DWI Crash: Englewood Man's Sedan Rolls Twice, Splits Pole, Fort Lee Police Say DWI Crash: Englewood Man's Sedan Rolls Twice, Splits Pole, Fort Lee Police Say
DWI Crash: Englewood Man's Sedan Rolls Twice, Splits Pole, Fort Lee Police Say An Englewood driver was intoxicated when his sedan rolled twice before slamming into and splitting a utility pole on Main Street in Fort Lee, authorities said. Philip Cavaliere, 47, was headed west on Main Street near Park Avenue when his 2015 Lexus IS “veered off the roadway, hit a curb and struck a utility pole” around 1:20 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Witnesses told police the vehicle rolled twice and landed on its tires, Mirkovic said. Responding officers smelled alcohol on Cavaliere’s breath and had him taken to the hospital in their custody to be treated for a cut on his h…
Hasbrouck Heights PD: DWI Driver Who Crashed Car Into Airport Fence Threatens To Shoot Officers Hasbrouck Heights PD: DWI Driver Who Crashed Car Into Airport Fence Threatens To Shoot Officers
Hasbrouck Heights PD: DWI Driver Who Crashed Car Into Airport Fence Threatens To Shoot Officers A drunk Moonachie driver whose sedan slammed into a fence at Teterboro Airport in the middle of the night threatened to “take your guns and shoot you with them,” said Hasbrouck Heights police who arrested him. Officers found the 2008 BMW against an airport fence off Industrial Road around 3:40 a.m. Sunday, Police Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. They tried to administer a field test to Gazmend Kaba, 37, but he “became irate, yelling and screaming, trying to provoke a fight and saying, ‘I’m gonna take your guns and shoot you with them,” Colaneri said. Officers arrested Kaba, who also was driv…
Police: Passaic Sheriff's Officer Takes Keys Of DWI Motorist Who Drove Onto Closed Bridge Police: Passaic Sheriff's Officer Takes Keys Of DWI Motorist Who Drove Onto Closed Bridge
Police: Passaic Sheriff's Officer Takes Keys Of DWI Motorist Who Drove Onto Closed Bridge A Passaic County sheriff’s officer had to pull the keys from a vehicle that a drunken West Milford man tried driving through a closed bridge construction site in the middle of the afternoon, authorities said. Brian Shand, 67, of Hewitt also refused to submit a breath sample, according to a police report. Township police were summoned by a sheriff’s officer on a traffic control detail on Union Valley Road. She told Officer James McMahon that she’d taken the keys after Shand ignored her instructions and drove through the road closure around 3 p.m. March 25, they said. Shand failed a roadsid…
West Milford PD: Drunk Driver Plows Through Neighbor's Flower Bed, Booze In Hand, After Warning West Milford PD: Drunk Driver Plows Through Neighbor's Flower Bed, Booze In Hand, After Warning
West Milford PD: Drunk Driver Plows Through Neighbor's Flower Bed, Booze In Hand, After Warning West Milford police had just left a drunken township woman’s home after telling her not to drive when she got behind the wheel and plowed through her neighbor’s flower bed, authorities said. Police called to do a welfare check in the middle of the afternoon found 49-year-old MaryAnn Norczyk intoxicated at her home, according to a police report. “Being that she was not a harm to herself or others, officers warned her not to drive and left the residence,” the report says. “A short time later police received a call that [Norczyk] left her residence in her car and drove over the neighbor’s flo…
Glen Rock PD: Hawthorne DWI Driver Hits Fence, Fountain, Trees -- And House Glen Rock PD: Hawthorne DWI Driver Hits Fence, Fountain, Trees -- And House
Glen Rock PD: Hawthorne DWI Driver Hits Fence, Fountain, Trees -- And House A Hawthorne tax consultant was drunk when his car careened off the road before dawn, damaging a Glen Rock homeowner’s fence, fountain, trees and grass before hitting the house itself, authorities said. Brian Taveras, 25, of Hawthorne was headed south on Lincoln Avenue when the crash occurred just before 2:30 a.m. Friday at the corner of Rock Road just across the border from Hawthorne, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Police charged Taveras with DWI and issued him a summons for careless driving, then released him to the custody of a sober adult while impounding his vehicle for 12 hours unde…
DWI Driver From East Hanover Shoved Police, Threw Shoe At Computer, Chatham Police Charge DWI Driver From East Hanover Shoved Police, Threw Shoe At Computer, Chatham Police Charge
DWI Driver From East Hanover Shoved Police, Threw Shoe At Computer, Chatham Police Charge A 21-year-old drunk driver from East Hanover threw a shoe at a computer and shoved a police officer, authorities said. Chatham Borough police officers gave Michael Relich a field sobriety test after stopping him for speeding on Main Street around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, Detective Sgt. Michael Bochniak said. He was being given a breath test at police headquarters when he threw a shoe at a computer monitor and shoved an officer, Bochniak said. Redlich, who was arrested on drug charges after a 2016 traffic stop in Millburn, was charged this time with DWI, obstruction, crimin…
Mount Olive PD: License Plate Left Behind Leads To Drunk Driver Mount Olive PD: License Plate Left Behind Leads To Drunk Driver
Mount Olive PD: License Plate Left Behind Leads To Drunk Driver A license plate that fell off a hit-and-run vehicle that damaged a fence led Mount Olive police directly to a driver who they said was drunk when she answered the door. Margaret Anderson-Elbolini, 52 of Hackettstown, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that veered off River Road and hit the fence around 6:15 p.m. Saturday, according to a Mount Olive police report. Responding officers found the license plate and traced the vehicle's registration to a home in Vasa Park, it says. Anderson-Elbolini appeared drunk when she answered the door, so police gave her a field sobriety test, acc…
Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Who Hit Car Found Behind Wheel Of Idling Pickup Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Who Hit Car Found Behind Wheel Of Idling Pickup
Wayne PD: DWI Motorist Who Hit Car Found Behind Wheel Of Idling Pickup An intoxicated 52-year-old Wayne motorist was still behind the wheel down the block from a hit-and-run crash when police said they found his pickup idling in the middle of the street. Responding Officer Erik Ferschman took Richard D. Jezercak into custody near his Fifth Street home around 7:15 p.m. Saturday after he smelled of alcohol, “showed balance trouble and had slurred speech,” Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Jezercak was still behind the wheel of the 1998 Dodge pickup, which was stopped and idling in the middle of the street, Martin said. Jezercak was charged with DWI after re…
West Milford PD: Drunk Driver Keeps Going On Flat Tire, Bashed Front End, After Rock Wall Crash West Milford PD: Drunk Driver Keeps Going On Flat Tire, Bashed Front End, After Rock Wall Crash
West Milford PD: Drunk Driver Keeps Going On Flat Tire, Bashed Front End, After Rock Wall Crash A drunk driver kept going on a flat tire, with the front end of his car heavily damaged and the hazard lights on, after hitting a rock wall, West Milford police said. Another motorist followed him and called police, who stopped 51-year-old Mark Vandersluys after the hit-and-run Macopin Road crash, authorities said. He “exhibited signs of intoxication and was placed under arrest for DWI after failing his sobriety tests,” they said. Vandersluys also was charged with leaving the scene of a crash, failing to report it, failing to maintain a lane, refusing to submit to a breath test and having …
Wyckoff PD: Drunk Driver On Cellphone Stopped After Drifting Into Oncoming Traffic Wyckoff PD: Drunk Driver On Cellphone Stopped After Drifting Into Oncoming Traffic
Wyckoff PD: Drunk Driver On Cellphone Stopped After Drifting Into Oncoming Traffic An Oakland driver was drunk and using a cellphone when her car veered into oncoming traffic in Wyckoff, said police who arrested her. Patricia Morales, 26, was released to a family member and her Hyundai was held for 12 hours, under John’s Law, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Alerted to an erratic driver in the area of Franklin and Wyckoff avenues, Officer Michael Finn followed the Hyundai onto Russell Avenue and saw it “drift from the right lane and completely enter the lane of oncoming traffic” just after 11:30 p.m. Friday, Soto said. Finn took Morales into custody. She was given summonses for DW…
Tenafly Police: Officers Break Window To Remove Resisting DWI Driver From Car Tenafly Police: Officers Break Window To Remove Resisting DWI Driver From Car
Tenafly Police: Officers Break Window To Remove Resisting DWI Driver From Car Tenafly officers had to break a window to get an argumentative – and suspended -- drunk driver out of his car after it swerved toward oncoming traffic, authorities said Wednesday. Officer Maxwell Werner was following the Toyota sedan when it swerved into the opposite lane on East Clinton Avenue near Buckingham Road just after 1 a.m. Saturday, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The driver, 26-year-old Manolo Morales of Ramapo, “was argumentative and refused to provide his identification and vehicle documents” after Werner pulled him over, deMoncada said. Werner smelled alcohol and saw evidence o…
Happy New You're Under Arrest: Franklin Lakes Man Busted For DWI In New Year's Eve Crash Happy New You're Under Arrest: Franklin Lakes Man Busted For DWI In New Year's Eve Crash
Happy New You're Under Arrest: Franklin Lakes Man Busted For DWI In New Year's Eve Crash The clock was minutes from striking midnight New Year's Eve when a Franklin Lakes motorist hit a parked car with his vehicle and was arrested for DWI and reckless driving, authorities said. Jay Johnson, 48, was taken into custody after the 11:36 p.m. crash Monday on Indian Trail Drive, Capt. John Bakelaar said. He was later released to a responsible adult and his vehicle was temporarily impounded, under John’s Law.