Man Leads Police On Motorcycle Chase In South Brunswick

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — South Brunswick police say this man led them on an 80-mile-per-hour motorcycle chase down Rt. 1 Wednesday night

The incident started at 5:04 p.m. Wednesday, when South Brunswick police officer Matthew Hagood tried to pull the motorcycle over on Rt. 1 south because it had no visible license plate. The driver, Anthony Bennett, 2o, of Newportville, PA, did not stop, police said, and instead sped away down Rt. 1 and turned onto New Road.

When the motorcycle reached speeds of over 80 miles per hour, Hagood stopped following it. Minutes later, witnesses called police headquarters to report seeing a motorcycle speeding near Aldrich Road and New Road. At 5:14 p.m., the motorbike was back on New Road headed towards Rt. 1 when Bennett crashed into Hagood’s police car as he was pulling out of the Kendall Park Fire Department.

Bennet suffered minor injuries from the crash and was treated and released from Princeton Hospital. Investigators determined that Bennett purchased the motorcycle earlier in the day in Perth Amboy and he was driving it while it was unregistered and uninsured.

Bennett was arrested and charged with eluding a police officer. He was also issues summonses for unclear license plates, reckless driving, improper passing and driving with a suspended license.

Bennett was detained in the Middlesex County Correction Center pending his first appearance.

Photo of Anthony Bennett released by South Brunswick Police.