A suspect has been arrested in connection with the rock-throwing incident on the New Jersey Turnpike last week.

According to New Jersey State Police, Hernando Garciamorales, a 40-year-old male from Palisades Park, was taken into custody earlier today for his alleged role in a January 7 motor vehicle incident on the New Jersey Turnpike northbound near Exit 70 A/B. That incident involved rocks being thrown at passing vehicles, prompting a multi-agency investigation.

Following investigative efforts, the New Jersey State Police Target Hardening Unit UAS Response Squad, along with the Troop “D” Criminal Investigation Office and assistance from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, Bogota Police Department, and Teaneck Police Department, located Garciamorales at a self-made campsite in Old Croaker County Park in Bergen County.

Authorities say the investigation also connected Garciamorales to multiple additional rock-throwing incidents in Bogota Borough, Bergen County.

Garciamorales has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal mischief, resisting arrest by flight, and hindering. He was lodged in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing.