Trio Steals $12K Of Outerwear From Bergen Co. Ski Shop: Cops

PARAMUS, NJ — A trio of ski shop thieves who hit the same store twice were arrested last week after a mad chase that saw two suspects running along the state highway, police said.

The Ski Barn heists came to an abrupt end just after noon Wednesday with the arrest of T'Kai Smokes-Davis, 19, Nephihah Hamilton, 20, and Andrew Estrada, 18, the Paramus Police Department confirmed Tuesday.

That's when a Ski Barn employee called cops to report shop lifters he connected to a "hit and run" theft on Nov. 16 that saw the trio make off with $12,000 worth of Moose Knuckles and Canada Goose coats, police said.

One Paramus office arrived just in time to see Smokes-Davis assaulting a Ski Barn employee and arrested him on the spot, police said.

Hamilton ran up Route 17 to East Glen Avenue where police caught up with the Newark man and arrested him, said police.

Estrada, of Flanders, fled south on the highway into the Paramus Design Center and was caught near the Panera, said police.

Smokes-Davies now faces charges of robbery, shoplifting and criminal possession of brass knuckles, police said.

Hamilton and Estrada have been charged with conspiracy to shoplift and resisting by flight, among other charges, according to police.