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Erratic driver stopped on Lafayette Road in SpartaSparta Township NJ

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E Mountain Rd, Sparta, NJ 07871

According to the dispatch call, police stopped an erratic gray Volkswagen Jetta on Lafayette Road in Sparta. The vehicle was reported speeding up, slowing down, and swerving on the road for about six miles before being stopped near the East Mountain Road bridge.

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02:49
Transcript:
00:00
High Quarter City, 4,100 patrols on Lafayette Road, southbound, passing the ShopRite for an erratic.
00:09
Go to three.
00:13
Three of a caller following a gray Volkswagen Jetta with the red over chat.
00:18
X-ray 60, Victor Lima Bravo.
00:20
He's been following it for about five or six miles. It was speeding up, slowing down, and swerving all over the roadway.
00:27
No complaints to be signed.
00:29
Collar still in line.
00:32
Copy, what's the direction of travel?
00:36
I'm on Lafayette Road.
00:37
They were passing the ShopRite, so they should be passing a...
00:41
Alright, okay.
00:46
Copy, I'll be in the area.
00:49
Reefee.
01:00
Franklin MES respond, 1MILA street,
01:03
3rd floor by the elevator's 95-year-old female feeling ill.
01:07
Friendly MES respond 1MIL, the 3rd floor for the 95-year-old female feeling ill,
01:14
1928.
01:19
The other is still behind the vehicle.
01:22
He says he's turning his left blinker on and his right blinker on.
01:29
Copy, I'm sitting at the ramp right now.
01:31
I'll wait for them here.
01:37
31.
01:39
31, 1-1 Street.
01:44
31, 1-0 Street, 3rd floor, now the elevators, 95-year-old Cof L.
01:48
CofL.
01:55
Happy.
02:03
The quarter of 4103.
02:05
The caller advises East Devinevico.
02:07
He's in a Volkswagen SUV.
02:09
They're in the right lane doing about 25 miles per hour coming up to the southbound 517 exit.
02:15
Copy.
02:25
31, I'll be out.
02:27
321.
02:32
321. You're right now.
02:37
Copy I'll be behind that vehicle.
02:39
I'll be behind that vehicle.
02:43
I have that vehicle stop southbound under East Mountain Road bridge X-ray 6-8, Victor Lima, Bravo.

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E Mountain Rd, Sparta, NJ 07871

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