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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Cops: Man Who Stole Rental Truck Crashed It Into Police Car Moments Before Arrest

Police have arrested a man they say stole a Ryder rental truck from a Black Horse Pike Wawa early Tuesday.

A Clementon Borough man has been charged with stealing a rental truck from a Wawa store in the Blenheim section of the township Tuesday morning and nearly striking police officers with it after they pulled him over on his home street this morning. Gloucester Township Police detectives developed information around 10:30 a.m. today that led to the identification of 22-year-old Christopher Craig as Tuesday morning's Ryder rental-truck thief, according to Deputy Chief David Harkins. Joined by Clementon Police officers, the detectives began conducting surveillance on the truck—a Freightliner Sprinter that a Ryder dealer had rented to the Courier-Post—after spotting it parked in the driveway at Craig's West Atlantic Avenue home. Police allege …

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