Lamont Wiggins, 18, of Newark, was arrested after stealing a woman’s car and attempting to run over a police officer trying to escape. Wiggins was ultimately arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, hindering apprehension, eluding police, theft and burglary. Wiggins was released and FREE TO GO on a “pinky promise” under NJ Bail Reform guidelines.
Another “validated pretrial risk assessment” Failure.
New Jersey Bail Reform, Risk Assessments, and Pretrial Services…
- ZERO Accountability
- ZERO Deterrent
- ZERO Supervision
- ZERO Bail…just a “pinky promise” to return
- Dangerous, Reckless, and a Taxpayer Burden
Newark car thief tries to run over cop in Jersey City, police say
(incident reported by NJ.com – May 19 2017)
An 18-year-old Newark man has been charged with stealing a woman’s car in Jersey City and then trying to run down a police office, authorities say.
Lamont Wiggins, of Nevada Street, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, hindering apprehension, eluding police, theft and burglary to the vehicle in Wednesday’s incident, the criminal complaint says.
Wiggens allegedly got into the woman’s 2005 Mazda without her permission on Kennedy Boulevard near the Bayonne border, and was last seen by the woman and a witness driving the car near Merritt Street and Avenue C in Bayonne. Officers responding to a 911 call said Wiggins then returned to the area and tried to hit a police officer with the car in a bid to escape, the complaint says.
Wiggens was taken into custody after the Mazda crashed into a utility pole, according to the complaint, which adds that he and the woman were strangers.
You’ve been LIED to New Jersey…NJ Bail Reform is RECKLESS, DANGEROUS, and YOU are PAYING for it.
Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.