Crime & Safety
Wanted Man Nabbed After Crash In Bergen County: Police
A driver was found to be wanted out of Pennsylvania on grand larceny charges after he struck a curb in Bergen County, police said.
OAKLAND, NJ — A driver of a Chevy Monte Carlo was found to be wanted on an out-of-state warrant after he was involved in a Wednesday crash on Ramapo Valley Road in Oakland, police Capt. Timothy Keenan said.
Police discovered that Tyris Scott, of Newark, was driving without a license and was wanted out of Pennsylvania for previous grand larceny charges, Keenan said.
He had struck a curb after he was cut off by another motorist in a 2016 Kia, and pulled over, and a responding officer ran a computer records search, police said.
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Scott was taken into custody and transferred to the Bergen County Jail pending extradition to Pennsylvania, police said.
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