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Police Say Short Hills Man Was Driving At 142 MPH: Report Police Say Short Hills Man Was Driving At 142 MPH: Report
Police Say Short Hills Man Was Driving At 142 MPH: Report A man from Short Hills was arrested in New Hampshire for allegedly driving more than 70 mph over the speed limit, The Boston Globe reported.  Eric Joseph, 51, was headed home when state police pulled over his 2018 Jeep Cherokee on I-95 Saturday morning. Joseph was traveling at 142 mph, more than double the posted speed limit of 65 mph, according to police.   Joseph was charged with reckless operation and is scheduled to appear in court in September. 

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Tour Van In Fatal Mass. Crash May Have Had NJ Passengers Tour Van In Fatal Mass. Crash May Have Had NJ Passengers
Tour Van In Fatal Mass. Crash May Have Had NJ Passengers A tour van operated by a company catering to Polish-Americans that picked up passengers in New Jersey crashed in Massachusetts Saturday, killing two people, State Police there said.  The people killed were identified only as two adult males. State Police said Saturday identification of the victims was "ongoing."  The state police said the van stopped for passengers in Philadelphia, Trenton, LInden, Wallington and New York before it crashed around 11 a.m. on I-95 in Attleboro, near the Rhode Island border.   The 2004 Econoline van was traveling northbound near Exit 3 whe…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Crash on I-95 In Teaneck Kills Hudson Box Truck Driver Tractor-Trailer Crash on I-95 In Teaneck Kills Hudson Box Truck Driver
Tractor-Trailer Crash on I-95 In Teaneck Kills Hudson Box Truck Driver UPDATE: A box truck driver from Jersey City was killed in a crash with a tractor-trailer on I-95 early Monday that kept the express lanes of the NJ Turnpike closed in Teaneck, authorities said. The ramp from the eastbound express lanes to the northbound Turnpike was also closed after the ShopRite tractor-trailer slammed into the box truck at the DeGraw Avenue overpass just before 6:50 a.m., Trooper Alejandro Goez said.  Authorities initially intended to summon a medical chopper but canceled the call after Teaneck and Hackensack firefighters removed the driver from beneath the rig and an AL…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
North Jersey Man, 21, Fatally Struck By Car-Carrier On NJ Turnpike North Jersey Man, 21, Fatally Struck By Car-Carrier On NJ Turnpike
North Jersey Man, 21, Fatally Struck By Car-Carrier On NJ Turnpike A 21-year-old Paterson man was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer early Monday morning when he got out of his car in a crossover lane on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. Tyrell Henry was stopped in a crossover section for I-95 and Route 80 on the southbound lane of the turnpike in Ridgefield Park when he walked into a travel lane and was struck by a car carrier, operated by a 63-year-old man from Patchogue, N.Y., NJ State Police said. The incident occurred just before 3 a.m. and is under investigation, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
GoFundMe Giving Homeless Man $400,000 That Authorities Believe NJ Couple Spent GoFundMe Giving Homeless Man $400,000 That Authorities Believe NJ Couple Spent
GoFundMe Giving Homeless Man $400,000 That Authorities Believe NJ Couple Spent UPDATE: GoFundMe announced Thursday that it will give a homeless man the $400,000 that authorities said a couple who raised it for him apparently kept for themselves. "Johnny [Bobbitt] will be made whole," GoFundMe said in a statement, "and we're committing that he'll get the balance of the funds that he has not yet received or benefited from. GoFundMe's goal has always been to ensure Johnny gets support he deserves." Investigators raided the home of Mark D’Amico and Katelyn McClure of Bordentown early Thursday, seizing a BMW that the couple is believed to have bought wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Effort Underway To Save Lives On I-95 Effort Underway To Save Lives On I-95
Effort Underway To Save Lives On I-95 Law enforcement agencies up and down the east coast are teaming to protect motorists on I-95 as part of the National Drive to Save Lives Campaign. State police agencies from 15 east coast states - including New York and Connecticut - are teaming in an effort to “keep one of the country’s most highly-traveled interstates, I-95 safe and fatality-free" Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21. There will be an increased police presence on the interstate during the two-day detailed effort, with officers and troopers focusing on seat belt violations, safety restraint use, speeding, impaired …

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by Zak Failla
News
Amber Alert Canceled After 11-Year-Old Area Boy Found Amber Alert Canceled After 11-Year-Old Area Boy Found
Amber Alert Canceled After 11-Year-Old Area Boy Found Update: The 11-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found, Connecticut State Police said late Sunday afternoon. Danny Maldonado-Medero of New Britain has been "located safe and is uninjured," police said. Additional information was not immediately released. Original report: An Amber Alert has been issued related to the abduction of an 11-year-old boy in Connecticut on Easter Sunday, April 1. The boy, Danny Maldonado-Medero, was abducted in New Britain and may be traveling in a white or silver Honda Ridgeline with an older body style. (The license plate nu…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Port Authority PD: Police Impersonator Had Loaded Gun At GWB Port Authority PD: Police Impersonator Had Loaded Gun At GWB
Port Authority PD: Police Impersonator Had Loaded Gun At GWB FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver who made a U-turn at the George Washington Bridge was carrying a loaded gun while pretending to be a police officer, said authorities who arrested her. Officers stopped the black Dodge SUV near the upper level toll plaza after the driver made the illegal turn from the Fort Lee exit from the bridge back onto the I-95 ramp, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The vehicle "had an obstructed license plate obscured by a smoked out plastic plate cover," he said. Officers immediately spotted the loaded Glock 19 in the driver's waistband, Pentangelo sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Traffic
Hellish Route 4 Bottleneck Is 2nd Worst In The U.S. Hellish Route 4 Bottleneck Is 2nd Worst In The U.S.
Hellish Route 4 Bottleneck Is 2nd Worst In The U.S. FORT LEE, N.J. — We've all been there: coming off of the George Washington Bridge ready to "get home already." Traffic had other plans in store for us, though. The bottleneck intersection of Route 4 and I-95 was named the second-worst bottleneck in the U.S. by the American Transportation Research Institute. The worst bottleneck in the country is in Atlanta, G.A. The data comes from GPS systems on trucks that ATRI converts for an ongoing analysis used to quantify the impact of traffic congestion on truck-borne freight at 300 specific locations. On a state and local level, this r…

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by Cecilia Levine