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West Milford PD: Garfield Driver, 19, Whose Car Snapped Pole, Downed Wires Was DWI
A 19-year-old driver from Garfield was intoxicated when her car slammed into a utility pole, slid down an embankment and landed on its side in West Milford, authorities said.
Officers who responded to the reported crash on Westbrook Road near Snake Den Road on Aug. 5 found a snapped utility pole and downed power lines, West Milford police said in a release on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
They also found Jessica Szewczyk next to her blue 2022 Subaru WRX, which landed on its passenger side, according to the release.
Szewczyk “displayed signs of being under the influence of an alcoholic beverage,” the r…
Pizza Guy Charged With DWI, Reckless Driving In Fair Lawn Rollover Crash
A pizza delivery man was drunk when he rolled his SUV in Fair Lawn and had to be extricated by firefighters, authorities said.
Fair Lawn Rescue Squad members cut out the windshield to free John Keegan, 59, of Ridgewood, after the vehicle hit a parked car and landed on its side on Broadway at 30th Street Monday evening, March 21, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.
Members of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps checked Keegan out, found him uninjured and turn him over to police, Metzler said.
Officers arrested him after Keegan refused to submit to a roadside sobriety test, the sergeant said.
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'Special K,' Ecstasy Seized In Separate Lyndhurst Stops
Lyndhurst police made separate weekend drug arrests following traffic stops in the same area.
Officer Michael Clifford stopped an older model BMW with a cracked windshield and expired inspection sticker in the area of Polito Avenue and Wall Sreet West late Friday, Detective Lt. Michael Auteri said.
The vehicle also had a temporary license plate that, it turned out, belonged to another vehicle, he said.
The driver, Marco Ribeiro, 40, of Newark was carrying Ecstasy and was unlicensed, Auteri said.
He was charged with drug possession, issued traffic summonses and released pending a hearing. …
DWI Clubgoer Hits Passaic Police Car, Parked Vehicles, People, Authorities Say
A drunken patron was arrested after his sedan slammed into a Passaic police car and two other vehicles as left a local nightclub, authorities said.
Four pedestrians claimed they also were hit by the 2002 Toyota Camry outside the Fiesta Night Club on President Street shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Luis Guzman said.
All four left, however, before ambulances got there or police could get any information from them, he said.
Officers assigned to make sure closing time went smoothly heard a loud crash and spotted the Camry, driven by city resident Nicholas Martinez, 21, Guzman sai…
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…
