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Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High
Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High Oakland police arrested a local dad who they said brought his 4-year-old son to court with him to answer drug-related charges while he was high. Jared Spingler, 37, was "heavily under the influence" of some type of narcotic when Officers Jonathan Coleman and Bryan Rowin found him sitting in Municipal Court with his son last Thursday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. They arrested Spingler on charges of child endangerment and driving while under the influence of drugs, he said. Spingler, his now-ex-wife and their son were featured in news stories after the boy beat cancer in 2015, just before h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Whose Jeep Hit Route 208 Guardrail, Median Was Under Influence, Franklin Lakes PD Says Driver Whose Jeep Hit Route 208 Guardrail, Median Was Under Influence, Franklin Lakes PD Says
Driver Whose Jeep Hit Route 208 Guardrail, Median Was Under Influence, Franklin Lakes PD Says A driver was under the influence of drugs when her Jeep bounced off the shoulder guardrail and smashed into the center median of Route 208 in Franklin Lakes Tuesday night, authorities said. Aimee Dumont-Peppel, 59, of Chester, NJ (Morris County) was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center following the 9 p.m. southbound crash, Capt. John Bakelaar said Wednesday. The Jeep had just passed the Colonial Road exit when it “veered into the right lane, crossing the rumble strips and striking the guard rail,” he said. It then “crossed all lanes into the left shoulder, approximately 150 feet …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police Suspect DWI In Hawthorne Crash Police Suspect DWI In Hawthorne Crash
Police Suspect DWI In Hawthorne Crash A collision in Hawthorne led to charges against one of the drivers, whom police suspected of driving under the influence. Borough police, firefighters and EMS responded to Tuesday's crash involving a Jeep and Volkswagen Jetta -- whose driver had to be extricated -- at the intersection of Goffel Road and Warburton Avenue. One driver was expected to be taken into custody for processing by police after being released from the hospital. At least one other occupant of one of the vehicles was hospitalized, as well. A flatbed tow truck removed both wrecks from the roadway. Firefighters tended to …

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by Jerry DeMarco