PD: Erratic Dumont SUV Driver Was Under Influence Of Heroin PD: Erratic Dumont SUV Driver Was Under Influence Of Heroin
PD: Erratic Dumont SUV Driver Was Under Influence Of Heroin Hawthorne police prevented a potential tragedy when they stopped an SUV driver from Dumont who they said was under the influence of heroin. Officers responding to a citizen’s call of an erratic driver pulled over the full-sized 2005 Ford Excursion on southbound Route 208 shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The driver, identified as 30-year-old Brendan Jones, was removed from the vehicle when he refused commands to stop trying to hide empty heroin folds, Hoogmoed said. Jones, who had trouble standing, was taken into custody, the sergeant said. On the front…
Police: Driver In Oakland Roadblock Crash Was Under Heroin Influence Police: Driver In Oakland Roadblock Crash Was Under Heroin Influence
Police: Driver In Oakland Roadblock Crash Was Under Heroin Influence A heroin user was under the influence when he slammed his car into a road-closure barricade on Skyline Drive in Oakland, police said. John Milazzo, 34, of North Arlington was carrying six heroin folds and a plastic straw when his 2005 Saturn Vue hit the barricades near West Oakland Avenue last Friday night, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. The roadblocks were set up after a truck overturned on Skyline Drive earlier. Milazzo was charged with drug possession, driving under the influence of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, the lieutenant said. He was released to a family member pendin…
Driver Who Killed Bayonne Man, 5-Year-Old Daughter Gets 37 Years Driver Who Killed Bayonne Man, 5-Year-Old Daughter Gets 37 Years
Driver Who Killed Bayonne Man, 5-Year-Old Daughter Gets 37 Years A Hamilton man who was driving at more than 10 times the speed limit when he crashed into another vehicle, killing a Bayonne man and his young daughter, was sentenced Thursday to nearly 40 years in prison, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said. Scott Hahn, 39, was under the influence of drugs when he crashed into the back of another car at an Interchange 14C toll booth on the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City Feb. 22, 2016. Hahn was driving at 53 mph in what is a 5 mph zone, investigators later determined. The collision claimed the lives of Timothy O’Donnell, 48, and his five-year-ol…
1 Arrested, School Bus Driver Hurt After Slamming Into Jersey City Salon 1 Arrested, School Bus Driver Hurt After Slamming Into Jersey City Salon
1 Arrested, School Bus Driver Hurt After Slamming Into Jersey City Salon Police have arrested a motorist after an accident with a school bus and another vehicle in Jersey City Friday afternoon, police said.  The driver of the school bus and the other motorist were involved in a motor-vehicle accident that resulted in the bus plunging through a fence and into a salon at Jefferson and Baldwin avenues around 4 p.m., police said.  The driver of the school bus, which had no passengers, suffered minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, police also said. That driver's name was not immediately re…
Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High
Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High Oakland police arrested a local dad who they said brought his 4-year-old son to court with him to answer drug-related charges while he was high. Jared Spingler, 37, was "heavily under the influence" of some type of narcotic when Officers Jonathan Coleman and Bryan Rowin found him sitting in Municipal Court with his son last Thursday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. They arrested Spingler on charges of child endangerment and driving while under the influence of drugs, he said. Spingler, his now-ex-wife and their son were featured in news stories after the boy beat cancer in 2015, just before h…
Driver Whose Jeep Hit Route 208 Guardrail, Median Was Under Influence, Franklin Lakes PD Says Driver Whose Jeep Hit Route 208 Guardrail, Median Was Under Influence, Franklin Lakes PD Says
Driver Whose Jeep Hit Route 208 Guardrail, Median Was Under Influence, Franklin Lakes PD Says A driver was under the influence of drugs when her Jeep bounced off the shoulder guardrail and smashed into the center median of Route 208 in Franklin Lakes Tuesday night, authorities said. Aimee Dumont-Peppel, 59, of Chester, NJ (Morris County) was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center following the 9 p.m. southbound crash, Capt. John Bakelaar said Wednesday. The Jeep had just passed the Colonial Road exit when it “veered into the right lane, crossing the rumble strips and striking the guard rail,” he said. It then “crossed all lanes into the left shoulder, approximately 150 feet …