Fleeing Driver Charged After Striking Officers: Paramus Police

PARAMUS, NJ — A Paterson man faces charges after he led police on pursuit in two municipalities, and "struck" two police officers in Paramus, law enforcement officials said.

Paramus police received an alert from Township of Washington police after 12 a.m. on Tuesday, informing them that a suspect vehicle had fled from a stop near Van Embugh Avenue and Route 17.

Two Paramus officers then saw the vehicle while on patrol, which police said was traveling on Route 17 at a "high rate of speed." Eventually, three officers from the department attempted to stop the vehicle, which was being driven by David Turner, 46, of Paterson.

According to police, when Turner reached the exit for Route 4, he lost control of the car and hit a guardrail. Officers tried to arrest Turner, but he "resisted and struck the officers," police said.

Turner was eventually handcuffed and arrested, and police discovered 140 packets of a substance believed to be heroin and 25 small bags of a substance believed to be cocaine while searching his vehicle.

Police also recovered a machete from the car.

Turner is charged with eluding, heroin and cocaine possession, assault on an officer and resisting arrest.

After initially being taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, he was remanded to the Bergen County Jail, pending a bail hearing.

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