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Car Fire Completely Shuts Garden State Parkway, DOT Says Car Fire Completely Shuts Garden State Parkway, DOT Says
Car Fire Completely Shuts Garden State Parkway, DOT Says There are heavy delays on the Garden State Parkway due to a car fire closing all lanes in Union County on Wednesday, July 10. Three lanes are blocked on Garden State Parkway northbound from Exit 132 in Woodbridge to Exit 135 in Clark Township, the Department of Transportation said. Open lanes are operating on a 2.5 mile delay, the DOT said.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Route 17 N/B Reopened After Overhead Sign In Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Is Replaced UPDATE: Route 17 N/B Reopened After Overhead Sign In Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Is Replaced
Update: Route 17 N/B Reopened After Overhead Sign In Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Is Replaced UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 in Mahwah was reopened around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday following a wild tractor-trailer crash earlier in the day. Only one lane of the southbound highway was open during the evening rush. There miraculously were no serious injuries in the crash, which left the rig scattered across both sides of the highway near the New York State border around 10 a.m. Aug. 2, Mahwah Mayor Jim Wysocki said. The rig had split into pieces, with a huge container landing on a passing SUV on the other side of the divider and thousands of lemons spilling onto the highway. An overhead signp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Of Van In Route 46 Rollover Crash Charged With DWI Driver Of Van In Route 46 Rollover Crash Charged With DWI
Driver Of Van In Route 46 Rollover Crash Charged With DWI The driver of a van that crashed on a Route 46 overpass on Wednesday was taken to the hospital in police custody, authorities said. Frankie Harrison, 63, was charged with DWI and careless driving after the 11:45 a.m. June 7 rollover on the westbound highway near the exit ramp for southbound Route 17, Hasbrouck Heights Police Lt. John Behr said. Borough firefighters were assisted by their Wood-Ridge colleagues in stabilizing the Econoline van and extricating Harrison, the lieutenant said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence $400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence
$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence UPDATE: A woman who helped pull a notorious scam that conned 14,000 GoFundMe donors nationwide was nearly 150 miles away when a judge in South Jersey sentenced her to a plea-bargained three years in state prison on Friday, Jan. 6. Katelyn McClure, 32, of Bordentown will be released in July after completing a federal sentence at a low-security prison in Danbury, CT, for scamming well-meaning donors out of $400,000 to purportedly help a homeless veteran. At that point, the year and a day federal sentence will be deducted from her state term and a determination will be made whether she shoul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Discharged Bayshore Hospital Patient Shot By Police After Pursuits: Police Discharged Bayshore Hospital Patient Shot By Police After Pursuits: Police
Discharged Bayshore Hospital Patient Shot By Police After Pursuits: Police A 33-year-old newly-discharged Bayshore Medical Center patient was tased and shot by police after crashing stolen vehicles early Wednesday, Oct. 26, News 12 New Jersey reports. Justin Chacon stole a van left running outside of the hospital and headed down Route 35 to Middletown, where he crashed — then jumped in the vehicle of a good Samaritan who'd jumped out to help, the outlet says citing sources close to the incident. A Holmdel police officer tased Chacon just after he crashed near Union Avenue, and then shot him, police said. Chacon was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center fo…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
SEEN HIM? Two Years Later, Missing Englewood Man Still Hasn't Been Found SEEN HIM? Two Years Later, Missing Englewood Man Still Hasn't Been Found
Seen HIM? Two Years Later, Missing Englewood Man Still Hasn't Been Found Ruben Wilson had a habit of wandering off and sometimes traveling significant distances from his Englewood home despite dementia and other challenges. The 6-foot, 240-pound Wilson always turned up, though -- from as close as Teaneck, Hackensack and Tenafly, and as far as the Jersey Shore. He was once found with his dog in Englewood Cliffs. Another time, he drove nearly 70 miles to Wall Township. That changed after Wilson went missing more than two years ago. Ruben always enjoyed an early cup of coffee with his son, Shalom Kennedy, loved ones said. That didn't happen the morning of May 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jailed River Edge Man Who Worked For NJ DOT Charged With Raping Another Pre-Teen Jailed River Edge Man Who Worked For NJ DOT Charged With Raping Another Pre-Teen
Jailed River Edge Man Who Worked For NJ DOT Charged With Raping Another Pre-Teen A former state DOT employee from River Edge already being held for raping a pre-teen was charged with doing the same to another in Emerson, authorities said. Cory Bensen, 27, has been held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest in February in connection with the accused rape of a victim under 13. SEE: State DOT Worker From River Edge Charged With Raping Pre-Teen Bensen was served with a new complaint at the jail on Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. It charges him with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment of a victim under 13,, Musella said. Bensen, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Bridges Along I-78 In Bedminster, Bridgewater To Be Replaced Bridges Along I-78 In Bedminster, Bridgewater To Be Replaced
Bridges Along I-78 In Bedminster, Bridgewater To Be Replaced The state Department of Transportation has begun work on replacing four bridges on I-78 in Bridgewater and Bedminster, a project that will take place in stages over the next three years in order to minimize traffic disruption, the agency said in a statement.  The bridges, which DOT said are in poor condition, carry traffic eastbound and westbound over Rt. 202/206 and over Washington Valley Road.  Beginning Monday and continuing weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the right lane ad shoulder westbound near the bridges will be closed for milling and other work. When the work is completed…

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by Paul Milo
News
Overturned Tanker Truck Closes Overpass On 24 In Summit Overturned Tanker Truck Closes Overpass On 24 In Summit
Overturned Tanker Truck Closes Overpass On 24 In Summit A tanker truck overturned on an overpass in Summit Monday, spilling hundreds of gallons of gasoline and briefly forcing lane closures on Rt. 24.  The truck overturned on an overpass near Broad Street around 3:30 a.m. All lanes on Rt. 24 were re-opened as of about 6 a.m. but the ramp to Exit 9A -Broad Street-Millburn-Summit remained closed as of about 7 a.m., the Department of Transportation said.  In addition, Summit officials said Broad Street is closed between the Route 24 overpass and Middle Avenue. The Broad Street entrance into Summit is completely closed. Morris Turnpik…

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by Paul Milo