Post by Shuftin on Dec 29, 2006 5:59:53 GMT -5
WOODBRIDGE — A state trooper suffered minor injuries after his police vehicle was struck five times during a police chase that started on the New Jersey Turnpike and ended up in the Fords section of Woodbridge last week.
Daniel Ortiz, 27, of Jersey City, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault upon a state trooper and with eluding police at 8:06 a.m. on Dec. 14. He is being held on $250,000 bail at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick.
The police chase started at 7:23 a.m. on Dec. 14 when Trooper Steven McGuinnis, who was in the outer southbound lane on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge, attempted to pull Ortiz’s black Chevrolet Cobalt over for a tinted windows violation, state police authorities said.
“He [Ortiz] didn’t stop and continued to accelerate at a higher rate of speed,” said State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones. “He exited at the Woodbridge Exit 11, went through the toll booth without paying, entered Route 440 onto King Georges Post Road, and sped through some of the residential streets before pulling into a parking lot [behind the Liberty Tavern] on Liberty Street.”
McGuinnis blocked the only opening of the parking lot with his police vehicle, trapping Ortiz, police said.
“Ortiz then, with his Chevrolet Cobalt, reversed into the trooper vehicle approximately five times,” said Jones. “Ortiz knocked over a fence and drove a block before fleeing on foot.”
At this time, Woodbridge Police, a K-9 police dog, and helicopters were on the scene to find Ortiz. Woodbridge Patrolman Dominick Rossetti found Ortiz hiding in a garage on Popular Street, authorities said.
Ortiz, who was driving his girlfriend’s car, was also found to be involved in a police chase in Carteret the day before, on Dec. 13. He was transported to the State Police Cranbury station and then to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center.
McGuinnis was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for minor injuries to his hand and was released, authorities said.
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Daniel Ortiz, 27, of Jersey City, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault upon a state trooper and with eluding police at 8:06 a.m. on Dec. 14. He is being held on $250,000 bail at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick.
The police chase started at 7:23 a.m. on Dec. 14 when Trooper Steven McGuinnis, who was in the outer southbound lane on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge, attempted to pull Ortiz’s black Chevrolet Cobalt over for a tinted windows violation, state police authorities said.
“He [Ortiz] didn’t stop and continued to accelerate at a higher rate of speed,” said State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones. “He exited at the Woodbridge Exit 11, went through the toll booth without paying, entered Route 440 onto King Georges Post Road, and sped through some of the residential streets before pulling into a parking lot [behind the Liberty Tavern] on Liberty Street.”
McGuinnis blocked the only opening of the parking lot with his police vehicle, trapping Ortiz, police said.
“Ortiz then, with his Chevrolet Cobalt, reversed into the trooper vehicle approximately five times,” said Jones. “Ortiz knocked over a fence and drove a block before fleeing on foot.”
At this time, Woodbridge Police, a K-9 police dog, and helicopters were on the scene to find Ortiz. Woodbridge Patrolman Dominick Rossetti found Ortiz hiding in a garage on Popular Street, authorities said.
Ortiz, who was driving his girlfriend’s car, was also found to be involved in a police chase in Carteret the day before, on Dec. 13. He was transported to the State Police Cranbury station and then to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center.
McGuinnis was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for minor injuries to his hand and was released, authorities said.
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