. THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SEAN DUFFY SAID THAT THE TELECOM LINES WERE REPAIRED AT 6PM MONDAY. HE COMMENTED THAT IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO CLEAR THE EXISTING DELAYS.