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Police & Fire
'You're Good:' NJ State Troopers Often Gave Connected Motorists Free Pass, Comptroller Finds
The difference between getting a ticket and getting a warning from a New Jersey State Trooper could be based on who you know, according to a new report from the New Jersey Comptroller's Office. As part of its Police Accountability Project, the comptroller's office reviewed camera footage of 501 stops by state police that did not result in a ticket. In 27% of the stops, motorists presented a courtesy card, claimed to have a friend or relative in law enforcement, or flashed a law enforcement badge and then were let go, the report said. In some cases, the trooper released the motorist immediat…
Police & Fire
Cops Cut Calm YouTuber Break During Bergen County Traffic Stops, New Bodycam Footage Shows
Newly released bodycam footage reveals tech influencer Marques Brownlee calmly navigating a series of traffic stops in Bergen County, NJ over the past two years. The videos, shared by Transparency Bodycam, show the 31-year-old YouTuber from Maplewood being pulled over on three separate occasions for traffic violations. June 30, 2023, Alpine: Brownlee was stopped by police for tinted windows. Brownlee realizes soon after being pulled over that he does not have his license. Brownlee and the officer make small talk over his barber and the fact that he's going all the way to Weehawken for a hai…
Police & Fire
Fleeing Driver Hits Officer, Arrested At NJ Costco: Police
A 27-year-old Denville man was arrested and charged after he struck a police officer while fleeing on Sunday, Oct. 20, authorities said. While officers were conducting a traffic stop on Indian Road, it was discovered the driver, Liam Harrigan, had an active NCIC Warrant out of the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, Denville police said. As officers attempted to take Harrigan into custody, he fled from them in his vehicle, police said. While fleeing, Harrigan struck a Denville police officer, leaving him with minor injuries, authorities said. A short time later, New Jersey State Police…
Police & Fire
Gunman Charged In Deadly Shootout Held In Bergen County Jail Pending Trial: Prosecutors
An arrest has been made in a shootout that left one man dead over the weekend. Uvaldo Mora, 28, is accused of exchanging gunfire with the 33-year-old man at Straight Street and Park Avenue around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The 33-year-old man was struck in the head and throughout his torso, and died at the hospital. Meanwhile, Mora was charged with Unlawful Possession of a Weapon and Certain Persons Not to Possess a Weapon. Mora was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending his first appearance in Central Judicial Proc…
Police & Fire
Police ID Three 20-Somethings Killed In High-Speed South Jersey BMW Crash
Three people in their 20s were killed in a South Jersey crash early Saturday, Aug. 17, police said. A 2006 BMW operated by Ian P. Rodriguez, of Millville, was heading west on Mayslanding Road at a high rate of speed when it suddenly left the roadway to the right on the approach of Panther Road around 8:25 a.m., Vineland Sgt. N. Dounoulis said. The vehicle struck a utility pole, lost control, and overturned while striking an irrigation winch located on the farm field on the northwest corner of the intersection, Dounoulis said. The two passengers of the vehicle, Joquan Carter, 26, and Shamer…
Police & Fire
20-Year-Old NJ Driver Clocked At 120 MPH In CT: State Police
A 20-year-old New Jersey man was clocked at 120 miles per hour on a Connecticut roadway, police said. Ethan Steier, of Warren (Somerset County), was in a green BMW when police spotted him near Exit 2 on Route 8 south, around 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 26 in Bridgeport, CT, state police said. The area has a posted speed limit of 55 mph, state police said. When troopers attempted to initiate a traffic stop, Steier accelerated and entered onto I-95 southbound, eluding troopers, police said. Minutes later, another trooper spotted the BMW exiting I-95 southbound at Exit 18 in Westport and tried t…
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Update
: College Student From Garfield Dead, GF Hospitalized In Horrific Ridgefield Crash
UPDATE: A 19-year-old college student from Garfield was killed and his girlfriend seriously injured when his Mustang slammed into the front of a new restaurant in Ridgefield early Saturday. The two were headed north on Broad Avenue when Yusuf Bakmaz missed the split to Grand Avenue on the left around midnight June 24, Ridgefield Police Chief TJ Gallagher said. The teen's white 2002 Ford Mustang barreled over the island, clipped another vehicle and swerved directly into Karden, which opened in April at the site of the old Chan's Dragon Inn. Bakmaz -- a sophomore who majored in computer sc…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Dies When Speeding Truck Overturns, Goes Airborne In Head-On MD Crash
A New Jersey man was among two drivers killed when an SUV struck a median and went airborne on I-95 in Maryland before crashing head-on into another truck late on Thursday afternoon. Baltimore's Dennis English, Jr., 45, and John Mastropietro, 64, of Oceanport, NJ, have been identified by Maryland State Police investigators as the two killed in a violent head-on crash in Abington on Thursday, June 8 that injured two others. Witnesses said that a Subaru Forester being driven by Mastropietro was struck head-on by a speeding GMC Terrain SUV that overturned on I-95 after crossing over two lanes …
Police & Fire
NJ Man Caught Going 142 MPH On PA Turnpike: State Police
A 23-year-old New Jersey man—who missed his last NJ court date for speeding—was found going 142 miles per hour, leading Pennsylvania State Police on a chase on the PA Turnpike, according to PSP Newville. Alix Preston Eugene of Tinton Falls Township was clocked at the high speed in gray Hyundai Elantra on Interstate 76 at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, according to a state police release the following weekend. A traffic stop was attempted but Eugene supposedly sped on for more eight miles when— "in an attempt to elude the police" he swerved across two lanes …
Police & Fire
Running On Empty: High-Speed Route 46 Pursuit Ends With Gasless Long Island Driver In Custody
A driver from Long Island who led police from several towns on a high-speed pursuit on and off Route 46 was seized after he ran out of gas, authorities said. Jessy Sainteloi, 25, of Uniondale was reportedly weaving in and out of traffic at high speed on the westbound highway in an Acura ILX when Little Falls Police Officer Matt Yannuzzi tried to pull him over Thursday night, April 27. The vehicle had no rear license plate and a temporary registration taped to the rear window, Sgt. Ryan J. Hoyt said. Sainteloi tried to shake the officer by cutting across the Routes 23/80 stretch of the spa…
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'I'm No Hero': Former Marine, Tow Truck Driver Details Route 17 Rescue
The way Paul Cameci sees it, he was simply doing the right thing when he rescued a man from his overturned vehicle on Route 17 last month. Carmeci was driving to his job at Nick's Towing Service early Friday, March 10, and was on the northbound exit ramp off Route 3 West in Rutherford, when he saw debris and a tractor trailer in front of him. He got out of his tow truck and saw something even more horrific: "I could see the person's hand sticking out of the passenger window," Carmeci said. Hero Paul Carmeci of Nick's Towing Service in Rutherford.Nick's 24-Hour Towing Service The dri…
Police & Fire
Speeding Teen Crashes Parents' Corvette In Edison
A 17-year-old driver was speeding before crashing his parents' Corvette overnight in Edison, authorities said. The driver damaged the entrance to Pierre's Deli on Georges Road around 1 a.m., totaling the car, South Brunswick police said. The driver was issued a summons. Police said speed was the reason for the crash.
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Gotcha
! Jersey City Driver Who Fled Palisades Parkway Stop Caught With Ghost Gun, Ammo: PIP PD
A speeding Jersey City driver eluded Palisades Interstate Parkway police before an officer caught him with a ghost gun, a high-capacity magazine and hollow-point bullets when he tried to do it again, authorities said. PIP Police Officer Gabriel Roldan pulled back rather than pursue a black Hyundai Palisade whose driver recklessly swerved in and out of traffic to elude him just after noon on Monday, Jan. 23, Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. Roldan tossed the information to PIP detectives, who traced a fictitious plate on the SUV to an Ocean Avenue address in Jersey City, the lieutenant said. Fur…
Police & Fire
Accused Dealers Nabbed As Heroin, Crack Cocaine Found During Sussex County Stop: Police
Three accused dealers were arrested and charged after a Sussex County traffic stop led to the discovery of heroin and crack cocaine, authorities said. Officers stopped a car that was speeding in the left lane of Route 26 in Byram and met with the driver, William Connolly, of Morristown, on Saturday, August 6, police said. While speaking with Connolly, officers learned that he had a glass crack cocaine pipe in his pocket, as well as other drug paraphernalia, police said. A follow-up search of the car led to the alleged discovery of crack cocaine, heroin, a scale, and plastic bags used for p…
Police & Fire
Speeding Driver Had Ecstasy Pills, Powder During Route 78 Traffic Stop, Police Say
A driver stopped for speeding on Route 78 early Wednesday was found with both ecstasy pills and powder, authorities said. Donald Thomas, 37, was stopped for speeding on Route 78 in Readington Township around 1:50 a.m., local police said. Thomas, of East Orange, was found with several ecstasy pills and a bag of suspected crushed ecstacy, police said. Thomas was charged with drug possession and issued summonses for speeding, maintenance of lamps, driving while suspended, and drug possession in a motor vehicle, authorities said.
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Lyndhurst PD: Car Stolen Out Of Connecticut Recovered Thanks To Speeding Westchester Driver
A speeding driver from Westchester was behind the wheel of a car stolen out of Connecticut when she was stopped by Lyndhurst police, authorities said. With patrols stepped up approaching Labor Day weekend, Officers Thomas Seickendick and Anthony Morreale spotted the Chevy Spark speeding north on Ridge Road around 4 a.m., Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. They followed the hatchback until the driver -- identified as Aminata Sangare, 22, of Elmsford -- stopped near Valley Brook Avenue, he said. Lt. Richard Holicki and Officers Elizabeth Hollenbeck and Michael Walker assisted after police le…
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Late For Work? PA Man Named 'Cruz' Drove Over 100 MPH On His Way To Work
How fast would you drive to get to work on time? Marc Anthony Cruz, 30, of Lancaster, was arrested after riding his motorcycle at speeds greater than 100 MPH-- leading police on a chase that ended at his place of employment, according to the New Holland police department. Cruz was spotted driving his motorcycle at 51 MPH in a 35 zone by officers patrolling the area of Martindale and Gristmill roads in Earl Township on Sunday at approximately 11:20 p.m. When officers attempted to stop Cruz, he "took off at speeds over 100 MPH and failed to stop at 2 separate stop signs," police said in a st…
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Authorities: Bergen Couple Killed When Speeding Sedan Slams Into Tonnelle Ave Tractor-Trailer
UPDATE: A North Arlington driver and his female passenger from Bergenfield were killed when their speeding sedan slammed into the side of a tractor-trailer in North Bergen before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. Luis Fernando Cevallos, 24, and his as-yet unidentified 27-year-old passenger were pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:15 a.m. crash on Tonnelle Avenue at the Paterson Plank Road overpass. The tractor-trailer, whose driver was making an early delivery, was perpendicular across Route 1&9 when it was struck behind the rear wheel by their southbound 2022 Kia Stinger, township Po…
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Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Critically Injures Other Driver
UPDATE: Authorities identified the driver of a speeding Mini Cooper that flew into a minivan on Route 17, critically injuring its driver, as a 33-year-old warehouse worker from Hudson County. Witnesses told police that Christopher Macias of Guttenberg was racing the driver of another vehicle – believed to be a Camaro – when he failed to negotiate the exit ramp to Hoboken Road on the southbound highway shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The other vehicle kept going, they said. Macias’s Mini Cooper hit the grass triangle median separating the exit and…
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North Arlington PD: Arrested Driver Found Carrying Loaded Gun
An impaired out-of-state driver wasn't just carrying a bogus ID and a stolen credit card when North Arlington police arrested him, authorities said. Searching Elyjah J. Allen, 21, of Brooklyn at headquarters, officers found a gun hidden in his sneaker. Police had taken Allen into custody after stopping him for speeding on Sunday and finding him under the influence of alcohol or drugs on Sunday, Capt. Robert J. Reilly said. He was also carrying a fake ID and stolen credit card, the captain said. Police found the .22-caliber handgun during a search at headquarters, Reilly said. Allen …
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Fatal Jersey Shore Crash Is 'Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare'
The speeding driver in a head-on crash is now charged with manslaughter after a high school passenger in the other car died on Tuesday, authorities said. Michael Pillarella, 26, of the Manahawkin section of Stafford, has been newly charged with aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide and speeding, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Pillarella was driving north on Radio Road near Baltusrol Court in Little Egg Harbor at about 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 30 when he lost control of his car on a curve, crossed over the center line and struck a southbound vehicle, auth…
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NJ: 2020 Traffic Deaths Increased During
Covid-
19
Even though COVID-19 took countless vehicles off the road, the number of fatal crashes in New Jersey – and throughout the country -- actually increased last year, authorities announced Tuesday. We all know why. Even though fewer people drove, those who did took more risks and were involved in more deadly collisions, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Irresponsible driving led to a 5% increase in fatal crashes statewide last year, to 552 from the year before, State Police reported. This comes at a time when traffic volumes were drastically reduced because of stay-at-home ord…
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North Bergen Driver Charged In Horrific Route 17 Crash In Hasbrouck Heights
UPDATE: A pharmacist from North Bergen was charged with assault by auto for a horrific crash last month on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights that left a teenage victim still critical, authorities announced Thursday. Kal Elhoregy, 52, was driving a 2017 BMW M3 that slammed into a 2002 Chrysler Town and Country minivan parked in the Kentucky Fried Chicken lot on the southbound highway at high speed shortly after 9 p.m. Oct. 24, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The Chrysler had two occupants, both 19, Musella said. Although the male passenger was ejected, the female driver was more ser…
Police & Fire
North Bergen Pharmacist Charged In Horrific Route 17 Crash
UPDATE: A pharmacist from North Bergen was charged with assault by auto for a horrific crash last month on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights that left a teenage victim still critical, authorities announced Thursday. Kal Elhoregy, 52, was driving a 2017 BMW M3 that slammed into a 2002 Chrysler Town and Country minivan parked in the Kentucky Fried Chicken lot on the southbound highway at high speed shortly after 9 p.m. Oct. 24, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The Chrysler had two occupants, both 19, Musella said. Although the male passenger was ejected, the female driver was more ser…
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Haledon PD: Jersey Shore Ex-Con Flicking Cigarette Ashes From Car Caught With Loaded Gun
An ex-con who flicked cigarette ashes from a speeding car had a loaded gun hidden under the seat, Haledon police said. Officer Jeffrey Welsh smelled raw pot as he approached the 2005 Infiniti sedan during a stop on Pompton Road near Ailsa Avenue, Lt. George Guzman said. Joined by Special Police Sgt. John Jones and a William Paterson University police officer, Welsh found a .44-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun loaded with six bullets under the front passenger seat and a bag of marijuana in back, Guzman said. The driver got a speeding ticket and was released. Welsh arrested the passenger,…
Police & Fire
Wanaque Driver Clocked At 145MPH On Route 17, Says
Nysp
A 23-year-old Wanaque driver was stopped on Route 17 in Orange County after speeding past a New York State Police trooper at 145 miles an hour, authorities said. Jeremy Van Leuvan received summonses for reckless endangerment, reckless driving and doing 145mph in a 65mph zone after the trooper stopped his westbound 2009 Dodge Challenger in Wallkill around 10:15 a.m. Friday, the NYSP said. Leuvan was scheduled to answer the summonses on March 13.
Police & Fire
Maywood Police Officer Nabs Fleeing Motorist After Crash
A Maywood police officer chased down a speeding borough motorist driving an uninsured, uninspected car, authorities said. Kevin McNamara, 29, kept going after Officer Shawn Patton tried to stop him around 1:15 a.m. Friday, Police Detective Sgt. Jason Liaban said. He continued on Spring Valley Avenue before hitting a curb near Pine Street, Liaban said Monday. Patton took McNamara into custody and issued him summonses for reckless driving, speeding, failing to have his vehicle inspected and not having insurance, the sergeant said. McNamara also was charged criminally with eluding and releas…
Police & Fire
Work-Bound Lyndhurst Woman Killed When Truck Hits Tree
A Lyndhurst woman on her way to work was killed when her truck slammed into a tree early Saturday, authorities said. The 40-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene after her Chevy Tahoe struck the tree off the northbound lane across from an industrial park on Chubb Avenue near Route 3 around 7:15 a.m., Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Although the investigation was in its early stages, speed appeared to be a factor, Auteri said. The limit on that stretch is 25 miles an hour. Auteri thanked township firefighters and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification,…
Police & Fire
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 …
Police & Fire
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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Teen Driver Behind Wheel In Crash That Killed Newton's Alexis Faye Faces Multiple Charges
A teen driver has been charged in connection with a Fredon crash that killed a 17-year-old female passenger, NJ.com reports. The teen, whose name was not released, was charged with aggravated manslaughter, death by auto and violating a law intended to protect public health and safety following the May 11 crash, NJSP told the media outlet. The teen was also issued summonses for: speeding reckless driving failure to maintain a lane failure to keep right violating provisions of his state-issued, graduated driving license (2) Newton's Alexis Faye, 17, died as a result of the crash. Two other …
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