Westfield home break-in suspect caught after high-speed chase and crash
Westfield, NJ – An 18-year-old Newark man is facing multiple charges after a high-speed police pursuit that ended in a crash and arrest, following an early morning burglary attempt at a Westfield home earlier this week.
Uniformed officers and plainclothes units assigned to an overnight crime detail responded around 5:34 a.m. Monday to a report of suspects trying to break into a home on the 200 block of Seneca Place. The suspects fled before police arrived, but officers quickly spotted a fleeing silver 2014 Hyundai Sonata — later confirmed stolen out of Irvington — and initiated a pursuit…