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Video Shows Hit-Run Crash That Hospitalized Mercer County Officer Video Shows Hit-Run Crash That Hospitalized Mercer County Officer
Video Shows Hit-Run Crash That Hospitalized Mercer County Officer A 25-year-old Mercer County police officer struck by a hit-and-run driver has been released from the hospital, authorities said. Police, meanwhile, released dashcam video of the Robbinsville Police Officer Connor Boyle being struck by the fleeing driver. Patrolman BoyleRobbinsville PD In the aftermath of the terrifying incident involving Robbinsville Township Patrolman Connor Boyle Saturday night on... Posted by Robbinsville Township Police Department on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Rachel Glatt, 52, of East Windsor, was arrested in the hit-and-run crash, police said. She was charged wit…

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by Jon Craig
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Police: Sex-Crazed Fanboy Gropes, Grabs, Chases Male DPW Worker Police: Sex-Crazed Fanboy Gropes, Grabs, Chases Male DPW Worker
Police: Sex-Crazed Fanboy Gropes, Grabs, Chases Male DPW Worker A DPW worker was on the job in Maywood late last week when a driver pulled up and shouted that he wanted to have sex with him, authorities said. Weird, for sure. But it didn't end there. The driver -- identified as Jose Mauricio CardozaRivera, 46 -- had been accused of grabbing a boy the day before in Little Ferry. The Maywood DPW worker told police on Thursday that CarodozaRivera got out and grabbed him by the arm, trying to pull him into his car. He said he shook loose and retreated to his truck, but CardozaRivera opened the door and climbed in. The worker bolted out the driver's …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Combative' Woman Charged With Knifepoint Robbery Of NJ 7-Eleven 'Combative' Woman Charged With Knifepoint Robbery Of NJ 7-Eleven
'Combative' Woman Charged With Knifepoint Robbery Of NJ 7-Eleven MUGSHOT OF THE YEAR: Police were searching for a woman who'd just robbed a Rochelle Park 7-Eleven at knifepoint when they said she tried holding up a Dairy Queen. Those employees resisted, however, and she ran off before a Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 Unit tracked her down. Maha Khurs, 29, fought with -- and spit -- on police who charged her with several offenses, Lt. James DePreta said Wednesday. Khurs, who lives on Staten Island and has a residence in Rochelle Park, pulled a 5-inch folding knife on employees at the Rochelle Avenue 7-Eleven and demanded cigarettes around 10:30 p.m. Tue…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time
DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time A drunken hit-and-run driver whose smoking SUV was shooting out sparks as Edgewater police chased her before dawn Monday got out seconds before it went up in flames, authorities said. The Mazda CX-5 driven by borough resident Zaira Hernandez-Cortez, 26, knocked a fire hydrant more than 50 feet from its base and split a utility pole near the corner of North Street and Myrtle Avenue -- downing live wires across the road – before speeding off toward Undercliff Avenue around 4 a.m., Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said. Officer Michael Colon spotted the SUV on southbound Route 5 moments later. It…

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by Jerry DeMarco