6 Stops Bring 11 Warrants, 2 Bogus Documents To Long Valley: Police

LONG VALLEY, NJ — Among six traffic stops since September, Washington Township Police Officers discovered 11 warrants, a driver with a fake inspection sticker on their car and one with a fake driver's license.

According to two separate news releases from Washington Township Police Department’s Spokesperson Lt. Mark Niemynski, the stops where these discoveries were made took place between Sept. 9 and Oct. 7.

Among them:

On Sept. 9, an unidentified driver was stopped on Route 46 and charged for having a fake inspection sticker, plus for their vehicle not being inspected. Their unnamed passenger, police reportedly found, “had six active warrants,” Niemynski said.

On Sept. 20, also on Route 46, the police department discovered that another driver, who they declined to name, had a warrant from Woodbridge Township.

On Sept. 27, responding officers took an unnamed driver into custody after that person was stopped on Route 46 with a warrant from Florida’s Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Niemynski said that person was taken to the Morris County Correctional Facility, with plans to extradite them to Florida.

On Oct. 5, another unidentified driver was stopped on Route 46, with a warrant from Rockaway Township.

On Oct. 6, an unnamed man from Lyndhurst driving on Route 46, was taken to the Morris County Correctional Facility after a Washington Township Police Officer stopped him and discovered a warrant from the Essex County Sheriff’s Office.

On Oct. 7, a driver police stopped, again on Route 46, not only had a warrant from Bloomingdale, but furnished a bogus Maryland driver’s license to the responding officer, according to the police department. Niemynski said the unnamed driver has an upcoming appearance in Morris County Superior Court to face charges for the fake license.

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