PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Police in New Jersey are looking for a suspect who stole a street sweeper and went on a brief joyride before crashing it.
Paterson police say the theft happened around 2 a.m. Wednesday as a worker was changing a garbage bag on the vehicle.
The suspect drove the vehicle for about a half mile and then crashed into several cars before running away.
No one was injured, but several parked cars were damaged.
- Posted June 29, 2017
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Suspect took joyride on street sweeper, crashed and fled
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