{"id":9361,"date":"2023-11-18T03:47:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T08:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=9361"},"modified":"2023-11-18T03:47:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T08:47:52","slug":"toms-river-cops-nab-suspected-car-thief-from-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2023\/11\/toms-river-cops-nab-suspected-car-thief-from-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Toms River Cops Nab Suspected Car Thief From Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9362\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Panatero.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Dylan Panatero\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"Dylan Panatero\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9362\" class=\"wp-image-9362 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Panatero.jpg\" alt=\"Dylan Panatero\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Panatero.jpg 480w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Panatero-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dylan Panatero (Photo: Ocean County Jail)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A suspected car thief from Toms River was captured by township police last week after an attentive officer came upon a vehicle whose plates came back stolen.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from police, while on proactive patrol, just after 11 p.m Nov. 8, Officer Michael Weg noticed a vehicle that was reported stolen out of Bridgewater, with reported stolen dealer plates, at a traffic light on Route 37. The driver turned into a nearby parking lot, and Weg turned his overhead lights on and attempted to approach the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, later identified as Dylan Panatero 40 of Toms River, police said, \u201cabruptly maneuvered out of the spot and exited the parking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point, a pursuit was initiated, the statement said, and the suspect continued to \u201cdrive recklessly at a high rate of speed, losing control of his vehicle, and ultimately colliding with a vehicle stopped at the light of Fischer Boulevard and Yellowbank Road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Panatero sustained a minor injury and was transported to Community Medical Center for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The other driver was treated at the scene by EMS and declined further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>A second degree eluding charge was approved by the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office against Panatero. A complaint warrant was generated charging Panatero with eluding, receiving stolen property, assault by auto, and crash with injury while suspended. Panatero was also issued several motor vehicle violations.<\/p>\n<p>The stolen vehicle was impounded and the owner was notified.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2023\/11\/toms-river-cops-nab-suspected-car-thief-from-town\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suspected car thief from Toms River was captured by township police last week after an attentive officer came upon a vehicle whose plates came back stolen. According to a statement from police, while on proactive patrol, just after 11 p.m Nov. 8, Officer Michael Weg noticed a vehicle that was reported stolen out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1878,1080,11],"class_list":["post-9361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-police-fire-courts","tag-dylan-panatero","tag-featured","tag-toms-river-nj-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Panatero.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}