Clifton police tackle suspect with vehicle master key after chase through dealership
One suspect fled the scene in a dark-colored vehicle, while the second suspect took off on foot.
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A Bronx man was arrested Thursday afternoon after a foot chase through an auto dealership lot in Clifton.
Clifton officers responded to Fette Auto on Route 46 at approximately 4:13 p.m., following reports of two suspicious men walking around the dealership property.
As officers arrived, one suspect fled the scene in a dark-colored vehicle, while the second suspect took off on foot.
Officers pursued the fleeing man through the parking lot, scaled a large fence onto a neighboring property and chased him into the residential intersection of Donnalin Place and Scott Terrace.
Police tackled the suspect, identified as 20-year-old Elian Regalado-Vega, of The Bronx.
Following a search, police found Regalado-Vega in possession of burglary tools, including a window-punch glass-breaking device, a vehicle master key and a screwdriver.
Regalado-Vega was arrested, processed and remanded to the Passaic County Sheriff's Office to await his initial appearance in court.
The second suspect remains at large.
