This Day in History: 1956-01-18
State troopers ended a five town chase of a Suffern youth when they forced him off of the road at Wrathall’s Garage in Mahwah. The trouble began for the young man when he took his father’s car without permission and drive it without a license. When police in Waldwick tried to flag him down in a speed trap he sped off with them in pursuit. He passed through Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Ramsey, and Mahwah going through red lights, passing on the right and terrorizing pedestrians and forcing other cars off the road when the troopers cornered him. Even after being stopped he refused to get out of his car and tried to run a trooper down. He was charged with speeding, failure to follow police signals, driving without a license, reckless driving and taking a vehicle without permission of the owner. Fortunately no one was hurt during his wild ride and the car was not damaged.
(Bristow)