Atlantic Highlands suspect escapes but is then apprehended
Atlantic Highlands police have apprehended a suspect who kicked out the rear window of a patrol car vehicle and escaped on foot despite being in handcuffs. The defendant was apprehended on Monday around 4 p.m. in Middletown with two other suspects who were allegedly aiding him with his escape. On Sunday, the defendant and his passenger were stopped on a routine traffic violation in Atlantic Highlands when marijuana was found in their vehicle. As police officers used a K-9 dog to search for drugs in the vehicle, the defendant, who was handcuffed and in the back of a police vehicle, kicked out the side window of the police patrol car and escaped on foot.
According to the Asbury Park press article entitled, "Handcuffed suspect who escaped in Atlantic Highlands is apprehended", "[c]harges against [the defendant] include escape, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, criminal mischief related to the police car door and window he damaged, and theft related to officers' handcuffs he was wearing when he escaped." The defendant is being held in the Monmouth County Jail in Freehold, New Jersey in lieu of $115,000.00 bail out of Atlantic Highlands and $20,000.00 bail out of Middletown.
