Wayne Police: Unsteady Drugged Motorist Slams Car Into Mailbox, Shatters Windshield Wayne Police: Unsteady Drugged Motorist Slams Car Into Mailbox, Shatters Windshield
Wayne Police: Unsteady Drugged Motorist Slams Car Into Mailbox, Shatters Windshield A Pequannock motorist was under the influence of some type of drug – or drugs – when his car slammed into a mailbox in Wayne, shattering part of his windshield, police said. Officer Robert Sova found Andrew Treible, 29, “having a hard time standing without support, with slurred speech,” after the 3 p.m. crash Friday at Packanack Lake Road and Newark Pompton Turnpike, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Treible “admitted ingesting legal prescription drugs,” after which the officer found a vape pen containing THC oil, Martin said. Treible was brought to headquarters after failing field sob…
ICE Detains Driver Who North Arlington Police Say Had Pot, Fake License ICE Detains Driver Who North Arlington Police Say Had Pot, Fake License
ICE Detains Driver Who North Arlington Police Say Had Pot, Fake License A Mexican national was being held in the Bergen County Jail on a detainer from ICE after he gave North Arlington police who found him carrying more than an ounce and a half of pot a bogus license during a traffic stop, authorities said. The officer stopped a silver Acura driven by 30-year-old Jose Manuel Leon on Ridge Road near Arlington Boulevard for having tinted windows, Police Chief Scott M. Hedenberg said. "During the stop, the officer detected the odor of raw marijuana," Hedenberg said. "The search resulted in the discovery of a large sealed bag containing marijuana.&qu…
Clifton PD: Drug-Dealing Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Resisting Arrest Clifton PD: Drug-Dealing Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Resisting Arrest
Clifton PD: Drug-Dealing Driver Pepper-Sprayed After Resisting Arrest CLIFTON, N.J. -- Clifton police had to use pepper spray and a baton to subdue a driver who fought against being removed from his car after an overnight drug stop Wednesday, authorities said. Officer Jomarcell Urena was joined by fellow Officers James Zenock and Alessio Esposito after he stopped a 2005 Acura TSX on Lakeview Avenue near Garretsee Place around 2:10 a.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The driver, 25-year-old Joseph Lee of Clifton, had no registration or insurance and refused to get out of the car, which smelled of marijuana, Bracken said. "The vehicle's tinted window…
PD: Failed Knifepoint Robber From Ridgefield Park Leaves Dollar For Donut PD: Failed Knifepoint Robber From Ridgefield Park Leaves Dollar For Donut
PD: Failed Knifepoint Robber From Ridgefield Park Leaves Dollar For Donut RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A Ridgefield Park man who tried to rob a local Dunkin Donuts at knifepoint got only a donut for his troubles -- then left a buck behind for it, authorities said. A patrol sergeant recognized Kevin A. Almodovar, 21, from surveillance video on Tuesday after the abortive weekend robbery. An employee at the Main Street store told responding officers jthat the 20-something robber was wearing a dark colored Carhart jacket, dark colored hoodie and red winter-style hat, carrying a tan and orange backpack when he entered the store around 6:30 p.m. Saturday brandishing a larg…
Leonia PD: Ex-Englewood Driver Found With 4 Pounds Of Pot Leonia PD: Ex-Englewood Driver Found With 4 Pounds Of Pot
Leonia PD: Ex-Englewood Driver Found With 4 Pounds Of Pot LEONIA, N.J. -- A Leonia police officer who stopped a Pennsylvania driver found him carrying four pounds of pot, authorities said. Kellem Pretlor, 34, also had $1,200 in suspected drug proceeds when Officer Raymond Forsdahl stopped his unregistered blue Nissan as it headed north on Broad Avenue near Route 95, Capt. Scott Tamagny said. Fordahl immediately smelled the marijuana when he approached the car, Tamagny said. It was found in four large vacuum-sealed plastic bags, he said. Pretlor, a former Englewood resident whose family still lives there, was once employed as a food service handl…