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Suspended DUI Driver Slams Pickup Through Spring Lake Boardwalk: Police Suspended DUI Driver Slams Pickup Through Spring Lake Boardwalk: Police
Suspended DUI Driver Slams Pickup Through Spring Lake Boardwalk: Police A drunken and unlicensed driver, and the owner of the truck he was driving, have both been arrested following a boardwalk crash in one Jersey Shore town, authorities said. Julian Uribe Munoz, 39, of Spring Lake, was behind the wheel of 28-year-old's Marvin Cruz-Palma Ford pickup truck when he left the roadway and crashed it on an Ocean Avenue boardwalk around 12:20 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5, Spring Lake Police Chief Edward Kerr said. The disabled pickup truck was still lodged on the edge of the boardwalk after having crashed through multiple railings and an access ramp when police arrived, K…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
South Jersey Police Chief Was Lying In Road With Pants Down Before DWI Arrest (VIDEO): Reports South Jersey Police Chief Was Lying In Road With Pants Down Before DWI Arrest (VIDEO): Reports
South Jersey Police Chief Was Lying In Road With Pants Down Before DWI Arrest (Video): Reports A South Jersey police chief charged with drunken driving in April can be seen lying in the road next to his pickup truck with his pants down, according to a police body cam video. Responding Hamilton police are heard making fun of Bordentown Township Police Chief Brian Pesce until they find his badge and ID, NJ Advance Media reported. Their tone then turns more serious, the video shows.  NJ Advance Media was the first news outlet to report the new detail about the April arrest.  A shorter version of the hour-long video obtained by nj.com can be watched at the end of this Police Tribune r…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Driver Sentenced In Head-On DUI Crash That Killed 3 Parents On I-95 In PA NJ Driver Sentenced In Head-On DUI Crash That Killed 3 Parents On I-95 In PA
NJ Driver Sentenced In Head-On DUI Crash That Killed 3 Parents On I-95 In PA A New Jersey woman is facing 12 to 24 years behind bars for driving drunk into oncoming traffic on Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania leaving three people dead, authorities said. Priscilla Cortez, 34, of Camden, was heading southbound on the highway when she struck a car carrying Ryan Connell, 28, Leanne Popson, 35, both of the Levittown area, and Lucas Gelatko, 36, of Yardley, near mile marker 33 around 1:40 a.m. April 1, 2020, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. All three victims in the Bensalem crash had children, authorities said. Surveillance tapes show…

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by Nicole Acosta