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Drunken Man Who Stalked, Sliced Jersey Shore Woman With Knife Gets Prison Time
A 38-year-old man was sentenced to prison after he pleaded guilty to stalking a woman, threatening to kill her, slicing her face, then crashing into two cars while leading police on a chase across the Jersey Shore in May 2021.
Michael Mahan, of Ewing Township, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Michael T. Collins to eight years in prison on Friday, Feb. 4, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
The sentencing comes after Mahan entered a guilty plea to eluding, terroristic threats, and aggravated assault, from the May 8, 2021 incident in Jackson Township.
Collins also su…
PD: Out-Of-State DWI Motorist Arrested On Route 46 With Gun, Pot, Open Booze In Car
An out-of-state driver was arrested -- and then freed under bail reform -- after Moonachie police said they found pot, booze and a loaded gun in his car during a Route 46 traffic stop.
Officers Matthew Veltri and Frank Tamargo stopped Damian Roscoe Brooks, 39, a Paterson native now living in Elkton, MD, for driving recklessly on the eastbound highway, Police Chief Richard Behrens said.
After having him step out of his 2012 Honda Accord, the officers spotted several open alcoholic beverage containers and a Glock 9mm that turned out to be loaded with hollow-point bullets, Behrens said.
The c…
Drugged Driver Takes Plea In Route 23 Gas Station Crash That Killed Dad, Teenage Son, Attendant
UPDATE: A drug-addicted Sussex County driver who killed a father, son and gas station attendant in a horrific crash on Route 23 in Wayne two years ago will be sentenced to a minimum of 25½ years without parole after pleading guilty Friday to three counts of aggravated manslaughter, authorities said.
Jason Vanderee, 29, told a state judge in Paterson that he’d used heroin and fentanyl in combination with other drugs when he blacked out behind the wheel on Feb. 19, 2019.
Jon Warbeck, a former Carlstadt firefighter from Fair Lawn and his 17-year-old son, Luke, of Lincoln Park, had stopped for…
Pennsylvania Woman Named 'Tesla' Dragged Man In Attempted Carjacking, Police Say
With a name like "Tesla," cars might be a passion, because this York woman with a name like the car brand has repeatedly been arrested following car related incidents.
Tesla Marie Wetzel, 25, of the 1st block of Massa Drive in Windsor, has been arrested after she attempted to take a man's car and dragged him while trying to flee, according to Upper Allen police.
This is not the first time Wetzel has made headlines, in Aug. 2019, she fled from state police during a traffic stop at speeds greater than 80 MPH along Route 74 in Chanceford Township.
The then 23-year-old, drove into a corn…
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