Saddle Brook Woman Owing $7K In Tolls And Fees Charged With Theft

SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — A township woman was arrested and charged Tuesday after police discovered she owned nearly $8,000 in unpaid tolls and fees, Port Authority Police said.

Port Authority Police saw a yellow 2007 GMC box truck pass through the Holland Tunnel toll plaza in Jersey City Tuesday with the driver not paying the required toll, said Joseph Pentangelo, a Port Authority Police spokesman. The truck, which was impounded, did not have an E-Z Pass transponder and the driver was issued a summons, police said.

The truck is registered to a business and the driver was delivering mail when police stopped him, Pentangelo said. The registration was suspended.

The owner of the business and the van, Luz A. Waldsterin, 38, went to Jersey City to retrieve the van, police said.

Waldsterin had several E-Z Pass accounts, including one with 89 violations, owed $7,900 in unpaid tolls and fees, and had a warrant issued for her arrest out of Carlstadt, Pentangelo said.

Waldsterin was charged with theft of service and bail jumping, police said. She is due in court Tuesday.

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Photo: Luz A. Waldsterin, 38 — Port Authority Police, image via shutterstock