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Nine Arrested In 'Drive Sober' Campaign: Bayonne PD Nine Arrested In 'Drive Sober' Campaign: Bayonne PD
Nine Arrested In 'Drive Sober' Campaign: Bayonne PD Nine people have been arrested in Bayonne for DWI in December, as police aim to step up enforcement of drinking and driving. Robert Geisler, the chief of police, said six people have been arrested since officers started targeted patrols and charged with driving while intoxicated, while nine people have been arrested since the beginning of the month, Geisler said. Through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the city launched a campaign reminding drivers to "drive sober or get pulled over." From 2017-2021, there were more than 4,500 people killed in alcohol impair…

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by Sam Barron
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Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes
Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood pedestrians were struck Friday by vehicles only three blocks and barely 45 minutes apart, authorities said. A 45-year-old woman was struck at 9:45 a.m. at the intersection of East Palisade Avenue and South Dean Street by a 1999 Buick Century driven by a 77-year-old man, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The sedan driver was turning right onto South Dean from East Palisade when he hit her in the crosswalk on Dean Street, he said. The woman wasn’t seriously injured, the deputy chief said. Nor was a 24-year-old pedestrian who was struck around 10:30 a.m. by a 2007 GMC …

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by Jerry DeMarco