Paramus Police Take Down 18-Year-Old After 3-Highway Car Chase

PARAMUS, N.J. — Two Paterson men led police on a chase on three North Jersey highways that ended with their car spinning out on Route 80 and them ramming a police car.

It was one of two car chases Paramus police were involved in Wednesday. A man crashed through a locked gate and fence and hit several vehicles at a car dealership while police chased him on Route 17 Wednesday afternoon.

Officer Donald Liu tried stopping a 2000 Audi A4 on Route 17 South because the vehicle had a defective brake light, said Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg.

The driver, Andrew Felix, 18, of Paterson fled, got onto the Garden State Parkway southbound at exit 163 and tried merging onto Route 80 west when it spun out of control and hit a guardrail, Ehrenberg said.

Felix tried backing off the guardrail and hit Liu's police car, the chief said.

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Felix and the passenger, Steven Pena, 20, of Paterson were arrested and charged with illegal possession of prescription drugs, which were found in the vehicle, Ehrenberg said. Felix was also charged with eluding police in a motor vehicle.

Both men were released without bail, Ehrenberg said.

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Photos: Steven Pena, 20, and Andrew Felix, 18, both of Paterson — Courtesy of Paramus Police Department /Background image via Shutterstock