Wallingford Man Charged with Carjacking Woman's Mercedes, Stealing Police Cruiser

A Wallingford man is accused of carjacking a Mercedes Benz and stealing a police cruiser following a wild scene that resembled something out of a movie Sunday afternoon in Bergen County, New Jersey.

The Cliff View Pilot reports it all began around 3:45 p.m. when a woman was driving her two children, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, in her Mercedes Benz and found Sereymanta Kong, 22, lying in the middle of the road while holding a water bottle and he appeared to be choking.

The woman stopped the car and grabbed her cell phone to call 911 and got out of the car to check to see if Kong was OK, but he suddenly got up and ran toward the car, according to the Cliff View Pilot.

The daughter quickly got out of the car and the mother was able to pull her son out of the car before Kong sped away.

Kong then led police on a 22-minute chase with Kong allegedly twice ramming a police cruiser, according to NorthJersey.com. Kong and the officer eventually exited the vehicles and a struggle ensued and Kong managed to make his way into the cruiser and drove off, the website reports.

Another low-speed chase ensued and officers observed Kong wearing the officer’s hat and sticking his tongue out before another cruiser bumped the car Kong was driving sending it onto the lawn of a car dealership and resulting in Kong’s arrest, according to the Cliff View Pilot.

Kong was hospitalized and held on a $1 million bond.

Read more at the Cliff View Pilot here and NorthJersey.com here.