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: Drunk NJ School Bus Driver With 27 Kids Aboard Gets 14 Years
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A now-former school bus driver who was hammered when New Jersey State Police troopers stopped her with a busload of kids aboard was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Colleen Eutermarks, 52, of Wantage had a bottle of vodka stashed in her purse during the rJan. 28, 2022 stop on County Road 565 in Frankford, State Police said. She was taken into custody, then registered .34 on a breath test, they said. That would be four times the legal limit for most civilian motorists but is eight times the .04 blood-alcohol content limit for a school bus driver. Eutermarks rejected a plea deal fro…
Police & Fire
Sussex County Woman, 62, Killed After SUV Veers Off Road And Slams Into Tree
A 62-year-old Sussex County woman was killed after the SUV she was driving veered off the road and swerved into a tree on Sunday, Nov. 13, state police confirmed. The crash occurred on CR 565 north in Frankford around 8:20 p.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. Karen Krok, of Sussex, was driving a Honda CRV when the vehicle veered off the right side of the road and struck a tree near milepost 0.5, Marchan said. Krok was taken to a nearby hospital and succumbed to her injuries a short time later. The crash remains under investigation, Marchan said. No further details were …
Business
Goodbye, Chatterbox. Hello, Wawa.
The historic and one-of-a-kind Chatterbox Drive-In restaurant in Frankford was being knocked down Tuesday, making way for a new Wawa store. The old-fashioned eatery’s demolition didn’t play out without countless memories resurfacing — like an old copy of a 1968 record by Booker T. & the M.G.’s, according to NJ.com, which documented the project with photographs. Other images depict the 50s- and 60s-themed diner’s walls, some still decorated with 45 rpm records. The main dining area — which hosted a revolving set of vintage cars during the restaurant’s more than 15-year run ending on Lab…
Police & Fire
Bergen Man Accused Of Raping Two Pre-Teens Faces New Sex Charges In Sussex
UPDATE: A former state DOT employee from River Edge already being held on charges of raping two pre-teens is also accused of sexually assaulting a member of a Sussex County rescue squad at his former home in Frankford. Cory Bensen, 27, has remained in the Bergen County Jail since authorities arrested him in February in connection with the accused rape of a victim under 13. Bensen, who is engaged, was fired as a state Department of Transportation highway operations technician soon after, authorities said. SEE: State DOT Worker From River Edge Charged With Raping Pre-Teen He and his f…
News
Sussex County Dad Delivers Baby On Side Of Route 519
A Sussex County dad is reflecting on the desperate and adrenaline-filled moment he helped deliver his own child on the side of Route 519. Coronavirus precautions changed the birth plan for Branchville's Gia Leo, 37, who birthed her first child with husband Erion Adams via Cesarean section, NJHerald reports. Though Leo wanted a natural delivery, Adams, 44, got a call just two days prior to his wife's March 24 delivery date saying the couple would have to schedule a C-section due to the possibility of understaffing. But Asher Jackson Adams had a plan of his own. Leo’s water broke…
Police & Fire
One Dead In Head-On Sussex County Crash,
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A female driver died and another was injured in a head-on Sussex County crash Thursday morning, authorities said. ** UPDATE: Police ID'd the victim of Thursday's fatal Frankford crash a Wantage woman. ** The driver of a Chevrolet sedan was headed southbound on County Road 565 (Ross Corner Sussex Road) in Frankford when she crossed over the double-yellow line and hit a southbound Toyota SUV near around 11:30 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Chevrolet driver was taken Newton Medical Center, where she later died of her injuries, Marchan said. The Toyota dr…
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Prosecutor: Animal Lover Who Sought Sex With Cows, Horses Vandalizes Farms
A judge in Sussex County ordered that a Vernon man remain jailed after authorities said he attacked local farms whose owners refused his requests to have sex with animals. Prosecutor said Richard Decker, 31, damaged vehicle tires and left "harassing messages" -- in one case threatening to beat a wife with a wooden stick -- when his requests were denied, the NJ Herald reports. That was enough to convince a Superior Court judge in Newton to order that Decker remain held in the Morris County Correctional Facility until a scheduled Nov. 4 hearing for a "pattern of unlawful conduct that pre…
Police & Fire
Sussex County Man Airlifted After 'Horrific' Crash With Dogs
A 61-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries after his pick-up truck struck a tree in Frankford Tuesday evening, authorities said. The Frankford man was headed north on Mattison Road in his Dodge 1500 with his two dogs when his truck veered off the road and struck a tree near Kice Road just before 5:30 p.m., New Jersey State Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Neighbors and witnesses said the scene as "horrific" and worried for the dogs and the driver. The dogs were uninjured but taken to a Brancheville animal hospital as a precaution, Goez said. The driver, who sustained …
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