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Newly-Released Video Shows Arrest Of DUI Driver Who Crashed With Teen In Car In NJ Newly-Released Video Shows Arrest Of DUI Driver Who Crashed With Teen In Car In NJ
Newly-Released Video Shows Arrest Of DUI Driver Who Crashed With Teen In Car In NJ Newly-released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a 30-year-old woman who police say was under the influence when she crashed her car, which had been carrying a 16-year-old child in New Jersey. The footage shared by Transparency Bodycam shows the police response to Parkview Road and Conger Terrace on Sept. 11, 2023, where Ammara Awan was found entrapped in the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE that she had crashed. Awan's 16-year-old passenger had exited the vehicle by the time police arrived, and had suffered a broken finger, cuts, and bruises, police paperwork says. "The car is obliterated," …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Man Gets 10 Years For Giving Minors Drugs For Sex: Morris County Prosecutor Newark Man Gets 10 Years For Giving Minors Drugs For Sex: Morris County Prosecutor
Newark Man Gets 10 Years For Giving Minors Drugs For Sex: Morris County Prosecutor A 26-year-old Newark man was sentenced 10 years in prison on Thursday, Aug. 1 after pleading guilty to offering two teenagers narcotics for sex in Morris County last year, authorities said. Between Aug. 1 and Sept. 28, Nafis Wiggins provided narcotics to a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old in exchange for sex, recruiting and luring the minors via text message, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Chief Thomas Miller of the Chatham Township Police Department said. Wiggins met with the victims in Chatham Township and Chatham Borough, transporting t…

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by Sam Barron
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Thieves Enter Morris County Home, Find Keys And Nab Hyundai In Brazen Car Burglary: Police Thieves Enter Morris County Home, Find Keys And Nab Hyundai In Brazen Car Burglary: Police
Thieves Enter Morris County Home, Find Keys And Nab Hyundai In Brazen Car Burglary: Police Two thieves entered a Morris County home to find a set of keys and brazenly steal a car that was sitting in the driveway, authorities said. The suspects entered an unlocked 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe parked in a driveway at a home on Sandy Hill Road in Chatham Township around 6:15 a.m. on Sunday, August 14, local police said. The suspects then entered the home through the garage door that had been left open and found the keys to the Santa Fe, police said. The suspects fled in the stolen car and a Black Infinity QX6. At approximately 6:15 a.m. two suspects entered an unlocked vehicle parke…

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by Valerie Musson
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Woman Charged With Vehicular Homicide In 3-Car Crash That Killed Beloved Morris County Dad Woman Charged With Vehicular Homicide In 3-Car Crash That Killed Beloved Morris County Dad
Woman Charged With Vehicular Homicide In 3-Car Crash That Killed Beloved Morris County Dad A 45-year-old woman has been charged in connection with a three-car crash that killed a beloved Morris County father of four. Yulia Raynova, of Madison, was charged with second-degree vehicular homicide and several motor vehicle offenses, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a Thursday, April 7 release. The crash occurred on Shunpike Road at the intersection of Lafayette Avenue in Chatham Township around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, March 28, DailyVoice.com reported. Raynova was heading west on the roadway into the intersection in a Nissan Rogue when she struck a southbound Jeep Wra…

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by Valerie Musson
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UPDATE: 52-Year-Old Man Killed In 3-Vehicle Morris County Crash UPDATE: 52-Year-Old Man Killed In 3-Vehicle Morris County Crash
Update: 52-Year-Old Man Killed In 3-Vehicle Morris County Crash A 52-year-old man was killed in a triple-car crash involving a box truck in Morris County early Monday, authorities confirmed. The man was behind the wheel of a Jeep Wrangler heading south on Shunpike Road in Chatham Township when he was struck by a Nissan Rouge heading west near the intersection of Lafayette Avenue around 11:30 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The Wrangler then hit a box truck that was parked on the opposite side of the intersection, Carroll said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was being withheld pending family notification, auth…

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by Valerie Musson
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SEEN ANYTHING? Chatham Police Seek Info Weekend Burglary Spree SEEN ANYTHING? Chatham Police Seek Info Weekend Burglary Spree
Seen Anything? Chatham Police Seek Info Weekend Burglary Spree Police in Chatham are searching for leads in three home burglaries that occurred over the weekend, authorities said. Homes on Highland Avenue, Hall Road and Glenmere Drive were entered and burglarized by an unknown suspect early Sunday morning, Chatham Police said. The suspect entered two of the homes through a back sliding door that had been left unlocked, authorities said. The third home’s door “may have" been locked, prompting the suspect to find another access point, authorities said. “We continue to urge all residents to keep your homes and vehicles locked,” police said. “Should you …

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by Valerie Musson