who eluded police officers from four towns as he roared down Route 9 at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour recently is facing "dozens" of other charges, Berkeley Township Detective James J. Smith said.
Christopher Lane - who defiantly gave police officers the finger as he sped down Route 9 during rush hour - will also be charged separately by the Berkeley, Pine Beach, Beachwood and South Toms River police departments, Smith said.
"He's facing dozens of summonses," said Smith. "There's a lot of motor vehicle charges from many towns."
For more than a week in late August, Lane hopped on his neon-green Kawasaki with no license plates and careened down Route 9 through Bayville, Pine Beach and Beachwood, hitting speeds of more than 100 miles per hour, police have said.
Police charged Lane, 23, Browns Mills, on Aug. 30 with seven counts of eluding police after he was finally apprehended at his workplace in Lakewood. Berkeley Township Municipal Court Judge James Gluck set Lane's bail at $205,000, with no ten percent option.
Officers from the four police departments were unable to pursue Lane up traffic-choked Route 9 because of the rush hour traffic on a number of occasions.
But Berkeley Detective Joseph Robertazzi and Beachwood Detective Sgt. Glen DeMarco spotted Lane from the vantage point of a New Jersey State Police helicopter they boarded during the early morning hours of Aug. 30 from a ballfield in Manitou Park.
The helicopter tracked him as he entered the Garden State Parkway northbound, then got off at Exit 91 in Brick Township. He was finally apprehended at a commercial business near 4th Street and Monmouth Avenue in Lakewood.
Lane was taken to the Beachwood Police Department where he was interviewed by detectives. He admitted his involvement in rides over the past week, on Aug 22, Aug. 23, Aug. 24, Aug. 28, Aug. 29 and this morning, Smith said.
Lane told police he eluded police because he had traffic warrants and a suspended driver's license, Smith has said.
Lane, whose address is 50 Sepulga Drive in Browns Mills, had been staying at his girlfriend's house in Bayville. Police seized his 2005 Kawasaki ZX6.
I'm the gingerbread man and I'm out of the pan! But now I'm caught with a brain made of flour No more 100mph rushing during rush hour. Flagrantly defying the arm of the law A gingerbread finger better well bitten off Just a soggy bread mess now tossed in the can and dreams of better days of life in a pan
You should get your head examined for making such a stupid comment for idolizing this individual for speeding 100 miles an hour putting other innocent lives in danger and the lives of the police officers as well! You obviously have no regard for human life & the law! How would you feel if a family member of yours died, or, suffered a serious paralyzing injury because of this person ? Would you be then so glib as to make a dumb comment? Perhaps the victim will be you & how would your family feel? To change tr- I also have no respect for you for despising the law! You better hope that you never in your life have to dial 911, you pathetic individual! Everyone has the freedom of speech, but mocking the law of this great land & idolizing a criminal speaks volumes about your stance towards your fellow man!
Clemenza... I agree with AML... spot on!
He got caught and he'll pay for being stupid. That's fair. What isn't fair, what is downright spiteful and ugly, are the hateful comments about his appearance and the attractiveness (or lack of same) of his girlfriend. I doubt the haters have the faces and bodies of Greek gods and are dating supermodels, but miserable, bitter people love it when they can sneer at somebody who is worse off than they are.
I single her out because her comment comparing Kawasaki Man to the Colorado movie theater shooter is especially dumb.