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Newark, NJ
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Newark Sanitation Worker Pointed Handgun At Woman: Police
A 42-year-old East Orange resident was arrested and charged with pointing a gun at a woman while working as a sanitation worker in Newark on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 12, authorities said. At 7:16 a.m., police responded to South 14th Street and Springfield Avenue on a report of a man with a gun, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. Rahman Grimsley was arrested at the scene following an altercation with a female driver, Miranda said. The woman reported that the sanitation worker pointed a handgun at her, Miranda said. No injuries have been reported, Miranda said…
Englewood, NJ
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Sanitation Worker, 23, Was Transferring Trash When He Was Struck, Killed In Tenafly: Cops
Police in Tenafly have released details in the crash that killed a 23-year-old sanitation worker from North Arlington Monday morning, Oct. 21. The garbage truck was parked along the northbound curb of County Road when the vehicle was struck by a northbound tractor-trailer just before 7 a.m., Tenafly Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The crash happened just as the 23-year-old worker was transferring garbage into the truck. The impact caused significant injuries to the sanitation worker and he was pronounced dead at the scene, deMoncada said. The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 53-y…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Oil-Covered Kitten Saved From Trash Compactor Blades By South Jersey Recycling Worker
A South Jersey sanitation worker was being praised for saving the life of a kitten caught in a trash compactor. Rise Again Animal Rescue said Mark Motta was on his recycling route with the Burlington County Regional Recycling Program when he found the female kitten covered in oil in his waste compactor. The Hammonton nonprofit posted about the kitten now named Squishy on Facebook on Thursday, July 18. The rescue said it's unclear how Squishy ended up in a recycling bin. "Mark acted quickly and grabbed Squishy before she was crushed by the compactor blades," the post read. "T…
Bristol, PA
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New Footage Released In Philadelphia Sanitation Worker's Shooting Death
New surveillance footage has been released in the shooting death of a Philadelphia sanitation worker. A masked man approached the passenger's side of a sanitation truck on Rowland Avenue around 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18, when 35-year-old Ikeem Johnson emerged, police said. Gunfire rang out following a confrontation, and the suspect took off in a Subaru Outback with tints and a roof rack. The suspect is described as a Black male that at the time of the incident was wearing a dark blue jacket over a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and black “Jordan 11” athletic shoes with white soles.…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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'Not A Random Act': Police Investigate Murder Of Philly Sanitation Worker
Authorities in Philadelphia have identified the city employee shot and killed in Mayfair on the morning of Friday, Nov. 18 as Ikeem Johnson, a 35-year-old sanitation worker. Johnson was on his route near Tudor Street and Rowland Street when he was shot at around 10:30 a.m., Mayor Jim Kenney confirmed in a statement. “This is a hard day for our city’s workforce. I join all of our city employees in mourning the loss of one of our own," the mayor wrote. "Today, we lost a dedicated city employee, a sanitation worker for the Streets Department who was simply doing his job …
Elizabeth, NJ
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Speed Bump Kills North Jersey Sanitation Worker Riding On Truck, Police Say
A 74-year-old sanitation worker died after the truck he was riding on hit a speed bump and he fell off earlier this month in Scotch Plains, police announced. Ismael Oliva was riding on the rear platform of the truck when he fell off and hit is head on the 300 block of Henry Street around 9:30 a.m. Sept. 2, local police said. Good Samaritans had rushed outside to help the Plainfield sanitation worker when paramedics arrive. Oliva was rushed to Overlook Medical Center in Summit, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The crash remains under investigation.
Newark, NJ
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Sanitation Worker Critical In Newark Hit-Run Crash
A sanitation worker was hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday evening in Newark. The man was collecting trash for an independent company when he was struck by a white Lincoln near the intersection of Hawthorne and Goodwin avenues around 11:30 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. The driver fled the scene and the victim was taken to University Hospital. Authorities were searching for the driver as of Thursday morning.
Hackensack, NJ
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Police sought the public's help finding a sedan that struck a Hackensack sanitation worker on his route Thursday morning. The 30-year-old city worker was emptying a garbage can on Mary Street, near northbound Route 17, when he was struck by an silver Acura shortly after 8 a.m., Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The sedan also clipped the garbage truck before the driver sped off, he said. The worker, a Paterson resident, complained of leg pain and was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center, the captain said. Anyone who witnessed any part of the incident or has surveillance vide…
