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Unlicensed, Uninsured Driver Climbs Out, Walks Off, Gets 14 Tickets After Cliffside Crash Unlicensed, Uninsured Driver Climbs Out, Walks Off, Gets 14 Tickets After Cliffside Crash
Unlicensed, Uninsured Driver Climbs Out, Walks Off, Gets 14 Tickets After Cliffside Crash An out-of-state driver with no license, registration or insurance was apparently intoxicated when she rear-ended a pickup truck at a busy Cliffside Park intersection, then climbed out of her overturned SUV and walked away, authorities said. Caitlin Riggs, 36, of Wakefield, RI was headed south on Anderson Avenue at Edgewater Road when her 2015 Nissan Versa slammed into a 2011 Dodge Ram shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The Versa landed on its roof outside the A.K. Macagna Funeral Home, while the pickup had its bed crumpled and a tire flattened. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Texas Driver Who Killed Man On Garden State Parkway Was Wanted In 2014 Hit-Run: Police Texas Driver Who Killed Man On Garden State Parkway Was Wanted In 2014 Hit-Run: Police
Texas Driver Who Killed Man On Garden State Parkway Was Wanted In 2014 Hit-Run: Police A 31-year-old Texas driver who struck and killed an Elizabeth man walking on the Garden State Parkway last month had a warrant stemming from a similar incident in 2014, said arresting authorities. Fornice Cary Boatner 3rd was operating a 2007 silver Dodge Ram with a temporary Texas license plate when he struck Felipe Dos-Santos, 31, on the Parkway at milepost 130.4 in Woodbridge on May 22, around 1 a.m. — then fled the scene, said New Jersey State Police alongside the Liberty County Sheriff's Office. Boatner fled the scene and Santos' body was found in a ditch three days later, police …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Wrong-Way Hit-Run DWI Driver Mounts Ridgewood Sidewalk, Plows Over Parking Signs Police: Wrong-Way Hit-Run DWI Driver Mounts Ridgewood Sidewalk, Plows Over Parking Signs
Police: Wrong-Way Hit-Run DWI Driver Mounts Ridgewood Sidewalk, Plows Over Parking Signs An Upper Saddle River motorist was drunk when he drove into oncoming traffic and onto a Ridgewood sidewalk, knocking over parking signs, before his SUV slammed into another vehicle several blocks away, authorities said. One of the damaged signs was wedged into the front bumper of his Kia when police found Kenneth Nelson, 53, several blocks away, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. After at first driving into oncoming traffic and on the sidewalk on Cottage Street, Nelson continued down Franklin Avenue to North Maple Avenue around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Luthcke said. He made it to East Glen Av…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Chatham PD: Trio Of Outdoor Diners Injured In Tractor-Trailer Hit-Run Chatham PD: Trio Of Outdoor Diners Injured In Tractor-Trailer Hit-Run
Chatham PD: Trio Of Outdoor Diners Injured In Tractor-Trailer Hit-Run A Morris County tractor-trailer driver fled the scene after striking a pole that fell and injured three people who were eating at a restaurant outdoors, authorities charged. The driver -- whose name was not released -- was near Main Street and North Passaic Avenue in Chatham when he hit the pole, which fell and injured three people eating outside at Arminio’s Italian Corner around 8:50 p.m. on Wednesday, borough police said in a release. The driver continued down North Passaic Avenue and was stopped soon after by officers in Florham Park, authorities said. Two of the three victim…

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by Valerie Musson
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Jurors Convict Passaic Man Of Leaving Route 21 Crash That Seriously Injured Newark Man Jurors Convict Passaic Man Of Leaving Route 21 Crash That Seriously Injured Newark Man
Jurors Convict Passaic Man Of Leaving Route 21 Crash That Seriously Injured Newark Man A Passaic man faces several years in state prison for walking away from a Route 21 crash that seriously injured a Newark driver. Jurors in Paterson convicted Elijarh Hogges, 32, on Thursday of aggravated assault, assault by auto, leaving the scene of a crash resulting in serious injury and victim endangerment following a week-long trial in Superior Court. Hogges drove a 2013 Audi Q5 through a red light at the Dayton Avenue intersection and struck the 37-year-old victim’s 2012 Chevy Malibu, which was exiting the Route 21 ramp, on May 27, 2017, Senior Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Julie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Old Tappan Police: DWI Hit-Run Driver Tracked Down, Jailed After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian Old Tappan Police: DWI Hit-Run Driver Tracked Down, Jailed After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian
Old Tappan Police: DWI Hit-Run Driver Tracked Down, Jailed After Seriously Injuring Pedestrian UPDATE: Old Tappan police tracked down a DWI motorist from town after she struck a pedestrian and took off early Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Officers arrested Meredith Lubell, 33, after finding her at her DeWolf Road home, Police Chief Thomas Shine said. Moments earlier, the chief said, she struck the 41-year-old Paterson victim with her Jeep in the parking lot of the Bi-State Plaza on Old Tappan Road – exactly a mile from her house. A witness gave police a license plate number that led directly to Lubell following the 12:35 p.m. 911 call, he said. Police charged her with DWI, as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Oakland PD: Debris Trail Leads To Hit-Run DWI Driver Oakland PD: Debris Trail Leads To Hit-Run DWI Driver
Oakland PD: Debris Trail Leads To Hit-Run DWI Driver A drunk driver fled the scene after his sedan slammed into a utility pole, said Oakland police who had little trouble tracking him down. Officers responding to Saturday’s crash on Ramapo Valley Road near Pawnee Avenue “located parts to a dark-colored 2017 Infinity Q50 and followed a trail in the roadway from the crash scene to a residence on Blackfoot Trail,” Capt. Christian Eldridge said. In the driveway they found Steven Scalabrini, 27, the captain said. Scalabrini, an estimating engineer who previously worked in building management for the borough school district (2008-2012), was taken …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Edgewater Police: Drunken Restaurant Patron Hits Pedestrian, 65, Tries To Flee Edgewater Police: Drunken Restaurant Patron Hits Pedestrian, 65, Tries To Flee
Edgewater Police: Drunken Restaurant Patron Hits Pedestrian, 65, Tries To Flee Edgewater police were headed to the call of a drunken patron at a Hudson River restaurant when the woman hit a 65-year-old man with her car, seriously injuring him, said authorities who arrested her. Responding to Thursday night's call from the Outback Steakhouse, Officers Ricardo Hernandez stopped Leila Miller, a 37-year-old local Realtor, as she drove through the shopping center parking lot in her 2019 Toyota Corolla, Detective Sgt. Tim Farrell said. As they were taking Miller into custody, another call came of a pedestrian being struck moments earlier in front of the Target store in the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Cresskill Garment Salesman Charged With Tenafly Hit-Run That Hospitalized Bicyclist Cresskill Garment Salesman Charged With Tenafly Hit-Run That Hospitalized Bicyclist
Cresskill Garment Salesman Charged With Tenafly Hit-Run That Hospitalized Bicyclist A self-employed garment salesman from Cresskill was behind the wheel of a hit-and-run vehicle that injured a bicyclist in Tenafly this past weekend, said authorities who arrested him. A witness captured the license plate of the fleeing vehicle and reported it to police, leading to the arrest of 61-year-old Peter Lee, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday. Lee was driving recklessly when he struck the 28-year-old victim at 4:15 p.m. on County Road, Calo said interviews with witnesses and surveillance video shows.  Surveillance video from a local business s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Franklin Lakes Driver, 76, Was Drunk When He Crashed Sports Car Into Wall, Police Charge Franklin Lakes Driver, 76, Was Drunk When He Crashed Sports Car Into Wall, Police Charge
Franklin Lakes Driver, 76, Was Drunk When He Crashed Sports Car Into Wall, Police Charge A 76-year-old Franklin Lakes man was drunk when he crashed his 2018 Ford Mustang into a rock wall and took off, authorities said. Police arrested Cecil Wright near his Oak Lane home a short distance from the Ewing Avenue crash around 6 p.m. Monday, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Wright, who wasn’t injured, was released pending court action on charges of DWI, leaving the scene of a crash and reckless driving, the captain said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Glen Rock PD: Ridgewood Hit-Run Motorist Chased By Victim Was DWI Glen Rock PD: Ridgewood Hit-Run Motorist Chased By Victim Was DWI
Glen Rock PD: Ridgewood Hit-Run Motorist Chased By Victim Was DWI The victim of a hit-and-run in Glen Rock called police while following the other driver, a Ridgewood woman who police said had been drinking. Sherri Uzoaru, 55, took off after she ran a red light and her car hit the other at the corner of Grove and Prospect streets around 7:40 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The victim followed Uzoaru, dialed 911 and alerted police, who arrested Uzoaru soon after, the chief said. Uzoaru was charged with DWI and given summonses for careless driving and leaving the scene of a crash. Under John’s Law, she was released to a responsible family…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six
Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six Charges mounted against a wrong-way driver who rolled his Mercedes into a building -- injuring five occupants, some of them seriously --while trying to flee East Rutherford police over the weekend. Enrique Luis Garcia, who turns 26 this Wednesday, was on the suspended list when his 2007 Mercedes Benz CL3 blew past police at more than 90 miles an hour on northbound Route 120 around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, launching a chase, records show. Police broke off the chase but a short time later discovered that the car struck the Whitney Building on Paterson Avenue, across from the Candlewyck Diner, just…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars
Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars A drunk driver with a suspended license bailed out of his BMW after it hit two parked cars in Elmwood Park overnight but was quickly caught by borough police, authorities said. Charles Crosby, 30, also had an open container of alcohol in the 2002 Beamer when it struck the two vehicles on Locust Street around 1:20 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He tried to run off by was found several blocks away, the chief said. Crosby, whose last known address was in Masachusetts, was arrested and charged with DWI, Driving while suspended, leaving the scene of a crash, having the open c…

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by Jerry DeMarco