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Route 280
Police & Fire
Heart Disease Aggravated By Meth Use Killed Newark Suspect Following Arrest: Medical Examiner
It’s unsettling to watch video of a suspect you know has died. The last moments for Raul DeJesus -- who led Newark police on a foot chase before collapsing near Route 280 -- are no exception. Newark police did nothing wrong during the encounter, a grand jury has found. Among the evidence reviewed by the grand jurors are three police bodycams, one of them worn by the officer who began chasing the 43-year-old Newark native on foot after he ran. Two others graphically document the arrest and the moments that followed as highway traffic barreled by. In the end, what killed DeJesus was heart …
Traffic
Sewer Main Break Shuts Down Route 280 In Morris County:
Developing
A sewer main break shut down an exit ramp on Route 280 and started to cause major delays for Morris County commuters on Tuesday, May 9, developing reports say. The sewer main break was reported on the Route 280 westbound ramp to the westbound east of Route 80 in Parsippany-Troy Hills around 2:10 p.m., according to 511NJ: Sewer main break on I-280 westbound ramp to westbound East of I-80 (Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp) All lanes closed https://t.co/CuW6m3f3xr — 511NJ I280 (@511nji280) May 9, 2023 The incident was starting to back up traffic on the Route 280 westbound ramp to westbound east…
News
Newark Man Who Died While Running From Police Along Route 280 Identified
A Newark man who died while running from city police along Route 280 last week was identified by authorities on Wednesday. A review of the circumstances surrounding the death last Thursday, Jan. 5, of Raul L. DeJesus, 43, is required because it involved police, a Jan. 11 release from Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin's office says. According to a preliminary investigation, Newark Police Officer Alberto Vera approached DeJesus in the area of Orange Street and South 11th Street in Newark shortly before 3:42 p.m., the release says. DeJesus was wanted for questioning "in connection with a c…
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Wild
Chase
: Teen Burglars Try To Ram Woodcliff Lake Officer With Stolen Car
A Woodcliff Lake police officer was responding to an overnight home burglary when a fleeing luxury SUV stolen by two teenagers sped straight toward him, authorities said. The pair – believed to be 13 to 16 years old – wound up leading a chase through several towns in the stolen 2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio at speeds of up to 120 miles an hour, responders said. “These criminals showed complete disregard for their lives, the public’s lives, and officers' lives as they drove at a high rate of speed steering their vehicle head-on towards [the] officer,” Woodcliff Lake Police Lt. Chad Malloy said. “L…
Police & Fire
Route 46 Crash Causes Delays, Detours In Morris County
A crash on Route 46 was causing serious delays and detours in Morris County, authorities said. The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes in Parsippany shortly before 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, August 16, police said. The far right lane of Route 46 east at New Road was closed and all northbound traffic from Route 280 detoured onto Route 46 east, police said. ***CLOSURE AND DETOUR*** The far right lane of Route 46 East at New Road is closed. All northbound traffic on New Road... Posted by Parsippany Police Department on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Delays were expected in the area as crews con…
Police & Fire
4 Nabbed After Crashing Stolen Car During High-Speed Police Chase In Morris County
Four suspects were arrested after they allegedly crashed a stolen vehicle during a high-speed police chase across several Morris County highways. Officers patrolling the border of Mountain Lakes and Boonton attempted to stop a suspicious vehicle before the driver sped off around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 7, Mountain Lakes Police said. Officers worked with Boonton Police to locate and pursue the vehicle, which was determined to be stolen. Boonton officers successfully used tire deflation devices to slow down the driver, though the pursuit lasted from Route 287 onto Route 80 and 280, where…
Police & Fire
Police Seek Driver Of Stolen Cadillac Following Route 280 Pursuit
Police are look for the driver of a stolen Cadillac who lead police on a pursuit down Route 280, then dumped the car in Newark, authorities said. The driver of the 2004 Cadillac stolen from Springbrook Road East, refused to stop when Montville police tried pulling him over around 3:15 a.m., Oct. 1, Montville police said. The driver lead police on a chase down Old Bloomfield Avenue to Route 280, they said. The pursuit was terminated soon after out of respect for public safety, police said. The vehicle had left unlocked with the key inside when it was stolen, and was found the next day in N…
Police & Fire
Manhunt
: NJ Murder Suspect, 28, Captured On Roof Of Route 46 Hotel In Wayne Identified
An ex-con from North Carolina wanted in an Essex County homicide was captured on the roof of a Route 46 hotel in Wayne before dawn Tuesday, multiple law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. The search began after Derrick Anthony Younger, 28, ran from a Route 46 traffic stop near Route 23 around midnight. Wayne Police Officer Wayne Bush, who stopped Younger, chased him on foot to the Ramada Inn. A Passaic County Sheriff's SWAT unit was summoned in case of a possible standoff. Although authorities initially suspected that Younger was in Room 228, he'd actually gone to the roof. After a SW…
Police & Fire
Weekend North Jersey Motorcycle Crashes, Fatalities Pile Up: Route 280, Route 3, Elsewhere
Several weekend motorcycle crashes in North Jersey – including at least one fatality – began Friday when a Newark motorcyclist was killed on Route 280. Charles L. Henderson III was ejected when his motorcycle overturned on the westbound highway in Roseland, New Jersey State Police said. Henderson was pronounced dead at the scene, State Police said, adding that no other vehicles were involved. A 35-year-old motorcyclist from Paterson was critically injured when his 2017 Honda CBR collided with a 2011 Honda CR-V operated by a 59-year-old Ridgewood Marilyn Basile. The motorcyclist, Ahmed Bas…
Police & Fire
'Inches From Being Killed': Responder At Route 280 Pileup Begs Motorists To Slow Down
In a heartfelt public appeal, a responder who was at the scene of a dump truck crash Tuesday on Route 280 urged drivers to approach accident sites cautiously. "I beg you, even if this just reaches one person, PLEASE slow down and move over if you see emergency lights -- or even just a car pulled over on the side of the road," EMT Tyler Treible wrote on Facebook. Treible and his partner (and girlfriend) Taylor Van Sant were in the second ambulance that responded to a crash on the highway in West Orange just before 10:30 a.m. "While we were on scene we heard the air horn of a dump truck seco…
Police & Fire
State Troopers, Firefighters, Others Hurt In Chain-Reaction Crash On 280 In West Orange
A number of first responders were injured in a chain-reaction crash on Route 280 in West Orange Tuesday morning. Three New Jersey State Police troopers, two West Orange police officers and five township firefighters were among several people injured Tuesday morning when a dump truck plowed into an ambulance, sending it crashing into a fire engine, authorities said. The West Orange police officers and four of the firefighters were treated and released. The fifth firefighter was still hospitalized, a township spokesman said Tuesday night. The spokesman, Joe Fagan, did not know the condi…
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