Mechanic uses N.J. ambulance for 'drug run'

NorthJersey.com

RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A Rutherford mechanic hired to repair a borough ambulance used the vehicle instead to find drug dealers in Newark, city police said tonight. Newark police arrested Clem Bagdan, 50, after he flagged down a group of people – who he did not know were undercover police — to ask where he could buy cocaine, police said.

The plainclothes officers initially thought the Bagdan was seeking directions, police said. When the officers confronted Bagdan, they found him in possession of heroin, police said.

Brian O’Keefe, president of the Rutherford First Aid-Ambulance Corps., said he first heard that a Rutherford ambulance had left town from his wife, who called him at work this morning with a message from a Newark police sergeant.

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