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DWI Driver Who Killed Popular NJ Restaurant Owner Learns Fate: Prosecutor
A 51-year-old Seaside Park woman was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of Robert Popovics, authorities announced Friday, June 26.
At 9:30 p.m., on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, Seaside Heights police responded to Dupont Avenue and the Boulevard after a dark colored Sedan driven by Genell McInaw struck Popovics and fled the scene, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
Popovics, 75, was unconscious in the roadway with serious bodily injuries, Billhimer said. Popovics was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Cent…
Speeding, Drunk Elizabeth Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Local Baker: Cops
An Elizabeth man has been charged months after police say he drove drunk, crossed into oncoming traffic, and caused a head-on crash that killed another city resident.
Jorge Echeverri, 40, surrendered to the Elizabeth Police Department on Thursday, June 25, in connection with the crash that claimed the life of Michael Cosme, 51, of Elizabeth, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca, and Police Director Earl Graves announced.
Echeverri was heading along Elizabeth Avenue in a white Jeep Grand Cherokee with one passenger when he crossed the double yellow …
NJ Driver Cited After Tractor-Trailer Overturns, Spills Trash At I-87 Service Area: Police
A New Jersey woman was issued citations after the tractor-trailer she was driving rolled over on its side and spilled trash at a New York State Thruway service area in Ulster County, NY, police said.
The crash happened just before 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, when troopers responded to the Malden Service Area on Interstate 87 in Saugerties for a tractor-trailer rollover, New York State Police announced on Friday, June 26.
After arriving at the scene, investigators found the driver, 35-year-old Michelle Paulino Rosario of Kearny, New Jersey, had been operating a 2016 Freightliner when s…
New Charges For NJ Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student: Prosecutor
A 36-year-old former middle school teacher in New Jersey is facing additional charges after she was accused of having sex with one of her students, authorities announced Wednesday, June 24.
A grand jury indicted Ashley Fisler, a Washington Township resident, on 12 counts including sexual assault of a minor, along with new charges of pattern of misconduct, manufacturing child sexual abuse material, possession of child sexual abuse material, and distribution of obscenity to a minor, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.
The victim, now an adult, said they had sexual relat…
Mass Shooting Suspect Arrested: 2 Killed, 3 Injured In Philadelphia Police Say (Update)
A man accused of stepping out of a vehicle wearing a mask and opening fire into a crowd in Philadelphia has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting that left two young men dead and three others wounded, police announced on Tuesday, June 23.
Marquis Andrews was taken into custody on Monday, June 23, and transferred from the Philadelphia Federal Detention Center to the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit, where he faces charges for his alleged role in the shooting, authorities said.
The attack happened around 8:40 p.m. on Monday, March 30, on the 300 block of South 60th Street, accordi…
