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Wayne PD: Drunk Driver Runs Light, Slams Pickup, Assaults Medic Wayne PD: Drunk Driver Runs Light, Slams Pickup, Assaults Medic
Wayne PD: Drunk Driver Runs Light, Slams Pickup, Assaults Medic WAYNE, N.J. -- A drunk driver rammed his Mini Cooper into a pickup truck after running a red light in Wayne, then assaulted an ambulance squad responder who was trying to help him, authorities said. The 2012 compact car veered off the roadway before hitting the fence at the QuickChek on Hamburg Turnpike after it struck the pickup so hard that it left the truck facing east in the westbound lane of Ratzer Road just after 9:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Capt. Laurence J. Martin said. Wayne firefighters extricated the driver of the mangled Mini Cooper, 38-year-old Jim Chung of Pompton Lakes, who wa…

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Wayne Police: Ex-Employee Burglarized Popular Hamburg Turnpike Restaurant Wayne Police: Ex-Employee Burglarized Popular Hamburg Turnpike Restaurant
Wayne Police: Ex-Employee Burglarized Popular Hamburg Turnpike Restaurant WAYNE, N.J. -- It's why detectives always ask for a list of former employees: Wayne police on Friday arrested an ex-restaurant worker from Pompton Lakes who they said burglarized a popular local eatery he used to work for. Detective Henry Ellis worked the case for several weeks before arresting Drew J Canning, 27, for the Dec. 10 break-in at Mc Cobbs Restaurant on Hamburg Turnpike, authorities said. Canning took cash register drawers, along with rolled coins, tip jars and a few hundred dollars or so in cash, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. He didn't stop there, the captain said: Cann…

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by Jerry DeMarco