Police say the driver who slammed into the restaurant on Route 46 in Hackensack just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday had stolen the vehicle at knifepoint a short time earlier.
After the crash, police say the man carjacked a second vehicle in order to get away.
Officers found the second car abandoned on the George Washington Bridge and then located the suspect nearby.
The man is also accused of trying to steal a squad car as he was being arrested.
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