Teenage boy in custody, 1 still at-large after high-speed pursuit in Bergen County
November 20, 2014, 8:50 AM Last updated: Thursday, November 20, 2014, 9:28 AM
By STEFANIE DAZIO
Staff Writer |
The Record
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — A teenage boy canvassing a Hampshire Road home early this morning, possibly to steal a Porsche parked in its open garage, sparked a foot chase through the woods and a high-speed car pursuit along the Garden State Parkway, authorities said.
The chases ended with one stolen car recovered and the teenager’s arrest, but another car was stolen and a second man escaped, Washington Township police Chief Glenn Hooper said.
The boy, believed to be 15 or 16 years old, is in police custody and charges are pending, Hooper said. He did not have identification on him and is not cooperating with authorities.
The incident began around 2:15 a.m. when a police officer saw the teenager walking around the home, Hooper said. The boy noticed the police car and started walking away, then ran down a side street.
Another man jumped out of a Mercedes Benz — which police later determined had been stolen out of the township a month ago — and they both ran into the woods. Officers from Paramus, Ridgewood, Ho-Ho-Kus, Hillsdale and Upper Saddle River and a Bergen County Sheriff’s Department K-9 unit joined the search, but didn’t find anyone and called it off before 5 a.m.
While they were in the woods, Washington Township police received a call about a Jaguar stolen out of a driveway on Jackson Avenue, Hooper said. The key fob had been left in the car.