Great Scott! ‘Time Traveling’ DUI Driver in DeLorean Busted with 87

Summary

A stainless-steel sports car associated with cinematic time travel
became the centerpiece of a very real New Jersey drug and impaired
driving case when police said a 1981 DeLorean crashed into a parked
Toyota during the middle of a Monday afternoon.

The driver was identified as 33-year-old Luke Randall of Harrington
Park. The crash occurred at approximately 12:20 p.m. on November 10,
2025, along the Boulevard in New Milford.

New Milford Police Officer Desmond Kivlehan was on routine patrol
when he reportedly witnessed the DeLorean strike the parked vehicle.
Rather than arriving after the wreck and attempting to reconstruct
what had happened, police said Kivlehan saw the collision occur.

Kivlehan immediately went to help Randall. Police described the driver
as appearing to have numerous injuries, although he initially refused
medical attention from emergency responders.

Additional officers arrived to assist, including Lieutenant Francis
Haggerty, Sergeant Derek Mattessich, Sergeant Brian Ciavaglia,
Detective Andrew Lignos and Officer Samantha Howard.

During the investigation, officers reportedly discovered bottles of
vodka and a large quantity of cocaine divided among 87 individually
wrapped bags inside the DeLorean.

Police reported recovering 87 individually wrapped bags of cocaine
from the DeLorean.

The combination of the famous vehicle, the number of bags and the
midday crash quickly carried the case far beyond Bergen County.
Headlines compared the incident with the fictional DeLorean time
machine featured in the Back to the Future films.

The pop-culture connection made the arrest unusually memorable, but
police allegations extended well beyond a strange traffic collision.
New Milford authorities reportedly charged Randall with cocaine
distribution, driving under the influence and more than a dozen
motor-vehicle offenses.

The publicly identified traffic charges included careless driving,
reckless driving, driving without a license and failing to possess
insurance and registration documents.

Investigators also learned that Randall had been listed as a wanted
missing person by authorities in Harrington Park.

His contact with police on November 10 was not his first reported
impaired-driving arrest that month. Records cited by police and local
news outlets showed that Harrington Park authorities had charged him
one week earlier, on November 3.

The earlier accusations included driving under the influence,
careless driving, throwing objects from a motor vehicle and driving
without a license.

Those earlier charges were separate allegations. The existence of
two arrests within one week does not establish that Randall was
convicted in either case.

Following the DeLorean crash, Randall was processed and transported
to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center for an evaluation. He was
subsequently booked into the Bergen County Jail.

Public reports did not provide a verified drug weight, toxicology
result, blood-alcohol concentration or complete list of every traffic
summons issued after the crash.

Those omissions are legally important. The grading and potential
punishment for a New Jersey cocaine-distribution charge can depend
heavily on the substance’s total weight and other circumstances.
DWI penalties can also depend on test results and a defendant’s
qualifying prior convictions.

An arrest from the previous week cannot automatically be treated as
a prior conviction when calculating possible punishment. A charge,
a conviction and a sentence are three separate points on the legal
road.

1. The Crime

Police alleged that Randall drove the DeLorean while under the
influence and collided with a parked Toyota.

Officer Kivlehan reportedly witnessed the collision while conducting
routine patrol duties. Police then searched or examined the vehicle
during their investigation of the crash and Randall’s suspected
impairment.

Officers said they found vodka bottles along with 87 individually
packaged bags containing cocaine.

Authorities reportedly charged Randall with cocaine distribution.
The large number of separately packaged bags was part of the factual
context surrounding that accusation.

Separate packaging can be considered by investigators when evaluating
whether drugs were intended for distribution rather than solely for
personal use. The prosecution would still be required to prove every
element of the charged offense in court.

The reports reviewed for this article did not disclose whether police
recovered cash, scales, customer communications, sales records or
other items commonly examined during drug-distribution investigations.

The reports also did not state the total weight or purity of the
cocaine. It would therefore be inaccurate to assign a specific
sentencing range based only on the number of packages.

2. Crime Location

The collision occurred along
the Boulevard in New Milford, New Jersey.

New Milford is a borough in Bergen County, approximately several
miles west of the Hudson River and New York City.

Public reports identified the damaged vehicle as a parked
2023 Toyota. The owner’s address and the precise
parking location are omitted because those details were not
necessary to explain the case.

The available reports did not identify the DeLorean’s speed before
impact or describe the complete sequence of movements that led to the
collision.

3. Date and Time of the Crime

• November 3, 2025
  Harrington Park authorities reportedly charged Randall with DUI,
  careless driving, throwing objects from a motor vehicle and
  driving without a license.
• November 10, 2025, at approximately 12:20 p.m.
  Officer Desmond Kivlehan reportedly witnessed Randall’s
  DeLorean strike a parked Toyota in New Milford.
• November 10, 2025
  Responding officers reportedly found vodka bottles and 87 bags
  of cocaine inside the DeLorean.
• Later on November 10, 2025
  Randall was taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center for an
  evaluation and then booked into the Bergen County Jail.
• November 11, 2025
  Local reports published the police department’s account of the
  crash and charges.

4. Police Department

The November 10 crash and drug investigation were handled by the
New Milford Police Department.

Officer Desmond Kivlehan was identified as the patrol officer who
witnessed the collision and first went to Randall’s aid.

Other responding members of the department included:

• Lieutenant Francis Haggerty
• Sergeant Derek Mattessich
• Sergeant Brian Ciavaglia
• Detective Andrew Lignos
• Officer Samantha Howard

Captain Kevin Van Saders supplied information about the case to local
news outlets.

Harrington Park authorities were involved because Randall lived in
that community, had reportedly been charged there one week earlier
and was listed as a wanted missing person.

5. Suspect Name

The defendant was identified as Luke Randall.

Police and news reports described him as a resident of Harrington
Park, New Jersey.

6. Suspect Age

Randall was 33 years old when the DeLorean crash
occurred.

The available police statements and news reports did not provide his
complete date of birth.

7. Charges

New Milford police reportedly charged Randall with cocaine
distribution, driving under the influence and more than a dozen
traffic offenses and summonses.

The complete list of every summons was not reproduced in the
publicly accessible reports reviewed for this article.

The specific statutory degree of the cocaine-distribution charge was
also not disclosed. Under New Jersey law, the degree of a cocaine
distribution offense can depend on the total quantity involved.

Eighty-seven bags do not by themselves reveal the total drug weight.
Each package could contain a different amount. The article therefore
does not assign a prison range without the charging complaint or
laboratory weight.

8. Bond Amount

A verified monetary bond amount was not located in the reliable public
materials reviewed for this article.

Randall was taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center and then booked
into the Bergen County Jail. The reports did not state whether he was
detained pending a hearing, released with conditions or later granted
pretrial release.

New Jersey generally uses a risk-based pretrial system rather than
relying exclusively on traditional cash bail. A jail booking does not
establish that a judge ordered a particular monetary bond.

9. Conviction

No reliable, publicly indexed conviction was located for the
November 10, 2025, New Milford case as of July 30, 2026.

Randall was charged with criminal and motor-vehicle offenses.
Charges are allegations and do not establish guilt.

The November 3 arrest should likewise not be described as a prior DUI
conviction unless a court record establishes that he was found guilty
or entered a guilty plea.

10. Sentence

No verified sentence was located.

The original version of this article speculated about mandatory
imprisonment and intent-to-distribute penalties without providing
the cocaine’s total weight or a final charging document.

That speculation has been removed. The possible consequences depend
on the exact statutes charged, the degree of the drug offense, the
evidence admitted in court and whether Randall has qualifying prior
convictions.

11. Outcome

The immediate outcome was Randall’s arrest, medical evaluation and
booking into the Bergen County Jail.

Police recovered the DeLorean and the 87 bags of cocaine as part of
the investigation. The parked Toyota was damaged in the collision.

Public reporting did not establish whether the DeLorean was repaired,
declared a total loss, impounded permanently or returned to its owner.

No reliable source reviewed for this update reported a guilty plea,
trial verdict, dismissal, diversion program or sentence.

12. Victim

Victim Name

The Toyota owner’s name was not publicly released in the sources
reviewed for this article.

Victim Age

The vehicle owner’s age was not publicly reported.

The Earlier November 3 Arrest

Records cited by local media showed that Randall had been arrested
in Harrington Park on November 3, exactly one week before the
DeLorean crash.

The earlier allegations included driving under the influence,
careless driving, throwing objects from a motor vehicle and driving
without a license.

The available reports did not identify what objects were allegedly
thrown, where they landed or whether they damaged property or struck
another person.

The two incidents formed an alarming sequence, but each case requires
its own evidence and court determination.

Why the DeLorean Dominated the Headlines

DeLorean Motor Company produced the DMC-12 during the early 1980s.
Its stainless-steel body, angular shape and gull-wing doors made the
vehicle visually distinctive even before it became the fictional
time machine in the Back to the Future film series.

A routine sedan involved in the same allegations might have produced
a short police report. A DeLorean carrying 87 drug packages generated
a headline reactor powerful enough to light a small internet city.

Several outlets nicknamed Randall “Marty McHigh,” combining the name
of the film’s protagonist with the drug allegations.

The nickname was never Randall’s legal name or an official police
designation. It should be treated as wordplay created by media
outlets, not as a factual identifier.

The number of packages produced another unavoidable comparison.
The film’s DeLorean must reach 88 miles per hour to travel through
time. Police reported recovering 87 bags, leaving the story exactly
one package short of its cinematic number.

That coincidence is amusing only at the surface. The underlying
allegations involve impaired driving, a collision, unlicensed vehicle
operation and the distribution of cocaine.

This article is based on police statements, public records and
published reporting available as of July 30, 2026. An arrest or
criminal charge is not proof of guilt. No verified final conviction,
dismissal or sentence was located for the November 10, 2025 case.
The unidentified vehicle owner’s personal information has been
omitted.