SUV stopped close to NJ mall had giant variety of stolen bank cards

MAYWOOD — Police stopped a possible vacation buying spree once they discovered an “alarming” variety of stolen bank cards and pretend IDs when officers stopped a driver who stated she was headed to the Backyard State Plaza shopping center.

The Subaru Forester was stopped when driver Karina Espinal, 26, of Newark made an unlawful flip at Maywood Avenue and Essex Avenue in Maywood on Wednesday, in line with Maywood police.

When Espinal was requested to provide ID she confirmed the officer an image of a Connecticut driver’s license on her cellphone.

SUV was stolen

The officer decided the SUV did not belong to her and the license was additionally another person’s. A second bodily New Jersey license with Espinal’s image was discovered contained in the SUV however the data was for another person.

Passengers Tyshawn Stevens, 26, and Christopher Godwin, 43, each from The Bronx, additionally produced faux IDs, in line with police.

Yard chase

Whereas Espinal was being taken into custody, Stevens ran off and was chased via a number of backyards. He had a drug offense warrant from Bergen County and was charged with obstruction.

All three had been taken into custody on costs associated to ID theft and false paperwork.

Espinal and Godwin, who already had arrest data, had been launched whereas Stevens was being held on the Bergen County Jail.

Dan Alexander is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You possibly can attain him at dan.alexander@townsquaremedia.com

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