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DWI Driver From Waldwick Rams Parked Optimum Truck Near Rockland Line In Montvale: Police DWI Driver From Waldwick Rams Parked Optimum Truck Near Rockland Line In Montvale: Police
DWI Driver From Waldwick Rams Parked Optimum Truck Near Rockland Line In Montvale: Police A Waldwick woman was loaded when she plowed her car into the back of a parked utility truck in Montvale over the Labor Day weekend, authorities said. Sage Petersen, 27, was headed north on Chestnut Ridge Road toward Rockland County when her vehicle rammed an Optimum truck parked along the shoulder while a worker surveyed a pole just after midnight Saturday, Sept. 2, Montvale Police Lt. Chris Hawken said.The Optimum worker avoided injury when he jumped out of the way, the lieutenant said. The first officer at the scene "immediately detected the odor of alcohol as the driver was standing outs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Holiday DWI 'Blitzkrieg' Means Checkpoints, More Patrols In NJ Holiday DWI 'Blitzkrieg' Means Checkpoints, More Patrols In NJ
Holiday DWI 'Blitzkrieg' Means Checkpoints, More Patrols In NJ Law enforcement agencies will be launching their annual holiday DWI crackdown by ramping up traffic patrols and sobriety checkpoints across New Jersey. The Office of the Attorney General and the Division of Traffic Safety are reminding motorists to stay sober behind the wheel as part of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” holiday campaign, which runs until the end of the year. Logo For Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over CampaignNew Jersey DHTS “The goal of our Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over holiday campaign is to protect the motoring public and save lives by raising awareness of the risks …

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by Joe Gomez
Police & Fire
Teaneck PD: Holiday-Detail Officer Finds THC, Pot, Oxy In Speeding Stop Teaneck PD: Holiday-Detail Officer Finds THC, Pot, Oxy In Speeding Stop
Teaneck PD: Holiday-Detail Officer Finds THC, Pot, Oxy In Speeding Stop TEANECK, N.J. – Teaneck police who stopped a car doing nearly 75 miles an hour on eastbound Route 4 found 13 THC vape cartridges, five ounces of pot, 30 Oxycodone pills and several THC gummies, authorities said. Ex-con Ohmarie Z. Chambers, 38, of Haledon and Anthony C. Adams, 32, of Englewood were arrested just after 2 a.m. Saturday by Officer James Lynch, who was assigned to the 2017 year-end “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” holiday crackdown, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. The drugs were seized, along with $6,000 in suspected proceeds that the chief said was found on Chambers -- who…

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by Jerry DeMarco