Silver Sedan Evades Officers In High Speed Chase

Police from Freehold Borough and Township chased a silver Toyota sedan through both towns at speeds up to 80 mph Tuesday night before calling off the pursuit, police said Thursday.

Borough Patrolman Sean Healey first spotted the car when the driver, traveling in excess of the speed limit, failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Center and Hudson, Lt. Michael Sweetman said.

Healey attempted to pull the car off the road for a routine traffic violation. The driver evaded, Sweetman said.

The chase took the Healey down Koslowski, Route 537, Route 79, East Freehold Road and Robertsville Road, Sweetman said.

For some time after Healey lost the car, a Freehold Township patrol picked up the chase, which came back into the borough around Monument St. and Edgewood Dr., Sweetman said.

Borough Police Sgt. Chris Otlowski finally called off the chase, which lasted about six minutes, Sweetman said.

The chase, based on a traffic violation and reaching such high speeds was potentially endangering more people than it was worth, Sweetman said.

The state Attorney General’s police chase guidelines give police the discretion to call off a chase that potential could endanger the public if there is no clear crime that precipitated the chase, according to the guidelines.