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Police & Fire
Newark Man Charged With Manslaughter In NY High-Speed Chase, Fatal Crash
A Newark man has been charged a man with manslaughter in connection with a high-speed chase that ended with a fatal crash in Orange County, NY. Luis Colon, 27, was arrested on Monday, Dec. 7, and charged with manslaughter and unlawful fleeing a police officer, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. The incident took place around 1:35 a.m., at the intersection of South Robinson Avenue and South Williams Street in the City of Newburgh, police said. According to officials, Colon allegedly had been driving a van at a high rate of speed, ignoring lane markings and traffic devic…
Police & Fire
Police Seek Driver Of Stolen Cadillac Following Route 280 Pursuit
Police are look for the driver of a stolen Cadillac who lead police on a pursuit down Route 280, then dumped the car in Newark, authorities said. The driver of the 2004 Cadillac stolen from Springbrook Road East, refused to stop when Montville police tried pulling him over around 3:15 a.m., Oct. 1, Montville police said. The driver lead police on a chase down Old Bloomfield Avenue to Route 280, they said. The pursuit was terminated soon after out of respect for public safety, police said. The vehicle had left unlocked with the key inside when it was stolen, and was found the next day in N…
Police & Fire
Wanted
: Authorities Seek Somerset County Fugitive In Suspected Drug Deal, Pursuit
Authorities in Somerset County are seeking a man who they say sped away from police after being caught in a drug deal. Saul Weaver III, 48, of Hampton, is wanted on a charge of eluding police following Tuesday's incident, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint release with other law enforcement agencies. Members of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force, along with Franklin Township police, were doing a "quality of life" check in Diane Court when they saw a man later identified as Weaver conducting a "suspected narcotic…
Police & Fire
Jcpd
Seeks Bayonne Ex-Con Wanted In Connection With Fleeing Vehicle That Struck Officer
An ex-con wanted in connection with an incident in which a Jersey City police officer was struck by a fleeing vehicle was being sought by authorities as of Friday morning. Jabar Ford, 38, of Bayonne, is facing weapons charges following the Aug. 31 incident, JCPD spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. In 2011, Ford escaped from a Newark halfway house with only eight days left on a four-year prison term, according to NJ.com. Ford was apparently a passenger in the blue, tinted Subaru WRX parked on the 100 block of Custer Avenue, when police spotted someone racking a firearm out of i…
Police & Fire
Manhunt
: Police Flush Out Fleeing Ex-Con Stuck In Swamps Of Lyndhurst
A Newark ex-con driving a stolen car tried to elude Lyndhurst police by dashing into the Meadowlands marshes during an overnight pursuit, but their colleagues from other towns helped capture him, authorities said. Elliot Taylor, 26, floored it after Lyndhurst Police Officer Brian Kapp pulled up behind the already-speeding 2005 Hyundai Elantra on Ridge Road around 3 a.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Taylor made a quick right onto Valley Brook Avenue and raced down Disposal Road toward DeKorte Park, but the Hyundai bottomed out and began smoking, Auteri said. Taylor quickly pul…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Newark Officers Turned Off Cameras In Attempt To Conceal Motor Vehicle Pursuit
A pair of Newark police officers were remanded to administrative duties after violating protocol during a motor vehicle pursuit, authorities said. The officers turned off their dash- and body-cams, and failed to report the pursuit, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The violations came to light during an investigation by the transparency and risk analysis team, a sub-unit of the Newark Police Division’s Office of Professional Standards. The actions of the officers -- who both have two years' tenure -- have been referred to the Essex County Prosecutor’s O…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Passenger Gets Behind Wheel, Crashes As Route 22 Driver With Loaded Gun Runs Away
A Brooklyn driver tried running from police as his passenger got behind the wheel and crashed the car after he was found with a loaded gun and drugs during an early-morning traffic stop on Route 22 Monday, authorities said. Christian Joel Cordero was heading eastbound with Genesis Bertefabian in the passenger seat when he was stopped for a motor vehicle violation around 1:30 a.m., Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Michael J. Williams said. A search of Cordero’s vehicle turned up a loaded Glock magazine in the passenger compartment, Williams said. After denying having knowl…
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Thieves Don’t Even Wait, Steal Brand-New Sedan While Clifton Family Unloads Groceries
Members of a Clifton family were unloading groceries from their brand-new sedan Wednesday night when a group of brazen thieves pulled up, stole the car and led police on a chase into Newark that ended in a crash, authorities said. A Clifton police cruiser and an SUV involved in the theft crashed on Avon Avenue in Newark during the pursuit, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The officer was OK, but the thieves evaded capture, he said. It all happened in an instant. The family was unloading groceries from their 2020 Hyundai Sonata at the corner of Grove Street and Robin Hood …
Police & Fire
Troubled Military Vet Leads Police On Brief Route 17 Chase, Apologizes, Admits He Needs Help
A troubled military veteran led Mahwah police on a brief pursuit before apologizing and admitting he needed help, authorities said. Detective Christopher Fasulo was in an unmarked police vehicle when he said he saw the man’s 2005 Subaru Legacy drift over the double-yellow line twice on Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) around 9:45 p.m. July 7. A third time it appeared that the steering wheel had been "jerked," sending the wagon “so far into the oncoming lane that a collision with a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction would have been [imminent]," the detective reported. Fasulo stopped …
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Mount Olive PD: Man Arrested At Gunpoint After High-Speed Chase In Stolen Car
A 19-year-old man from Bayonne was taken into custody after leading police on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle up Route 46 in Morris County, authorities said. A police officer spotted a 2011 Volks Wagon driving erratically on Route 46 westbound after leaving the the Shell Gas Station around 12:15 a.m. Monday, Mount Olive police said in a news release. A check of the car's registration showed it had been stolen. The driver, later identified as Austin Pember, has previously been arrested for an armed robbery and attack in Jersey City. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle but Pember kept d…
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Update
: Jersey City Motorcyclist, 26, Seriously Injured In Chase, Crash With Clifton PD
A Jersey City man who was being followed by Clifton police sustained serious injuries after crashing his motorcycle on Route 3 at the Route 1&9 off-ramp, authorities said. The 26-year-old motorcyclist was headed eastbound he crashed his 2000 Suzuki just after 9 p.m. Sunday, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. The motorcyclist, who wasn't identified, was unconscious and unresponsive following the crash, authorities said. He was later discharged after being treated at Jersey City Medical Center, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. All area lanes were temporarily closed and t…
Police & Fire
Five Injured In Newark Police Pursuit Crash
A Newark police pursuit ended in a multi-vehicle crash that injured a carjacker, two police officers and two civilian before dawn Monday, responders said. All five were taken to University Medical Center after the chase ended in a chain-reaction collision at Hawthorne and Chadwick avenues shortly after 2:30 a.m., they said. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office, which was investigating the crash, said none of the injuries appeared life-threatening. It hadn't yet confirmed an earlier report that the carjacker bailed from the vehicle after it collided with a police car -- then somehow became …
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