Fair Lawn Police: Accused Shoplifter's HQ Escape Attempt Foiled

FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- An accused shoplifter from Paterson pulled a pair of hinge pins from a holding room door and had removed two ceiling panels at police headquarters when officers caught him, authorities said Wednesday.

Fair Lawn police car
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Jerry DeMarco

08/17/2016 1:31 p.m.

Security officers grabbed Elijah Reyes, 26 of Paterson, after he tried leaving the CVS on River Road with $133 worth of shoplifted items in his pants, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.

Arrest warrants were discovered out of Clifton, Elmwood Park and Fair Lawn, Metzler said.

A jail had set $250 bail when Reyes tried to escape, the sergeant.

That not only led to an additional charge.

Reyes's bail was boosted to $10,000.

He remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail.

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