Repeat Offender Spits On Has Heights Officers, Threatens To Kill Them After Burglaries: Cops

On Tuesday, Aug. 12, at approximately 7:05 p.m., the Hasbrouck Heights Police Department received a report of a vehicle burglary in progress on the 200 block of Bell Avenue, Lt. John Behr said. Officers Cooke, Renna, Sanchez, and Ciminata responded to the area and observed a male, later identified as Matthew T. Jolls, matching the description walking up the driveway of a residence, according to Behr.

“The caller was following the suspect and providing the HHPD communications center with real-time updates,” Behr said. It was later determined that after burglarizing multiple vehicles, Jolls urinated on a resident’s front lawn, according to police.

Jolls was taken into custody, police said. After being placed in the patrol vehicle, “Jolls began spitting and kicking inside the vehicle,” according to police…

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