From the New Jersey Office of The Attorney General Press Release: "According to the investigation, at approximately 10:57 a.m. on July 23, 2024, a female victim was robbed of her purse while exiting an Acme grocery store in Montclair. At approximately 11:12 a.m., a separate female victim was pushed to the ground and robbed of her purse while exiting a CVS in Bloomfield. In both incidents, the suspects fled in a Nissan Sentra. Witnesses reported the Nissan’s license plate number. Law enforcement authorities later determined the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Montclair the day prior to the robberies. Later that same day, authorities learned from automated license plate recognition (ALPR) notifications that the Nissan was in Newark. At approximately 12:57 p.m., Bloomfield Deputy Chief Anthony Sisco, in an unmarked police vehicle, located the Nissan in that city. He advised other units of his location and Lieutenant Michael Moleski, along with Detective James Romano, arrived in their unmarked police vehicle and joined Deputy Chief Sisco. The Nissan then sped away. Lieutenant Moleski and Detective Romano pursued the Nissan from Newark into East Orange, where they were joined by Sergeant Raymond Diaz in a marked police vehicle. Sergeant Diaz, utilizing the vehicle’s lights and sirens, began following the involved vehicles. The pursuit spanned approximately 2.9 miles and lasted about four minutes. At approximately 1:08 p.m., the Nissan drove into the wrong lane of travel on Park Avenue in East Orange. Simultaneously, a Toyota Camry driven by an uninvolved citizen pulled into the center lane to make a left turn. As the Toyota turned, the Nissan sideswiped the Toyota. The impact caused the Nissan to strike the front of a parked ambulance. Law enforcement officers removed Mr. Williams, who was unconscious at the time, from the Nissan. EMS transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 1:38 p.m. All other involved civilians suffered non-life-threatening injuries."

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