JACKSON – Police are seeking information regarding a suspect who led police on a 100-mph chase in a stolen vehicle.
Nicholas Ryland, 28, of Kuzyk Road, Cream Ridge has been charged with eluding, receiving stolen property, speeding, reckless driving, improper passing and driving with a suspended driver’s license.
Charges are merely accusations until proven in a court of law.
On the evening of Aug. 21, Officer Jeff Henba was on patrol on Bowman Road when he observed a 2020 Jeep traveling at 75 miles per hour in a 50 mile per hour zone.
Henba turned his police cruiser around and turned on the emergency lights. The driver headed down Bowman and then went north on Toms River Road. Once the driver hit speeds up to 100 mph and started passing other drivers illegally, Henba stopped pursuit because he didn’t want to endanger other drivers.
Meanwhile, police received a call from a resident of the Woodmere Apartments on West County Line Road. They were reporting that their Jeep was stolen.
Police learned that Ryland had previously been arrested for driving a vehicle registered to the caller. Henba was shown Ryland’s photo and he said it looked like the driver who had passed him initially.
Police found the Jeep parked a few houses from the suspect’s residence, but family members were unaware of his whereabouts. The K-9 officer tracked the suspect from the Jeep to the suspect’s front door.
Ryland is entered as a New Jersey wanted person at this time and anyone with information of his whereabouts is asked to contact the Jackson Police Department at 732-928-1111 or through the department’s Stop It app.
