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Road Rage: Bicyclist Follows, Punches On-Duty EMT At Newark Gas Station, Authorities Charge
An East Orange bicyclist punched and spit on an EMT in a Newark road rage incident, authorities said.
Terrell Coley, 30, “rode his bike in front of an emergency vehicle driven by the EMT, almost causing a collision,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.
Coley began yelling at the EMT and followed him into a Central Avenue gas station, where he spit on his and punched him in the face, Grewal said.
He pedaled off, but Newark police quickly identified and arrested him, the attorney general said.
They charged Coley with aggravated assault on an on-duty EMT, among other offenses, and …
Prosecutor: Newark Officer In Wrong-Way DWI Crash Among Four Who Went Barhopping On Duty
One of four Newark police officers who went barhopping and lied about it was drunk when he drove the wrong way down a one-way street and crashed his vehicle into a car containing a mother and four children, authorities charged.
Michael Chirico, 55, of Newark, was charged after the University Avenue crash, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens III said Thursday.
Authorities also charged Lt. Norberto Soares, 42, of Kenilworth and Officers Erik Blount, 33, and Tashia Jones, 35, both of Newark with tampering with public records, he said.
Investigators found false entries made by the…
