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Prominent Musician Who Worked With KISS Dies After Mom, 90, Crashes Car In New Jersey: Police
A 61-year-old musician who worked with KISS, died on Wednesday, Feb. 19 after his 90-year-old mother crashed a car into a tree in Bridgewater, authorities said.
At 7:20 a.m., Arna Cochran was driving a 2015 Subaru Legacy on private property, when she backed the vehicle across the front yard and struck a tree, ejecting her son, Karl, Bridgewater police said.
Karl was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick where he succumbed to his injuries. This crash is still under investigation by the Bridgewater Township Police Department's Traffic Safety Bureau an…
NJ Teen Mom Left Baby In Getaway Car During Botched NY Vehicle Theft, Police Say
A New Jersey woman and a teenage boy were caught attempting to steal a running vehicle in Hewlett while an infant sat in their getaway car, police said.
Officers responded to a home on Seawane Road around 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, after a resident saw an unknown male inside his running vehicle, Nassau County police said. When confronted, the suspect fled in a white Hyundai driven by an unknown female.
A canvass of the area led officers to the vehicle, where they arrested 19-year-old Melissa Maldonado of Clifton, NJ, and a male juvenile, authorities said. Police discovered Maldonado…
Wrong-Way Driver Leads Cops On Multi-County Pursuit In Westchester, Putnam: Police
A 47-year-old New Jersey man was jailed after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase across Westchester and Putnam counties, driving into oncoming traffic, and ignoring orders to stop, authorities said.
Bergen County resident Noel Mendez of Fairview, age 47, was arrested on felony reckless endangerment charges following a multi-jurisdiction police pursuit in November that ended in Putnam County, Yorktown Police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
According to the department, the chase began at around 11 a.m. on Nov. 27, 2024, when Yorktown officers were alerted to a susp…
Sleeping Man In Plow Blocks I-287 Ramp, Found Nearly 3 Times Over Legal Limit: Nysp
A Putnam County man was nabbed on DWI charges after being found asleep in an idling tractor with a plow, blocking an exit ramp on Interstate 287 in Westchester, police said.
The arrest resulted from an incident on Saturday, Feb. 15 at just before 6:30 p.m., when police found a man sleeping inside a tractor with a plow that was blocking the I-287 Eastbound Exit 3 ramp leading to Sprain Brook Parkway in Elmsford, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Upon arrival, troopers found the red 2024 Yanmar tractor running, obstructing the roadway. The driver, later identifie…
Hit-Run: Teen Flees Scene After Injuring Victim In Westchester, Police Say
A 19-year-old man has been charged after allegedly hitting and injuring a victim with a vehicle and fleeing the scene in Westchester, police announced.
Peekskill resident Joe William Coronel, age 19, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 13 in connection with a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian injured on Tuesday, Feb. 13, just after 8 p.m. on Kear Street, the Yorktown Police Department announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
According to police, multiple 911 calls reported that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle, which then allegedly fled the scene without stopping. Officers, along with Yorktown M…
Ex-BF Wanted In PA Mom's Murder Leads Pursuit, Arrested After Crashing In Westchester: Nysp
A Philadelphia man who has been wanted in the killing of his ex-girlfriend, a young mother whose body was discovered in a shallow grave last year, was arrested in Westchester County, NY following a routine motor vehicle stop and brief police pursuit, authorities said.
Geovanni Otero, 29, is accused of killing Melody Rivera, 29, who a devoted mom, was found buried in the 900 block of Tustin Avenue in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Philadelphia on Nov. 7, 2024, days after she was reported missing, as Daily Voice previously reported.
On Saturday, Feb. 15, Otero was behind the wh…
