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Of All Places For A DWI Crash: South Hackensack Police Nab Driver Outside HQ Of All Places For A DWI Crash: South Hackensack Police Nab Driver Outside HQ
Of All Places For A DWI Crash: South Hackensack Police Nab Driver Outside HQ South Hackensack police didn’t have far to bring a suspected drunk driver following a mid-afternoon rollover crash. Surveillance cameras outside their headquarters captured video of Linus P. Rodrigues, 48, of the Bronx swinging a 2009 Toyota RAV 4 onto Franklin Street at 2:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. The Toyota hit a parked 1998 Buick Century, then rolled onto its side and slid about 20 feet, the sergeant said. South Hackensack firefighters extricated Rodrigues and turned him over to the Little Ferry First Aid Corps, Donatello said. Rodrigues – who had n…

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Tow Truck Driver Responds To NJ Call Impaired, Arrested By Police Tow Truck Driver Responds To NJ Call Impaired, Arrested By Police
Tow Truck Driver Responds To NJ Call Impaired, Arrested By Police A tow truck driver from Bergenfield was impaired when he responded to a call in Ridgewood, then left both doors of his rig open and split, said police who found him hoofing it a block or so away. The owner of the disabled car requested a tow behind the Daily Treat Restaurant on East Ridgewood Avenue late Sunday afternoon. Andrew Velardo, 34, showed up and began "acting oddly," Ridgewood Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. The owner said he refused to let Velardo take his car because he appeared impaired. Then he called police. Luthcke said Velardo responded by walking off, "leaving his…

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Police: Suspended DWI Driver Crashes Unregistered Vehicle On Route 208 Police: Suspended DWI Driver Crashes Unregistered Vehicle On Route 208
Police: Suspended DWI Driver Crashes Unregistered Vehicle On Route 208 A suspended Union County driver was drunk when he crashed an unregistered vehicle on Route 208 in Glen Rock, authorities said. Responding to a call shortly before 6 a.m., Officer Sarah Orsita found the car crashed into a curb on the overpass above DeBoer Drive, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Orsita got Angel Concepcion-Gonzalez, 26, of Union out with help from Hawthorne police and found him intoxicated, the chief said. Concepcion-Gonzalez, who wasn’t injured, was arrested for DWI, then also received summonses for driving an unregistered vehicle while on the suspended list. Hi…

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NJSP: Drunk Driver Flees Meadowlands Stop, Hits Trooper Cruiser NJSP: Drunk Driver Flees Meadowlands Stop, Hits Trooper Cruiser
Njsp: Drunk Driver Flees Meadowlands Stop, Hits Trooper Cruiser A drunk driver who fled a New Jersey State Police stop at the Meadowlands hit another trooper's vehicle Thursday night before his car stalled and he was arrested, authorities said. Christian Morel, 23, of Queens kept going after a trooper tried stopping his Infinity shortly before 6:30 p.m., NJSP Lt. Jeffrey Flynn said. The vehicle then side-swiped a marked State Police cruiser in the complex that was involved in a separate motor vehicle stop, Flynn said. Morel drove out onto westbound Route 3, where his car bounced off some curbs and became disabled while still in East Rutherford, the li…

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Fair Lawn PD: DWI Bogota Motorist Crashes, Keeps Going Fair Lawn PD: DWI Bogota Motorist Crashes, Keeps Going
Fair Lawn PD: DWI Bogota Motorist Crashes, Keeps Going A Bogota man was drunk when he crashed his car into another and kept going, Fair Lawn police said. Officers found the disabled 2005 Honda Accord on Fair Lawn Avenue, nearly five blocks from where it struck a 2009 Honda Civic at the corner of 11th Street and Long Road, shortly before 11:30 p.m. this past Saturday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Still behind the wheel was Angel Garcia-Gantier, 34, he said. Garcia-Gantier failed a roadside sobriety test and was taken into custody, Metzler said. His vehicle was impounded and Garcia-Gantier was released to a responsible adult under John’s Law. He’s…

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DWI Motorist From Rockland Drives Wrong Way On Route 208, Oakland PD Says DWI Motorist From Rockland Drives Wrong Way On Route 208, Oakland PD Says
DWI Motorist From Rockland Drives Wrong Way On Route 208, Oakland PD Says A Rockland woman was drunk when she drove the wrong way on Route 208, police in Oakland said. Marie Heller, 61, of Nanuet had driven her 2003 Honda Pilot north in the southbound lanes shortly after 1:30 a.m. Monday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said.  Somehow, it didn't hit anything. Officer Michael Griffin, responding to a call from the Oakland First Aid Squad, stopped Heller after she tried getting onto Route 287, he said. Police processed Heller at headquarters, temporarily impounded her car and released her to a responsible adult pending a Municipal Court hearing under John's Law, Eldr…

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Authorities: DWI Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Elmwood Park Police Authorities: DWI Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Elmwood Park Police
Authorities: DWI Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Elmwood Park Police A Hackensack car salesman from Elmwood Park who’d turned 21 just hours earlier was drunk when he struck and critically injured a pedestrian with a sedan right in front of borough police and then took off, authorities said. Omar Firozvi was driving a Ford Fusion that struck an 18-year-old New York man who was standing next to a disabled vehicle on River Drive near Marginal Road shortly after 2 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Borough police officers who were assisting the driver whose car broke down witnessed the crash, then chased and quickly caught Firozvi, who’d kept goin…

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Authorities: Drunk Elmwood Park Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Police Authorities: Drunk Elmwood Park Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Police
Authorities: Drunk Elmwood Park Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Police A car salesman from Elmwood Park who’d turned 21 just hours earlier was drunk when he struck and critically injured a pedestrian right in front of borough police and then tried to flee, authorities said. Omar Firozvi was driving a Ford Fusion that struck an 18-year-old New York man who was standing next to a disabled vehicle on River Drive near Marginal Road shortly after 2 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Borough police officers who were assisting the driver whose car broke down witnessed the crash, then chased and quickly caught Firozvi, who’d kept going north on River D…

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Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger
Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger An Oakland driver was drunk when he crashed his car into a utility pole, sending his female passenger to the hospital, authorities said. Tyler Pratt, 29, was driving a 2019 Hyundai Elantra that slammed into the pole on Ramapo Valley Road just south of the Oakland Diner on Sunday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. His passenger, also 29, was taken to Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains with a leg injury, he said. Detective Sgt. Mark Piercy arrested Pratt, assisted by Eldridge and Officer Michael DiDonato. Pratt was charged with assault by auto, DWI and refusing to submit to a breath test b…

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Hudson Driver Charged With DWI In Route 17 Rear-Ender That Injured Westwood Motorist Hudson Driver Charged With DWI In Route 17 Rear-Ender That Injured Westwood Motorist
Hudson Driver Charged With DWI In Route 17 Rear-Ender That Injured Westwood Motorist A Hudson County driver was drunk when her sedan rear-ended a Westwood motorist’s SUV on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights, authorities said. Kimberly Monroe, 24, of Guttenberg was charged after refusing to submit to a breath test following the crash just after midnight Sunday, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri said. Monroe’s 2000 Acura rammed into a Subaru Forester on the northbound highway at Franklin Avenue, Colaneri said. The 54-year-old Westwood driver complained of back pain but refused hospitalization. Monroe, meanwhile, was charged with DWI, refusing to submit to a breath test and carele…

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Ridgewood Businessman Charged With Assault In Franklin Lakes DWI Crash That Injured Woman Ridgewood Businessman Charged With Assault In Franklin Lakes DWI Crash That Injured Woman
Ridgewood Businessman Charged With Assault In Franklin Lakes DWI Crash That Injured Woman A financial planner from Ridgewood was drunk when his Jeep slammed into a tree in Franklin Lakes seriously injuring a woman who was with him, authorities said. George R. Hill V, 47 was standing outside the 2005 Wrangler, which had passenger-side damage, when police arrived at the Indian Trail Club on Franklin Lake Road around 8 p.m. Sunday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. His 40-year-old front-seat passenger was taken with serious injuries to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was reported in stable condition, the prosecutor said. Detectives charged Hill with assau…

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Police: Drunk Jersey Shore Driver's SUV Topples Two Traffic Lights, Burns Up Police: Drunk Jersey Shore Driver's SUV Topples Two Traffic Lights, Burns Up
Police: Drunk Jersey Shore Driver's SUV Topples Two Traffic Lights, Burns Up A Jersey Shore driver was drunk when his SUV knocked down two highway traffic lights in a row before careening across oncoming traffic and catching fire, authorities said Monday. Toms River police said they found Kristofer I. Coltenback, 43, of Manchester standing outside his burning Ford Explorer shortly after 3 a.m. Coltenback, who had a prior criminal record, was driving on the revoked list as he headed west on Route 37 approaching the Peter Avenue intersection when he swerved to the left, police said in a release. The Explorer struck the highway divider before knocking down the first t…

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