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Gun With Hollow Points, Open Booze, Weed Found During Route 46 Traffic Stop: Cops Gun With Hollow Points, Open Booze, Weed Found During Route 46 Traffic Stop: Cops
Gun With Hollow Points, Open Booze, Weed Found During Route 46 Traffic Stop: Cops A Newark man was arrested after Clifton police say they found a loaded ghost gun, high-capacity magazine, hollow point bullets, and weed packaged for sale during a traffic stop just after midnight. The stop happened around 12:38 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, near Route 46 West and Route 21 South, according to Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson. Officers Benjamin Bressel and Samantha Beazley pulled over a 2019 Honda Accord for multiple traffic violations. The driver, a 23-year-old woman from Newark, was accompanied by Carnell Goodwin, 20, of Newark, who was seated in the back seat. Police sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Screaming Teen Found By Cops Had Been Sexually Assaulted By DUI Driver: Prosecutor Screaming Teen Found By Cops Had Been Sexually Assaulted By DUI Driver: Prosecutor
Screaming Teen Found By Cops Had Been Sexually Assaulted By DUI Driver: Prosecutor Chilling screams led officers to a juvenile in a vehicle who they say had been sexually assaulted by the DUI driver Thursday, March 27 in Bergen County. As a result, Union City resident Elmer Barranco has been charged with second-degree sexual assault, third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, and various motor vehicle violations including DUI and open container, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.  The scene unfolded at Ramapo Valley Road and East Oak Street in Oakland, where police officers found the child, between ages 13 and 16,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Video Shows NJ Mayor Nearly 4X Legal Limit Arrested After Picking Son Up From School: Cops Video Shows NJ Mayor Nearly 4X Legal Limit Arrested After Picking Son Up From School: Cops
Video Shows NJ Mayor Nearly 4X Legal Limit Arrested After Picking Son Up From School: Cops Newly released bodycam footage shows the DUI arrest of Lumberton Township Mayor Gina LaPlaca, who was nearly four times over the legal limit when she was arrested on St. Patrick's Day for driving with her toddler son in the vehicle, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. LaPlaca, 45, was charged with DWI, child endangerment, and multiple traffic violations following the St. Patrick’s Day incident on Sunday, March 17, Lumberton police said.  The bodycam footage, shared by Transparency Bodycam on Friday, March 28, shows officers arriving at LaPlaca’s home around 5:26 p.m.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Husband Of DUI New Jersey Mayor Seeks 'Compassion' After St. Patrick's Day Arrest: Reports Husband Of DUI New Jersey Mayor Seeks 'Compassion' After St. Patrick's Day Arrest: Reports
Husband Of DUI New Jersey Mayor Seeks 'Compassion' After St. Patrick's Day Arrest: Reports The mayor of a South Jersey town has been charged with DUI, endangering a child, reckless driving, and more, as first reported by 6abc. The outlet said that Gina LaPlaca, the mayor of Lumberton, admitted she had been drinking after officers tracked a vehicle unable to stay in its lane to her house on Monday, March 17, the outlet said. The NJ Courts website shows LaPlaca has been charged with operating under the influence of liquor or drugs, driving with an expired license, possessing an open container of alcohol or unsealed cannabis in a motor vehicle, failing to maintain traffic in ma…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hasbrouck Heights PD: Hackensack Driver Who Toppled Pole In Crash Was DWI Hasbrouck Heights PD: Hackensack Driver Who Toppled Pole In Crash Was DWI
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Hackensack Driver Who Toppled Pole In Crash Was DWI A Hackensack man was drunk when his car knocked down a utility pole at a busy Hasbrouck Heights intersection, authorities said. The 2001 Audi Quattro driven by Dmitriy Sidorenko, 50, went off the road on Boulevard at the Passaic Avenue Circle shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday. The vehicle sustained heavy front-end damage and the pole needed to be replaced by PSE&G, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. Sidorensko, who wasn’t seriously injured, received several summonses, including having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and refusing to take a breath test, in addition to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Chase: Wayne Man Wanted In Attempted Water Gap Kidnap Captured On Route 46 Police Chase: Wayne Man Wanted In Attempted Water Gap Kidnap Captured On Route 46
Police Chase: Wayne Man Wanted In Attempted Water Gap Kidnap Captured On Route 46 A Wayne man wanted for an attempted kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon at the Delaware Water Gap national park was captured in Warren County, authorities said. An off-duty firefighter called police early Monday evening while following a vehicle driven by 57-year-old Jeffrey A. Mulcahy on eastbound Route 46 in Independence Township following the incident, said Hackettstown police, who'd heard the alert and were waiting for him. Mulcahy kept going when they tried stopping him, throwing a t-shirt out the window during a brief pursuit, they said. He eventually pulled over, refused at …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Former High School Athlete Charged With DWI After River Vale Crash Former High School Athlete Charged With DWI After River Vale Crash
Former High School Athlete Charged With DWI After River Vale Crash A multi-sport athlete from Rockland was drunk when his car jumped a curb, toppled a street sign and slammed into a telephone pole in River Vale, authorities said. Raymond Amato, 22, of Pearl River was behind the wheel of a speeding car on Rivervale Road when an officer pulled behind him shortly before 3 a.m. May 26, police said. Amato turned on to Prospect Avenue and immediately crashed, they said. The officer found Amato assessing the damage, Detective Sergeant Peter Martin said. He "immediately detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the driver’s breath," Martin said. The officer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DWI Motorist Driving On Rim Fights With West Milford Police, Authorities Charge DWI Motorist Driving On Rim Fights With West Milford Police, Authorities Charge
DWI Motorist Driving On Rim Fights With West Milford Police, Authorities Charge A drunken motorist driving on a rim fought with West Milford police who took him into custody, authorities said. Officers Anthony Frassa and Jill Brickman had a pair of drug suspects stopped when they spotted the disabled car heading north, sparks flying, on Clinton Road near Route 23. “After getting the vehicle to stop, [Brickman] noticed vomit outside the driver’s door,” according to a police report. Both officers subdued and arrested the driver, identified as 21-year-old Connor Backes of Denville. They charged him with DWI, leaving the scene of a crash, reckless driving and having an op…

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by Jerry DeMarco