By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, October 4, 1990
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Two Kearny men led police on a high-speed chase along Route 95 and the New Jersey Turnpike before giving up after a foot chase and struggle. One of them suffered a superficial gunshot wound.
Donald V. Teixeira, 18, of 91 Beach St. and Richard T. Nice, 19, of 576 Forest St. were each charged with cocaine possession, assault on a police officer, and the receipt of stolen property, said Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy. They were in the Bergen County Jail Wednesday under $100,000 bail each.
Lt. Richard Touw, a state police spokesman, said Trooper Keith Nelson inflicted a superficial wound on Teixeira’s back during a scuffle for the trooper’s gun.
Touw said police gave chase after seeing the car a red 1983 Camaro being driven by Teixeira and reported stolen from Morris Plains on Monday traveling south on Route 95 in Fort Lee Tuesday night with no lights on.
During the pursuit, police saw Nice throwing from the car items they later determined were vials of crack, Touw said.
The Camaro careened out of control in Lyndhurst and struck a guardrail, he said. Bergen County and state police officers surrounded the car, but it began moving again, striking two patrol cars and causing minor damage.
The two suspects then fled on foot, Touw said, with three officers after them.
Touw said Teixeira hid in tall grass by the roadside, then grabbed Nelson’s gun when the trooper closed in on him. Touw said the gun accidentally discharged and grazed the suspect in the back.
Nice suffered face and head bruises in the car accident. Both suspects were treated at University Hospital in Newark and released into police custody.
Nelson was treated for cuts and bruises to the legs and left hand as a result of the struggle with Teixeira, Touw said.
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