Ridgewood police grab wanted pair in car

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Both a driver and his passenger had warrants out for their arrests when a Ridgewood patrolman doing routine motor vehicle checks stopped them — and found one of them carrying heroin — after a computer check revealed that the vehicle’s operator was on the suspended list.

Jerry DeMarco

06/15/2011 9:12 p.m.

Patrolman Michael McDermott stopped the 2007 Suzuki on Maple Avenue on Tuesday night.

The passenger, Robert J. Ferri, 26, of Hawthorne, was charged with drug possession and released pending a Municipal Court date. He was wanted for a motor vehicle offense out of Franklin Lakes, Detective Chris McDowell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

The driver, James Rinaldi, 48, of Paterson, was wanted on a loitering charge out of Newark, McDowell said.

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