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Stolen Truck Flips Into School Playground During Crime Spree: Philly Police
A stolen utility truck tore through a Philadelphia neighborhood before flipping into an elementary school playground just before dismissal Tuesday afternoon, police announced the following morning. Robert Littlepage, 18, of Douglasville, Georgia, was arrested following what investigators described as a “multi-district crime spree” in the Kingsessing section of the city. The chaos began around 2:13 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, when Littlepage allegedly attempted to carjack a woman along the 6300 block of Grays Avenue, according to Philadelphia police. A short time later, investigators said he stole…
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Ex-University President Avoids Criminal Record In Crash Plea Deal
The former president of Adelphi University admitted to two traffic violations and will pay a fine after driving her car onto the Long Island Rail Road tracks last year. Christine Riordan, 61, pleaded guilty Monday, April 13 to disorderly conduct and reckless driving, Newsday reported. She was fined $543 by the state but still owes the LIRR about $140,000 for the damage, according to Newsday. The two parties are settling the crash payout through an insurance claim. Riordan drove her BMW sedan onto the tracks at the Nassau Boulevard station in Garden City around 8 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2025.…
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DUI Driver Charged In Toms River Crash That Killed Freehold Mom: Prosecutor
Charges have been filed in a deadly Toms River crash that killed a 37-year-old woman more than a month ago, authorities said Tuesday, April 14. Daniel Cormier, 31, of Manchester, was charged on Monday, April 13, with vehicular homicide and strict liability vehicular homicide in connection with the Saturday, March 7 crash that killed Freehold mom Shamirah Nolan, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. The charges come weeks after Nolan’s family publicly called for answers as the investigation remained ongoing with no charges announced. Officers responded to Lakewood Road and Whi…
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Drunk Driver Who Killed Vikings Rookie, Former Teammates In Maryland Learns Prison Fate
The woman responsible for a crash in Maryland that killed Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson and two former teammates will spend years in prison, according to reports. Cori Clingman, 25, pleaded guilty this week to three counts of negligent homicide under the influence of alcohol for her role in the July 2024 crash that claimed the lives of 24-year-old Khyree Jackson, 23-year-old Isaiah Hazel, and 24-year-old Anthony Lytton, Jr., according to the Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office. On Wednesday, Feb. 4, Clingman was reportedly sentenced to three years…
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DWI Driver Charged In Deadly Wrong Way GSP Crash: Monmouth County Prosecutor
A 24-year-old Brick Township man has been charged with vehicular homicide following a fatal crash on the Garden State Parkway in Monmouth County last year, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 20. On Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, at 4:20 a.m., New Jersey State Police responded to a three-car crash on the southbound lane of the Garden State Parkway in Tinton Falls, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said. An investigation determined Deryn Gomez was driving his 2013 Honda Accord northbound in the southland lanes of the parkway when he struck a 2002 Honda Civic, Santiago said. After …
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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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US Marshals Arrest DWI Driver In Deadly Toms River Crash, 2 Tried Lying To Help Him Hide: Cops
A man with a long criminal record has been charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a construction worker in Toms River — and two women are accused of lying to protect him, authorities said. Douglas Smith, 51, is accused of hitting Allen Adams, 50, of Lumberton, while Adams was working in a construction zone on Lakewood Road around 1 a.m. on July 31, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Adams, who was operating machinery with flashing amber warning lights, was struck by a northbound vehicle driven by Smith, prosecutors said. He was taken to Community Medical Center in T…
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‘Nip/Tuck’ Star Dylan Walsh Facing Multiple Charges After NJ Crash, Records Show
Actor Dylan Walsh, best known for his role in "Nip/Tuck," is facing multiple motor vehicle charges in connection with a Rumson crash earlier this month, court records show. Walsh, whose legal name is Charles Walsh, is charged with reckless driving, open container of alcohol or unsealed cannabis in a motor vehicle, improper passing, driving or parking an unregistered motor vehicle, traffic on marked lanes, and improper driving on a sidewalk. The offenses were issued on Sunday, Aug. 17, and all are active pending a Sept. 10 court date in Rumson Borough Municipal Court, according to cour…
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Piscataway Man Busted At Gas Station For DWI: Mount Olive PD
A 26-year-old Piscataway man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated at a gas station in Budd Lake, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 19. At 9:12 p.m., officers responded to the Delta Gas Station on Route 36 for a report of an intoxicated driver, Mount Olive police said. When officers spoke to the driver, identified as Drew Patel, they detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage and noted he appeared to be impaired, police said. Patel was asked to exit his vehicle for field sobriety testing and was subsequently placed under arrest, police said. He was charged with DWI,…
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Judge Gary Price Admits Violating Judicial Conduct Rules
A New Jersey municipal judge admitted to drinking before a crash that left him injured and acknowledged that some of his actions violated the state’s judicial conduct code, court records show. Judge Gary M. Price, a part-time judge in Edison who also runs a private law office in South Plainfield, struck a construction barrier on Park Avenue in South Plainfield around 6:46 p.m. on July 5, 2024, according to an amended complaint from the state Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct (ACJC). Price said the barrier had been pushed out to the fog line of the roadway, the pap…
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Construction Worker Killed By Drunk Driver In Toms River: Prosecutor
A 50-year-old construction worker was killed when he was struck by a drunk driver in Toms River on Thursday, July 31, authorities said. At 1 a.m., Toms River police responded to Lakewood Road and Raymond Avenue and found the man, who was working for a roadway construction company, with serious injuries in the roadway, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said. He was transported to Community Medical Center in Toms River where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. He has not been publicly identified. Douglas Smith, a 51-year-old Toms River resident and the driver of the vehicle, sh…
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Boss Vince McMahon Cited In 3-Car Crash In Connecticut
Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon was cited for causing a three-car crash just hours before news of Hulk Hogan's death hit news outlets, reports said. TMZ broke the news on Tuesday, July 29, that McMahon, 79, crashed his Bentley on the Merritt Parkway in Westport last week. Reports said McMahon crashed his 2024 Bentley Continental GT Speed into the back of a BMW 430, forcing the car into a wooden guardrail. Debris from the guardrail spilled onto the other side of the highway, and a Ford Fusion slammed into it. No one was hurt in the crash. Connecticut Sta…
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Dad 3X Legal Limit With Daughter In Car Intercepted By Black Horse Pike Restaurant Workers: PD
A New Jersey father was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated while his 6-year-old daughter was in the car on Friday, July 25, authorities said. Employees at Nifty Fifty’s restaurant on the Black Horse Pike in Washington Township (Gloucester) saw a man accompanied by a small child, exhibiting signs of intoxication, local police said. Staff members told officers they detected the odor of alcohol and noted slurred speech while inside the restaurant, police said. The man, who was not identified by police, was found seated inside a Chevrolet pickup truck in the parking lot, polic…
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NJ Woman Nearly Crashed Into Girl Scouts Selling Cookies: Middletown Police
A 54-year-old Middletown woman was arrested and charged after she nearly collided with Girl Scouts selling Girl Scout Cookies, authorities announced Friday, July 18. Susan Santos was driving her vehicle at an unsafe speed when she nearly collided with the scouts, Middletown Police said. She is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, endangering another and reckless driving, police said. Santos was processed on the charges and subsequently lodged in the Monmouth County Correctional Institute in Freehold.
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Wrong Way DWI Driver Struck Multiple Cop Cars In Wild Pursuit: Lacey Twp PD
A 33-year-old Manchester man was arrested and charged with a litany of offenses after driving drunk and leading police on a pursuit in Lacey Township on Thursday, July 17, authorities said. At 3:46 p.m., officers responded to a report of a driver, later identified as Ronald Banilov, drinking alcohol from a bottle while swerving in and out of traffic on Route 9 near Lacey Road, Lacey Township police said. Banilov, driving a silver Hyundai Tucson nearly caused several head-on collisions while driving in the wrong lane of Beach Blvd. before striking a vehicle as it fled the scene, police …
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Woman With Warrant Rams Cop, Hits Car, Flees Scene In Wild NJ Chase: Police
A 27-year-old New Jersey woman was arrested after police say she struck a police officer, hit a civilian’s vehicle, and fled the scene — both by car and on foot. The incident happened on Tuesday, July 15, around 4:28 p.m., when officers stopped a vehicle in a Lacey Road business parking lot near Newark Avenue, police said. The driver, Brooke I. Mathews, of Forked River, tried to flee during the traffic stop, according to Lacey Police Capt. Paul Sullivan Jr. Matthews put her car in reverse and slammed a Lacey police officer and vehicle, Sullivan said. She then sped forward around officers a…
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Jilted Wife Arrested In Brass Knuckle Beating Of Cheating Husband's New GF: Cops
A Connecticut woman is facing serious charges after police say she broke into a woman's apartment, beat her with brass knuckles because she believed the woman was having an affair with her husband, authorities said. Giana Garcia, 27, of Plainfield, faces multiple charges following the alleged break-in at a Killingly home on Sunday, June 15, Connecticut State Police said. Police were called to the Church Street apartment around 4 a.m. to reports of a break-in. The victim told troopers that Garcia had rammed into her vehicle before forcing her way inside the home, a report said.,&…
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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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Driver Speeds Through Crowd At 'No Kings' Rally Injuring Protestor: Police
A 21-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly driving an SUV into a crowd of protesters during a “No Kings” rally in Virginia, police said. Joseph Checklick Jr., of Culpeper, was arrested and charged with reckless driving after allegedly speeding into pedestrians at the end of a rally on Saturday, June 14, according to the Culpeper Police Department in Virginia. The incident happened near James Madison Highway as people were leaving a peaceful protest and walking through a business parking lot. Officers spotted an SUV driving recklessly through the crowd of pedestrians, police said. …
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DWI Driver Trapped After Crashing Into Tree: Holmdel PD
A 56-year-old Holmdel man had to be extricated from his vehicle after he crashed into a tree while driving drunk on Tuesday, June 3, authorities said. At 4:25 p.m., a 2021 Jeep, operated by George Vellios, was traveling southbound on Holmdel Road when it crossed into the northbound lane, left the roadway and struck a tree, Holmdel police said. Vellios was removed from the vehicle by the Holmdel Fire Department and was transported to a nearby hospital, police said. Vellios was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, among other traffic offenses, police said.
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: Suspected DUI Pregnant Woman Refuses Sobriety Test In NJ Bodycam Arrest
A New Jersey woman pulled over for speeding was arrested for DUI after officers said she failed a sobriety test — then claimed she was pregnant and needed to go to the hospital, bodycam footage shows. Aymira Rivera-Torres, 28, of Long Branch, was stopped around 12:48 a.m. on April 18 while driving a black 2011 Toyota Yaris on Norwood Avenue in Deal, according to police. Officers said she was driving 52 MPH in a 25 zone and later refused a chemical breath test, according to court summonses Bodycam footage of the stop published by Transparency Bodycam on YouTube this weekend shows River…
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Biker In Pagan’s Vest Flees Cops, Blows Red Light At 80 MPH On I-95: Police
A biker wearing a “PAGAN’s” vest is wanted after allegedly fleeing from police, blowing through a red light at 80 mph, and putting lives at risk in Delaware County, Lower Chichester Township police announced on Wednesday, May 21. Vincent Royce Troffo, 34, is accused of fleeing a traffic stop on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle after being spotted improperly wearing his helmet near the 1500 block of Chichester Avenue on Sunday, April 27 around 6:57 p.m., police say. An officer in the township’s traffic unit reportedly saw Troffo riding south on Market Street with a full-face helmet placed on t…
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NJ Man Indicted For 100 MPH Crash That Killed 82-Year-Old: Ocean County Prosecutor
An Ocean County man was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, May 21, for vehicular homicide after driving more than 100 mph in a crash that killed an 82-year-old man in 2024, authorities said. On Sunday, May 3, 2024, at 9 a.m. Lakewood police responded to the crash at the intersection of County Line Road and Laurelwood, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Aryeh Bakst, 20, was driving a 2023 Tesla west on County Line Road when his car hit a 2013 Toyota Corolla driven by 82-year-old Jules Brotsky, a Lakewood resident in the intersection, Billhimer said. Bakst, a Lakewood reside…
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Fresh Out Of Jail, Influencer Flexes Arrest On Instagram: See Videos That Got Him Cuffed
“Tonight I got arrested. For exactly what you’d think I did.” That’s what Giovanni Petruzziello wrote on Instagram just hours after police say he was caught on video speeding in Ferraris, Porsches, and McLarens at speeds up to 137 mph, once in a 25 mph zone. The 27-year-old Durham, CT luxury car shop owner and influencer was charged with seven counts of reckless driving and three counts of second-degree reckless endangerment, Connecticut State Police said. Fresh out on $150,000 bond, Petruzziello hit Instagram to recap his Monday, May 19 traffic stop — and flex through the fallout for his …
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Drunk Driver Gets DUI While Asleep Behind Wheel In Self-Driving Tesla: Police
When Tesla began producing "self-driving cars," the engineers likely didn't have this in mind. A man was found asleep behind the wheel of a self-driving car as it rolled down the center lane of I-91 in Connecticut at just 30 mph early Friday morning, April 18, according to state police. Guido Reinoso-Gallegos, 19, of Garden City, New York, faces multiple charges from the incident, Connecticut State Police said. Police in Hartford received several 911 calls around 12:30 a.m. from drivers concerned about the slow-moving Tesla causing hazardous conditions for other drivers. Some r…
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: NJ Mom Nearly 5X Legal Limit Crashes With Kids In Car
Newly released body camera footage shows the arrest of a New Jersey mother of three who police say was nearly five times the legal limit when she crashed her SUV with her children in the car last fall. Megan Fackler, then 38, of Ewing, was arrested on Oct. 5, 2024, after crashing her Chevrolet Traverse into a Freightliner truck at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Summit Avenue, according to Ewing Township Police and as first reported by Transparency Bodycam. In the footage, Fackler is seen remaining in the driver’s seat for approximately 10 minutes, refusing to get out while insisting s…
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Driver On Three Wheels Fails To Fool Police After Passenger Seat Switch In NJ: PD
A reckless driver and his passenger tried pulling a fast one on Paramus police after a wild three-wheeled chase — but it didn’t work, authorities announced on Monday, April 14. Jonathan Valentin, 28, of Maywood, took off in a black Mercedes-Benz after Officer Sean Casey tried stopping him for speeding on Route 4 West near the Verizon store around 1:20 a.m., the Paramus Police Department said. Valentin refused to pull over, racing away at a dangerous speed, police said. During the pursuit, he lost the front driver-side tire but kept going on three wheels, endangering everyone on the highway,…
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Influencer Motorcyclist Hit 190 MPH On CT Highways, Films It, Gets Arrested: Cops
Filming a crime is usually a bad idea, and posting those videos to your personal YouTube page will likely end in handcuffs. That’s what happened to a 21-year-old Connecticut man who filmed himself speeding throughout the state, sometimes hitting speeds of 190 mph, authorities said. Brice Bennett, of Bloomfield, was arrested Tuesday, April 8, and charged with reckless driving, failure to maintain a lane, and reckless endangerment, Connecticut State Police said. He was released on a $5,000 bond. Troopers launched their investigation after discovering multiple videos on a YouTube channel…
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Wig-Making Influencer Arrested In Horrific Brooklyn Crash That Killed Family: Cops, Sources
A former Brooklyn wig influencer has been charged in a horrific crash that killed a mother and two of her young daughters while critically injuring her son on Ocean Parkway, while driving on a suspended license, according to the NYPD and Daily Voice sources. Miriam Yarimi, 32, was arrested Saturday, March 29, after police say she blew through a red light at Quentin Road and Ocean Parkway and slammed into a Toyota Camry before plowing into a family in a marked crosswalk just after 1 p.m. The victims — Natasha Saada, 34, and her daughters Diana, 8, and Deborah, 5 — were pronounced dead at Mai…
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Video Shows NJ Mayor Nearly 4X Legal Limit Arrested After Picking Son Up From School: Cops
Newly released bodycam footage shows the DUI arrest of Lumberton Township Mayor Gina LaPlaca, who was nearly four times over the legal limit when she was arrested on St. Patrick's Day for driving with her toddler son in the vehicle, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. LaPlaca, 45, was charged with DWI, child endangerment, and multiple traffic violations following the St. Patrick’s Day incident on Sunday, March 17, Lumberton police said. The bodycam footage, shared by Transparency Bodycam on Friday, March 28, shows officers arriving at LaPlaca’s home around 5:26 p.m.…
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Loaded AK-47 Recovered After Piscataway Man Arrested: South Plainfield PD
A loaded AK-47 was seized after a 23-year-old Piscataway man was arrested on Monday, March 24, for numerous traffic violations in South Plainfield, authorities said. On Friday, March 21, Kairi Watford fled from law enforcement after he was observed driving 65 miles per hour in a 25 miles per hour zone, disregarding officer signals, crossing a double yellow line and illegally passing two vehicles, including a school bus, South Plainfield police said. On Monday, his vehicle was spotted on New Durham Avenue but he fled from officers again, police said. Officers tracked the vehicle to a residen…
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