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Off-Duty Local NJ Officer Charged With DWI In Overnight Hit And Run Off-Duty Local NJ Officer Charged With DWI In Overnight Hit And Run
Off-Duty Local NJ Officer Charged With DWI In Overnight Hit And Run An off-duty Saddle Brook police officer was drunk when he fled the scene of a utility pole crash a few blocks from his home, authorities charged. Attilio Dente Sr., 39, had to be separated from an unidentified person he was arguing with when township officers showed up at his home around 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, an accident report obtained by Daily Voice says. Moments earlier, a 2013 Chevy Avalanche driven by the five-year department veteran struck a utility pole outside a home on Market Street between Miller and Coger streets, up the block from the local 7-Eleven and the Wine Country liquo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Out-Of-Control SUV Barrels Through Saddle Brook Playground, Just Misses Kids, Slams Into School Out-Of-Control SUV Barrels Through Saddle Brook Playground, Just Misses Kids, Slams Into School
Out-Of-Control SUV Barrels Through Saddle Brook Playground, Just Misses Kids, Slams Into School A group of Saddle Brook pre-schoolers were enjoying a late morning outside when out-of-control SUV crashed through their playground fence barely 50 feet away. The large Chevrolet Suburban, driven by an off-duty Saddle Brook police officer, then hit a tree and slammed into the Washington School building. “The terror on those children’s faces I can never put into words,” one parent said. “Any of us could [have] been planning a funeral right now,” said another. Officer Matthew Benus, 52, suffered a medical episode and passed out before Thursday's crash at Market and West streets around 11 a…

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by Jerry DeMarco