Police Chase Ends When Stolen SUV Runs Out Of Gas: Bergen County Cops

LYNDHURST, NJ — A Newark man was arrested Friday morning after the stolen SUV he was driving ran out of gas, police said.

Mitchell Pillot Jr., 31, was charged with receiving a stolen vehicle and other offenses Friday.

According to police in Lyndhurst, officers received information shortly after 12:30 a.m. that a silver Toyota SUV was entering town from the De Jessa Bridge. The car had been stolen from Clifton on Thursday, police said.

Sgt. Anthony Calabro and officers Anthony Giaquinto, Glenn Flora,Salvatore Wartel, Nicholas Coviello, Francis Guanci, and Glenn Flora began canvassing the area.

Flora saw the car near the intersection of Riverside and Kingsland avenues, police said.

The car passed the patrol vehicle and headed toward the bridge to Nutley, police said.

The car stopped for a red light in Nutley, then headed onto Route 21, police said.

Officer Salvatore Wartel arrived and activated his police lights.

The driver fled, accelerating past 80 MPH, then took an exit to get to Route 3, police say.

But the SUV had to stop when it ran out of gas on the Route 3 ramp.

Pillot was also charged with eluding, police said. Because he had a glass cylinder with burnt residue, he was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.

He was taken to the Bergen County Jail.