MAN CRASHES CAR IN POLICE CHASE; CAUGHT IN KEARNY; JUVENILE ALSO HELD

By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, December 7, 1990

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A 19-year-old East Orange man and an unidentified juvenile were arrested Thursday after they crashed a stolen car, following a chase that began in the Lincoln Tunnel and ended in Kearny, police said.

Kasin Andre Williams, of 32 South Munn Ave., and the juvenile were charged with driving under the influence of an intoxicant, reckless endangerment, and eluding police, Port Authority Officer Rich Lofstrom said.

Williams also faces a charge of possession of stolen property, pending location of the owner of the car, which was stolen Wednesday in East Orange, police said.

The juvenile also was charged with possession and consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle and was to be sent to the Hudson County Juvenile Detention Center in Secaucus, Lofstrom said. Williams was to be held in the Hudson County Jail in Jersey City on Thursday.

Lofstrom said he and Officer Raymond O’Brien began the chase when they spotted Wiliams weaving across lanes in the Lincoln Tunnel about 1 p.m. When Williams refused to pull over, they pursued him onto the New Jersey Turnpike.

A state police officer joined the chase, and alerted Kearny police when Williams got off the turnpike at Harrison Avenue. The chase ended when Williams crashed into a fence on Passaic Avenue, Lofstrom said.

Lofstrom said Williams told police he did not stop because he did not have a driver’s license and the car was stolen.

Caption: (Not in Three Star Passaic) PHOTO – WARREN GOLDBERG / SPECIAL TO THE RECORD – Kearny police examining the car driven by an East Orange man who told them he stole the vehicle.

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