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Sparta Patrol Car Struck By Drunk Driver Who Hadn't Driven In Years: Police
A Sparta police car was struck by a drunk driver on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3, authorities said.
At 10:09 p.m., officers were on the scene of a motor vehicle crash on Route 15, Sparta police said. While police were assessing the damage from the crash, a gray Ford, driven by 43-year-old Nicole Romeo, a Hamburg resident, struck their patrol vehicle, officers said.
As police tended to Romeo, they detected the odor of alcohol on her breath and noted her speech was slurred, officers said. Romeo told police she had a glass of wine earlier in the day, officers said.
Romeo said she did not r…
Ex-Con From Viral Jersey Shore Arrest Video Charged With 1,500 Heroin Bags, Pounds Of Pot, More
An ex-con whose Point Pleasant boardwalk arrest became part of a viral video was busted once again on drug charges, this time along with his roommate, authorities said.
A SWAT team led a raid on the Grand Street apartment in Garfield that Zakee Murphy, 32, shares with fish tank technician Ryene Perry, 34, landing both in jail on various drug-related counts, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Murphy has been arrested dozens of times in multiple counties over the past decade, records show.
This time he's accused of using the Garfield home to stash the drugs along with more than $8,…
Ex-Con Charged With Sexually Assaulting Englewood Toddler
A habitual offender who has benefitted from bail reform was charged with sexually assaulting a toddler in Englewood, authorities said.
Ex-con Joshua Foster -- who, at 25 years old, already has an extensive criminal history -- is charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, child endangerment and possession of child pornography, among other offenses.
Foster, an Englewood native most recently of East Orange, has remained held in the Bergen County Jail since his arrest on Saturday morning, Sept. 3, records show.
Joshua Odell Foster's criminal history stretches back to November 2014…
Speeding Driver Had Ecstasy Pills, Powder During Route 78 Traffic Stop, Police Say
A driver stopped for speeding on Route 78 early Wednesday was found with both ecstasy pills and powder, authorities said.
Donald Thomas, 37, was stopped for speeding on Route 78 in Readington Township around 1:50 a.m., local police said.
Thomas, of East Orange, was found with several ecstasy pills and a bag of suspected crushed ecstacy, police said.
Thomas was charged with drug possession and issued summonses for speeding, maintenance of lamps, driving while suspended, and drug possession in a motor vehicle, authorities said.
Little Ferry PD: Potential Tragedy Avoided, Driver Charged After Speeding Recklessly By School
A suspended Little Ferry motorist deliberately got into his car and drove away from police, blowing a stop sign and a light before speeding past a school on the wrong side of the road, authorities said.
It was a blessing that no one was hurt.
It began after Khalid Jackson, 38, came to headquarters Monday to file a complaint against police after getting a summons last week for driving on the suspended list, Police Chief James Walters said.
Afterward, a lieutenant reminded Jackson that he couldn’t drive, the chief said Tuesday.
Jackson, in turn, “mumbled something,” then got into his mother…
Police: DWI Jersey City Man Busted Swerving, Speeding On Route 46
A 42-year-old man was drunk when he sped and swerved along Route 46 in Morris County, authorities said.
George Thomas, 42, was driving a Toyota Camry erratically, swerving and speeding on Route 46 in Budd Lake when he was pulled over just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Mt. Olive Township police said.
During questioning, Thomas showed clear signs of intoxication and subsequently failed a series of field sobriety tests, authorities said.
Thomas, of Jersey City, was arrested and charged with DWI, speeding, unlicensed, driving while suspended and reckless driving.
He was released to a sober driv…
DWI Budd Lake Man, 42, Charged In Route 46 Hit-And-Run Crash
A Budd Lake man was under the influence when he left the scene of a crash on Route 46, authorities said.
Daniel F. Stroup, 42, crashed his silver Chevy pickup truck on Route 46 in Mount Olive Township just before 12:15 p.m. on Sept. 10 -- then drove away, Mount Olive police said.
A police sergeant saw the truck on Wolfe Road and followed it to a home on Highfield Court, police said.
During questioning, Stroup displayed signs of intoxication and subsequently failed field sobriety tests, authorities said.
Stroup was arrested and charged with DWI, reckless driving, leaving the scene of …
Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More
A Hackensack driver carrying a variety of illegal drugs raced along Route 17, cutting across three lanes several times, before surrendering to a pursuing Carlstadt police officer in Moonachie, authorities said.
Officer Matthew Bartlett tried pulling over the Honda Civic after driver Shavar Ingram, 34, improperly passed two vehicles and made an illegal left turn onto Paterson Avenue from Enoch Street, Police Chief Thomas Berta said.
Ingram kept going, speeding onto Route 17, before the pursuit finally ended on Berger Street, the chief said.
Berta said a search turned up various amounts of: …
