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Drunk NJ Man Found Sleeping In Car On I-95 In NY Almost Hits Cop After Waking Up: Police
A driver from New Jersey is accused of passing out drunk behind the wheel in an active work zone on Interstate 95 in Westchester County, NY, then nearly hitting a trooper as he tried to drive away, police said. The incident a little before 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, in the town of Pelham, according to New York State Police. Troopers said they found Ramiro Efrain Tarcoguaman, 27, of New Jersey, unresponsive inside a 2013 Chevrolet stopped in the northbound center lane. Officers broke a rear passenger window to reach him, at which point he allegedly shifted into drive, forcing a tr…
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: NJ Woman 4X Legal Limit Rear-Ends Parked Car En Route To Manicure, Cops Say
Newly-released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a New Jersey woman who police say was nearly four times the legal limit when she rear-ended another vehicle on her way to get her nails done over the summer. Jill Mannix, 51, of Little Silver, had a blood alcohol content of 0.332% — more than four times the legal limit of 0.08% — after police arrested her Wednesday, July 30, just before 4 p.m. in Little Silver, according to police documents obtained by Daily Voice. Bodycam footage of Mannix's arrest was shared by Transparency Bodycam this weekend to YouTube. Patrolman Christopher Gilmore r…
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NJ DUI Assistant Prosecutor Found Passed Out Outside Car On 30th Birthday, Bodycam Shows
An Essex County assistant prosecutor celebrating her 30th birthday was arrested for DWI after Edgewater police found her passed out outside her car in a parking lot in March, according to authorities and newly-released bodycam footage. The footage shared by Transparency Bodycam shows the March 8 arrest of Bryashia "Bry" Atchison-Henderson. According to online records and Daily Voice sources, Atchison-Henderson is an assistant prosecutor with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Arresting documents also state her occupation as assistant prosecutor. Daily Voice reached out to the…
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Jack Ciattarelli's Son Blew 0.20% After Crashing New Bronco, Bodycam Released On Father's Day
Newly released bodycam footage shows the moment Anthony Ciattarelli — son of Trump-endorsed candidate for New Jersey governor Jack Ciattarelli, who won the primary last week— was arrested for DWI after crashing his brand-new Ford Bronco in February 2024. The footage, shared on Father's Day by Transparency Bodycam, shows Anthony, then 25, with blood dripping from his face shortly after the early-morning crash on Feb. 23, 2024. He had struck a tree and fence on River Road near Amwell Road, telling officers he "lost control coming around the bend." Anthony, who asked to call his parents u…
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Bronx Boat Explosion: DWI Captain Charged In Fire That Sent 22 Into Long Island Sound, Cops Say
A 33-year-old Bronx, NY man has been charged with DWI in a boat explosion that forced 22 people into the water and 23 to the hospital on Saturday, June 7, officials said. Just before 9 p.m., police got a call reporting a boat fire in the Long Island Sound near Hart Island, a DCPI spokesperson said. The NYPD harbor and aviation units responded, as did the FDNY to assist in the rescue. Three people were pulled from the water by FDNY crews, and brought to a dock where EMS crews were waiting to begin CPR. The scene of the boat fire in New York. FDNY via Facebook The othe…
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DUI Driver Plows Into NJ Creek With Child In Car, Charged With Attempted Murder: Cops
A South Plainfield man is facing attempted murder charges after police say he intentionally drove off the road, crashed through a backyard, and landed in a creek with a child in the car. South Plainfield Police received multiple 911 calls about an erratic driver near Cromwell Place on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 2:19 p.m., authorities said. Witnesses reported seeing the vehicle speed through a backyard on Stratford Avenue, cross a field, and come to rest partially submerged in a creek. When officers arrived, they found the 40-year-old driver unresponsive and floating in the water, police said. Lt…
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Driving Too Slowly Gets Man Busted For DWI: Sparta PD
A 45-year-old Franklin man was arrested for DWI on the early morning of Sunday, Aug. 11, after he was observed driving 10 miles below the speed limit, authorities said. At 1:48 a.m., officers were patrolling Sparta Avenue when they noticed a vehicle driving southbound failing to maintain a single lane of travel and driving below the speed limit, Sparta police said. After pulling over the vehicle, officers detected the odor of alcohol from the man's mouth and believed he was impaired, police said. The Franklin man was asked to perform several sobriety tests before he was arrested for DWI and…
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Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of DWI Driver In Wild Jersey Shore Boardwalk Wreck With His Dog
Newly-released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a wrong-way DWI driver who police say nearly hit multiple people before crashing into another vehicle then landing on a boardwalk along in a Jersey Shore town. As previously reported by Daily Voice, Jason Nagy, 44, of Avon-by-the-Sea, was arrested on Thursday, July 11, the Belmar Police Department. This is Nagy's third DWI: The first was in Toms River in March 2006, and the second was in Avon-by-the-Sea in June 2014, New Jersey court records show. Three days after Nagy's July 11 DWI, he was cited for loud/offensive language out of Wa…
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Parent Picking Up Child At Montvale School Arrested For DWI
Police were called and a Montvale mom arrested when she showed up at her son's school hammered, authorities said. Mayowa Kubikisha, 28, "seemed a little off," according to staff, after she pulled into the parking at Memorial Elementary School after the end of the school day on Thursday, May 9, Montvale Police Chief Douglas McDowell said. They became concerned and called his officers, the chief said. They had reason to be: Kubikisha registered a blood alcohol level of 0.33%, he said, more than four times the legal limit to drive in New Jersey. "The child was never in danger and was no…
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Somerset Man Arrested For DWI After Crash: Montgomery Twp PD
A 63-year-old Somerset resident was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a car crash on the afternoon of Sunday, March 10, authorities said. At 2:58 p.m., first responders responded to Route 206 at Center Drive for a vehicle collision with injuries, Montgomery police said. Jeffrey Georgiana was heading southbound on Route 206 in a 2010 Buick when he turned left in front of a 2023 Jeep heading northbound, driven by a 52-year-old New York resident, police said. As a result of the crash, Georgiana suffered injuries to his face while the other driver had bruising to his leg…
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NJ Driver Who Mowed Down Police, Bystanders On New Year's In NYC Has Drug History, Records Show
UPDATE: A wrong-way driver from Fort Lee who hit a half-dozen people in midtown Manhattan as he tried to flee police on New Year’s Day has a history of drug arrests and convictions, records show. Mohamed Alaouie, 44, was driving a Mercedes sedan that twice mounted the sidewalk on West 34th Street going the wrong way, hitting people, vehicles and a food cart overnight Monday before finally coming to rest, city police said. Alaouie was fleeing uniformed officers 90 minutes or so after the New Year’s ball drop in nearby Times Square when the chain-reaction crashes occurred near Madison Square …
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DWI, Unlicensed PA Driver Sought In NJ Crash That Left Victims Seriously Injured: Police
Police in New Jersey have issued a warrant for the arrest of a DWI driver from Pennsylvania wanted in a crash that left two people seriously injured last month. Mitchell G. Holley, 34, of Downingtown, was heady south on Route 35 in Wall Township on Saturday, Oct. 7 around 6:45 p.m., when his Nissan Alitma left his lane of travel and struck a Mazda CX3, police in Wall Township said. The 39-year-old Mazda driver and his 31-year-old female passenger, both of Point Pleasant, were extricated, and taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, police said. Following the return of toxicology re…
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Rochelle Park School Board Member Running For Municipal Office Busted For DWI
A Rochelle Park Board of Education member who's running for a seat on the Township Committee was busted for DWI earlier this month, police records show. Officers responding to a call found a Toyota SUV with a green light idling in a left-turn lane on Railroad Avenue shortly before 4 a.m. Oct. 7, according to a report filed by one of them. Jorge A. Martinez Jr. was alone in the vehicle and had his head down as they pulled, the officers said. Once they did, Martinez suddenly turned onto Rochelle Avenue headed north, they said. They pulled him over near the Rochelle Park firehouse. Mart…
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DWI Off-Duty Officer Charged In Double-Fatal Somerset County Crash, Victims IDd: Prosecutor
An off-duty Edison police officer was charged with vehicular homicide in connection with one of the two double-fatal crashes that occurred in Somerset County over the weekend, authorities announced. Amitoj Oberoi, 29, of Somerset, was charged with two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide, as well as DWI, and several motor vehicle violations, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said Wednesday, Aug. 30. Oberoi is employed as an Edison police officer and was off-duty at the time of the crash, the prosecutor said. Oberoi was driving a 2007 Audi Q7 heading southbound on Somerset St…
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Mercer County Man Sentenced In Fatal High-Speed DWI Crash: Prosecutor
A 28-year-old man from Mercer County has been sentenced to six years in New Jersey State Prison for a fatal DWI crash authorities said. Egrevel Vasquez-Garcia, of Hightstown, was charged with aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide, and assault by auto, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. On June 28, 2022, at approximately 11:50 p.m., on Route 130 in North Brunswick Township a 2016 Toyota Highlander driven by Vasquez-Garcia struck a Jeep Patriot driven by Levelt Alexis, Jr. at a high rate of speed causing Alexis’ death, Ciccone said. …
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DWI Wife Fatally Ran Over Husband With Car In Somerset County: Prosecutor
A Somerset County woman was DWI when fatally ran her husband over with a car in February 2023, authorities said. Amanda O'Keefe, 37, had a blood alcohol level over the legal limit when she ran over her husband, Robert O'Keefe, 41, in Hillsborough on Saturday, Feb. 25, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Robert was pronounced dead outside of his Clark Lane home around 2:30 a.m., McDonald said. O'Keefe surrendered to authorities on Wednesday, March, 29, on charges of second-degree death by auto. She was lodged in the Somerset County Jail and released on Thur…
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NJ Business Owner With 'Strong Family Ties' Let Out Before Trial After Deadly DWI Crash: Report
The co-owner of a New Jersey business and suspected drunken driver in a deadly crash has been released from Salem County Correctional Facility pending trial, NJ Advance Media reports. Amy Buchanan, 56, of Gloucester Township, was killed in a DWI crash involving a pickup truck driven by Patrick M. Dunn, 42, of Harrisonville, in Elk Township on Tuesday, Nov. 1, the outlet said. Dunn was arrested for “the suspicion of driving while intoxicated,” the outlet said, quoting the criminal complaint. Dunn was charged with reckless vehicular homicide and strict liability vehicular homicide. Nancy Ken…
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Passenger Got Out Of DWI Driver's Jeep When She Was Struck Dead By Car On GSP: Police
A woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver on the Garden State Parkway while the DWI operator of the Jeep she had been a passenger in was stopped in the shoulder, authorities said. Judith Morillo-Rosario, 53, of Haskell, had gotten out of the Jeep Wrangler driven by Barry Braunstein, 66, of Haskell, around 7:20 p.m. in the southbound lanes in Toms River, a New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. Morillo-Rosario got out of the Jeep and entered the southbound lanes of travel, when she was struck by a southbound car and died, Curry said. The vehicle that struck Morillo-Rosario did…
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Saddle Brook Officer Charged With DWI, Leaving Scene Of Late-Night Crash
An off-duty Saddle Brook police officer was drunk when he fled the scene of a utility pole crash a few blocks from his home, authorities charged. Attilio Dente Sr., 39, had to be separated from an unidentified person he was arguing with when township officers showed up at his home around 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, an accident report obtained by Daily Voice says. Moments earlier, a 2013 Chevy Avalanche driven by the five-year department veteran struck a utility pole outside a home on Market Street between Miller and Coger streets, up the block from the local 7-Eleven and the Wine Country liquo…
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Tow Truck Driver Responds To Ridgewood Call Impaired, Arrested By Police
A tow truck driver from Bergenfield was impaired when he responded to a call in Ridgewood, then left both doors of his rig open and split, said police who found him hoofing it a block or so away. The owner of the disabled car requested a tow behind the Daily Treat Restaurant on East Ridgewood Avenue late Sunday afternoon. Andrew Velardo, 34, showed up and began "acting oddly," Ridgewood Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. The owner said he refused to let Velardo take his car because he appeared impaired. Then he called police. Luthcke said Velardo responded by walking off, "leaving his…
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DWI Driver Charged With Child Endangerment: West Windsor Police
A drunk driver from South Jersey was charged with child endangerment following a traffic stop in Mercer County, authorities said. Christian P. Exley, of Voorhees, was pulled over for driving erratically on Route 1 & Quakerbridge Road shortly after 1:50 a.m. on Sunday, June 12, West Windsor Police said in a release on Wednesday, July 13. Exley’s teenage son was also in the front passenger seat of his red GMC pickup truck, police said. A follow-up investigation found that Exley was drunk, authorities said. Exley was arrested and charged with DWI and child endangerment. He was released a…
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South Jersey Man Charged In DWI Crash That Killed Man Walking His Dog: Prosecutor
A Camden County man has been charged with death by auto in connection with a DWI crash that killed a man walking his dog, authorities said. Darius Wade, 28, of Pine Hill was charged on Thursday, June 2 in connection with the May fatal crash, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay alongside Pine Hill Chief of Police Chris Winters. On May 6, 2022, at 12:02 a.m. the Pine Hill Police Department, Pine Hill Fire Department, and EMS personnel, were dispatched to the 200 block of East 11th Avenue for a pedestrian crash. An unconscious pedestrian was found in the roadway, along wi…
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NJ Police Chief Was DWI In Hit-Run Crash: Report
A South Jersey police chief has been placed on "restricted duty" after being slapped with a DWI charge in a crash, then leaving the scene of the accident, NJ Advance Media reports. Brian Pesce, chief of the Bordentown Township Police Department, was behind the wheel of a maroon pickup truck when he was involved in an accident at the intersection of Terrapin Lane and Bruin Drive in Hamilton Township, around 10:25 p.m. Friday, April 22, according to NJ.com's report. The chief was charged with five traffic offenses in connection with the crash, the report says. His&nb…
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Drunk Motorist Drives Wrong Way Through Holland Tunnel: Port Authority PD
A tragedy was averted when a drunk driver from Manhattan exited the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City, made a U-turn and headed back east in the westbound lane, authorities said. James Dickerson, 30, was driving a BMW when he made the dangerous maneuver in the north tube shortly before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, Port Authority Spokesperson Lenis Valens said. Fortunately, the lane he used was closed to NJ-bound traffic, an officer at the tunnel said. Port Authority police charged Dickerson with DWI, reckless driving and failing to obey a traffic control device and given a date to respond in…
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DWI Driver Found With Stolen Handgun, Hollow-Point Bullets Outside Mercer County Hyatt: Police
A drunk Trenton man was found with a stolen handgun and hollow-point bullets as officers stopped him outside a Mercer County Hyatt hotel, authorities said. Rashwan D. Ford was found sleeping in a GMC Pickup truck as officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle that was parked partially on the sidewalk near the Hyatt Regency Princeton Hotel at Carnegie Center in Princeton just after 1 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, West Windsor Township police said in a release on Thursday, March 17. A follow-up investigation found that Ford had been driving under the influence, authorities said. A s…
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Central Jersey Man, 40, Sentenced In DWI Crash That Killed 20-Year-Old Woman: Prosecutor
A 40-year-old man from Central Jersey has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey state prison in connection with a fatal DWI crash, authorities said. Sergio Seixeiro of Monroe previously pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault by auto. Seixeiro also pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. The crash resulted in the death of a woman and injury to three others, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Acting Old Bridge Police Chief Joseph Mandola. On July 18, 2021, police responded to Route 9 South near Texas&…
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Upper Saddle River Dad Driving Kids To School Hit Head-On By Heroin User, Police Say
A heroin user was behind the wheel of a sedan that crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into an SUV driven by an Upper Saddle River dad taking his two kids to school, authorities said. The father and children – 11 and 9 years old – were all taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash on West Saddle River Road just south of Holly Drive at 7:44 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, USR Police Capt. Ed Kane said. Their injuries were believed to be minor, he said. Former Rockland resident Elisabeth Feddeck, 41, of Passaic, who was driving the four-door Chevrolet Cruze…
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DWI Driver Sends Stolen Minivan Into NJ Home On Christmas Eve
A DWI driver crashed a stolen minivan into a New Jersey home on Christmas Eve night, NJ.com reports. Pawel Zawadka, 27, was driving a Honda Odyssey stolen out of Manville earlier when he barreled through a Taylor Avenue home in Hillsborough,the outlet says citing local police. The van landed partially in the living room and in the garage around 8 p.m. Zawadka was found uninjured at the scene, caused damages so significant that the home remained uninhabitable, the report said. He faces charges for DWI and receiving stolen property. Click here for the full report from NJ.com.
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Police: Armed Rockland Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On Bergen Resident's Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride
A convicted robber from Rockland who was armed with a loaded gun crashed his car on a Bergen County resident's lawn, left it there and was waiting for his mother to pick him up when a local police officer captured him, authorities said. Hakeem Gentles, 26, of Spring Valley was intoxicated when his car struck another in a Montvale driveway over the weekend, according to a police report. Responding Police Officer Russell DiLauri found the heavily damaged vehicle unoccupied on the Magnolia Avenue victim's lawn. The resident pointed him toward to a gas station on North Kinderkamack Road, where…
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Jersey Shore Man, 41, Admits Being High On Fentanyl, Cocaine In Deadly Crash
A 41-year-old Jersey Shore man has admitted to causing a DWI crash that killed a pedestrian, authorities said. Brian Kosanke, 41, of Lavallette, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide on Thursday, according to Ocean County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael T. Nolan, Jr. Killed in the Oct. 19, 2019, pedestrian crash was Thomas Castronovo, 80, of Warren in Somerset County, Nolan said. In his plea, Kosanke also admitted to hindering apprehension or prosecution and driving while intoxicated, Nolan said. The State will be seek a term of eight years in New Jersey State P…
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Knife-Wielding Man Admits Stalking, Stabbing Woman In Jackson, Prosecutor Says
A 38-year-old Jersey Shore man has admitted to stalking and stabbing a woman last spring, authorities said. Michael Mahan, 38, of Ewing Township, pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated assault and making terroristic threats as well as driving while intoxicated according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. His guilty plea came in connection with several incidents on May 8 in Jackson Township, the prosecutor said. Mahan allegedly held a knife to the victim’s neck, threatened to kill her and then punched while holding the knife, slicing her face. Jackson Township polic…
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