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Menendez Accepted Benz As Bribe Following Fatal Wreck Caused By His Wife In Bergen: Reports Menendez Accepted Benz As Bribe Following Fatal Wreck Caused By His Wife In Bergen: Reports
Menendez Accepted Benz As Bribe Following Fatal Wreck Caused By His Wife In Bergen: Reports A fatal 2018 car crash in Bergen County involving his wife is what led to embattled New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez accepting bribes to influence a criminal case, according to the federal indictment levied against him.  Nadine Arslanian, the now-wife of embattled Senator Robert Menendez, was involved in a fatal car crash in Bogota in 2018, according to The New York Times. The couple, who married in 2020, were dating at the time of the incident. Arslanian, who was also named in the federal indictments accusing Menendez of accepting bribes from the government of Egypt, among other indiscreti…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Grand Jury Reviews Jersey Shore Passenger's Death In Accused Armed Burglar's Crash With Police Grand Jury Reviews Jersey Shore Passenger's Death In Accused Armed Burglar's Crash With Police
Grand Jury Reviews Jersey Shore Passenger's Death In Accused Armed Burglar's Crash With Police “Oh, sh*t! He’s drivin’!” a Long Branch police officer shouts before his cruiser and a vehicle driven by an armed ex-con slam head-on into one another. Officer Lucas Brito and his colleagues were racing to a 911 call of an attempted home invasion by a masked man with a gun around 4 a.m. this past Aug. 14. Brito’s cruiser collided near the corner of MacArthur and Elmwood avenues with a vehicle driven by the prime suspect in the burglary, Altonia Williams, 45, of Long Branch. Williams bailed out of the BMW 328i and was instantly captured by officers who converged on the accident scene. Two…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Dump Truck Driver, 32, Killed In Sussex County Crash: State Police Dump Truck Driver, 32, Killed In Sussex County Crash: State Police
Dump Truck Driver, 32, Killed In Sussex County Crash: State Police A dump truck driver was killed in a Sussex County crash Monday, August 21, state police confirmed. The crash occurred near 78 Fox Hill Road in Frankford Township just after 10:20 a.m., NJSP Det. I Jeffrey Lebron told Daily Voice. Joseph S. Spagnuolo, 32, was heading north in a Ford 800 dump truck when the vehicle veered off the left side of the road, hit the guardrail, and overturned into the woods, Lebron said. Spagnuolo, of Frankford Township, was killed in the crash. The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said. No further details were released.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Deadly Crash Shuts Down Route 33 In Northampton County, State Police Say Deadly Crash Shuts Down Route 33 In Northampton County, State Police Say
Deadly Crash Shuts Down Route 33 In Northampton County, State Police Say UPDATE: The victims were identified as Alexis Robinson, 39, her husband, Darrell Robinson, 42, and their 16-year-old daughter, Tahlia Robinson, all from Blakeslee, Pennsylvania. Crash scene is clear and State Route 33 Northbound is now open. This fatal crash remains under investigation by PSP Belfast. @wfmztraffic @lehighvalley @mcall @LehighAlerts — Trooper Branosky (@PSPTroopMPIO) March 24, 2022 ----------------------------------- A deadly Thursday morning crash shut down Route 33 in Northampton County, state police said. The crash was reported in the northbound lanes near milepos…

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by Valerie Musson
News
North Bergen Driver Charged In Horrific Route 17 Crash In Hasbrouck Heights North Bergen Driver Charged In Horrific Route 17 Crash In Hasbrouck Heights
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Police Officer Gets 8 Months Prison For Killing Sussex Pedestrian Ex-Police Officer Gets 8 Months Prison For Killing Sussex Pedestrian
Ex-Police Officer Gets 8 Months Prison For Killing Sussex Pedestrian A former police officer from Central Jersey got a reduced jail sentence on Wednesday for a fatal DWI crash that killed a pedestrian from Sussex County, authorities said. Jake Pascucci, 31, was off-duty when the fatal crash occurred in Long Branch three years ago, according to ​Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. The former police officer's original jail sentence was overturned after an appeal by his defense lawyer, Ciccone said. Karen Borkowski, 66, of Stanhope Borough was struck and killed as she crossed the street on Sept. 22, 2017. Ciccone said. Superior Co…

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by Jon Craig