{"id":311729,"date":"2026-10-22T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311729\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T08:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:54:08","slug":"pennsylvania-man-arrested-after-police-pursuit-ends-in-newark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311729\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Man Arrested After Police Pursuit Ends in Newark"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By: Richard L. Smith\u00a0
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A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday evening after a police pursuit involving multiple law enforcement agencies ended in Newark.<\/p>\n

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According to Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda, officers were notified at approximately 6:50 p.m. on October 20 that Millburn and Union police were pursuing a vehicle connected to a felony investigation.
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Authorities said Newark\u2019s Police Drone Unit assisted officers in tracking the vehicle as it traveled westbound on Interstate 78.<\/p>\n

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The pursuit ended when the driver exited the highway at Exit 55, struck a curb, and disabled the vehicle.<\/p>\n

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Police said the suspect abandoned the vehicle and attempted to escape on foot but was quickly located and taken into custody.
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The suspect, identified as Robert Spriggins, 30, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was charged with eluding, obstruction of the administration of law, and resisting arrest.<\/p>\n

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No injuries were reported during the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newark By: Richard L. Smith\u00a0\u00a0 A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday evening after a police pursuit involving multiple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-311729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}