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Video Shows DUI Flying Jeep Driver Chatting With Cops In Hospital Bed After Wild NJ Wreck
Newly released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a 39-year-old man who police say was intoxicated when he blew a stop sign and sent a Jeep Wrangler airborne and onto the back deck of a New Jersey homeowner. Video shared to YouTube by Transparency Bodycam this week shows the massive police and fire response in Holmdel on Aug. 31, caused by Anthony Hernandez, of North Plainfield. “I just feel below myself,” Hernandez told officers from the hospital (around the 2-hour mark in the video). "I'm just happy you’re okay," the officer responded, saying things could've been a lot worse given the n…
Police & Fire
Cops ID UDel Student From NJ Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police
Police have identified the 18-year-old woman struck and killed by a speeding motorcyclist near the University of Delaware campus this week. Noelia Gomez, of Clark, was a first-year student at the university, UDel said in a statement. UPDATE: Motorcyclist Charged With Murder In Death Of Noelia Gomez Gomez's LinkedIn page shows she graduated from Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains and was studying business and economics at UDel. ** Original story below ** A University of Delaware police officer tried to stop the motorcycle for a traffic violation on Wednesday, A…
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UDel Freshman From NJ, 18, Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police: Authorities
An 18-year-old New Jersey woman was struck and killed by a speeding motorcyclist fleeing police, who had tried stopping the operator less than one minute prior in Newark, DE, authorities said. A University of Delaware police officer tried to stop the motorcycle for a traffic violation on Wednesday, Aug. 27 just before midnight at East Main Street just west of South Chapel Street, Newark police said. ALSO SEE: Cops ID UDel Student From NJ Killed By Speeding Motorcycle Fleeing Police The motorcycle disregarded the police officer’s emergency lights and fled at a high rate of s…
Police & Fire
Armed Convict Arrested On Bicycle: Lawrence Police
Lawrence Township Police Officer Piotr Bystrek was on routine patrol on Friday, May 31 at about 2:35 a.m. in the 2100 block of Princeton Pike in Lawrenceville when he observed two males on bicycles commit a traffic violation. Bystrek made contact with the Princeton males who were positively identified as Jaylin Derry-Poole, 20, and Alfred Jornegay, 31, Lawrence Township police said. Both males had outstanding warrants for their arrest, police said. A search revealed Jornegay had a Ruger Model 9E handgun and a 17-round capacity magazine. Bystrek charged Jornegay wi…
Police & Fire
NJ Fugitive Caught After 100-Mile Police Chase With 10 Guns, Drugs In NC: Police
A fugitive wanted for attempted murder in Monmouth County was captured in North Carolina after leading police on a roughly 100-mile chase, authorities said. Damian Bell, 49, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested in Durham County, NC, on Friday, Mar. 15. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office announced his arrest in a news release on Wednesday, Mar. 20. According to the sheriff's office, Bell was wanted for two counts of attempted murder in Monmouth County. Deputies confirmed with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office that he was still wanted on those charges and they agreed to extradite him…
Police & Fire
Toms River Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty
A Toms River man admitted to selling heroin throughout Ocean County, authorities said. Zachary Lockwood, 25, pleaded guilty on Monday, Feb. 12, to possession of one-half ounce or more of heroin with intent to distribute, being a certain person not to possess a weapon, and resisting arrest, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced. He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated eluding charge from a second incident. Toms River police started investigating Lockwood in July 2023 as someone distributing heroin in Ocean County. Police were granted search warrants for his home a…
Police & Fire
Good Samaritans Become Victims When NJ Driver In I-95 Crash Flees In Their Car: Police
A 54-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested after police in Delaware say he stole the vehicle of a Good Samaritan checking on him after a crash. Nadeem Cassiem of Keasbey (Woodbridge) was heading south on I-95 in a Toyota Rav4 in Newark, DE near State Route 273 around 7:10 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 7, when he rear-ended a white Dodge RAM pickup, Delaware State Police said. A concerned passerby stopped to check on the drivers for injuries, at which point the Cassiem got into the Good Samaritan’s Mercury Mountaineer and fled southbound on I-95 in the stolen SUV, DSP said. Troopers ide…
Police & Fire
Police Find Guns, Seize Fair Lawn Man Awaiting Trial In GS Parkway Crash That Injured Students
A repeat offender from Fair Lawn who authorities said was under the influence in a school bus crash that injured two students on the Garden State Parkway seven months ago was arrested after a traffic stop turned up two illegal rifles, a handgun and more, borough police said Thursday. Ali Vlashi was unable to maintain a lane when Officer Matthew Hearon pulled him over on Maple Avenue shortly before midnight Aug. 31, Sgt. Sean Macys said. The officer “noticed the butt ends of two rifles protruding from the rear seat,” Macys said. A search produced the two rifles – one of which was loaded – a…
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Drugs, Rifles Seized In Atlantic City Traffic Stops
Drugs and rifles were seized during separate traffic stops in Atlantic City, authorities said. At 8:46 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, Officer Giselle Garcia conducted a motor vehicle stop in the 200 block of north South Carolina Avenue after observing a motor vehicle infraction. The passenger of the vehicle, Semaj Poteat, was found to be in possession of approximately 54 grams of suspected crack cocaine, 6 grams of suspected heroin, and $730 believed to be proceeds of illegal narcotics sales, police said. Poteat, 22, of Lawrenceville, GA was taken into custody without incident. He …
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PA Driver Accused Of Killing 2 During H2Oi Has Slew Of Traffic Violations Dating Back To 2005
A 37-year-old Pittsburgh driver accused of killing two people then trying to flee during Wildwood's unsanctioned car meetup H2oi over the weekend apparently has a lengthy history of traffic violations in New Jersey. Gerald White has multiple pages filled with charges going back nearly two decades, New Jersey court records show. His first charge was for unsafe driving in 2005, which was followed by charges for wearing a seatbelt, jumping a red light, blocking traffic, parking in a bus zone, not having a license or insurance card in the car, and improper turning. All of these charges led to …
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Route 95 Motorist Caught With Loaded Gun After Crossing Median: Leonia PD
A motorist who was stopped after driving his sedan over the median from the express to the local lanes on Route 95 had a loaded gun in the glove compartment, police said. Richard X. Santos, an unemployed 29-year-old resident of Washington Heights, was behind the wheel of a 2018 BMW sedan with a female passenger when he was stopped by Officer Debbie Maldonado on the northbound highway around noontime Tuesday, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. Officers Ryan Berger and Young Cho joined Maldonado at the scene along with a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit, the chief said Wednesday. A warr…
Police & Fire
Petition Calls For Resignation Of Jersey City Councilwoman Ticketed In Hit-Run Crash
A Change.org petition has been launched calling for the resignation of Jersey City councilwoman, seen striking a bicyclist who ran a red light and fleeing the scene. Amy DeGise was apparently behind the wheel of a Nissan Rogue that struck Andrew Black, who was heading south on Forrest Street near Martin Luther King Drive around 8 a.m. July 19, according to a police report obtained by Daily Voice. View this post on Instagram A post shared by HudPost (@hudpost) Black reportedly said he had a green light but the footage shows him running a red,…
Police & Fire
Family Of Chinese Nationals Killed By Red Light-Running Driver In Toms River: Police
A family of three Chinese nationals were killed when the Maryland driver of the car they were in ran a red light in Ocean County, authorities said. Tina Dung, 21, was stopped for the traffic light, but then went through the red signal and collided with a Legacy Towing flatbed wrecker heading east on Lakehurst Road around 12:25 a.m. Friday, July 22, Toms River police said. The three passengers in Dung’s car, all citizens of China, were killed as a result of the collision. They included a 54-year-old man, 52-year-old woman and 23-year-old man, all from the same family, police said. Neither d…
Police & Fire
Driver Wanted On Warrants Leads Route 202 Pursuit-Crash: Prosecutor
A 25-year-old woman wanted on warrants out of multiple Central Jersey towns arrested for leading a Route 202 police pursuit before crashing, authorities said. Police tried stopping Jerrie Lee Williams, of Bound Brook, around 11:05 p.m. in Branchburg when they noticed she had an expired registration, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Williams failed to stop when signaled by the officer activating his emergency police lights and siren, McDonald said. Instead, she fled on Holland Brook Road at a high rate of speed. The officer deactivated his police emergency l…
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: Illegal Route 46 U-Turn Leads To Crystal Meth, Loaded Gun, Arrests Of Ex-Con Couple
A pair of convicted felons both wanted on warrants had crystal meth in the car and a loaded gun under the seat when a South Hackensack police officer stopped them for an illegal U-turn on Route 46, authorities said. The warrants turned up after Officer Steven Oliver stopped a Chevy Equinox with an expired temporary license plate driven by Dale Edwards, 45, who had an active warrant out of Montana, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. With him was Kelly M. Wilson, 40, who was wanted out of Falls Township, PA, the sergeant said. Edwards, of Montana, and Wilson, of California, currently have…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Arrested In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist: Prosecutor
A South Jersey man has been arrested in connection with a head-on crash that killed a motorcyclist, authorities said. Steven Hanlin of Egg Harbor City was arrested on Monday by New Jersey State Police and members of the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Officer, according to Prosecutor Cary Shill. The fatal crash occurred on Oct. 3, 2020, on Clarks Landing Road in Port Republic, Shill said. Hanlin allegedly failed to maintain his lane of travel and entered into the oncoming lane where he struck a motorcycle head-on, operated by Anthony Migliaccio, Shill said. Migliaccio, 63, of Somers Poi…
Police & Fire
Bucks Driver Busted With Meth In Routine Traffic Stop, Police Say
A Bucks County man was busted with methamphetamine in a routine traffic stop, police said. William Sweeney, 50, was pulled over for a traffic violation near Pennsylvania Avenue and Street Road when around 9:10 p.m. on May 4, Upper Southampton Township Police Department said. An officer made contact with Sweeney, who seemed hunched towards the steering wheel, police said. When officers saw drugs and drug paraphernalia, a K9 officer was called to the scene to sniff out the vehicle, authorities said. Sweeney was found in possession of drug paraphernalia and methamphetamines. He was take…
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Teenagers Arrested In Stolen Car With Loaded Handgun
Two Atlantic City teenagers were arrested in a stolen car with a loaded handgun, authorities said. At 8:27 p.m. on Monday, Police Officers Ivaylo Ivanov and Wahab Malik saw two vehicles drive through the red traffic light at Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Baltic Avenue, police said. They tried stop both vehicles. One vehicle pulled over, but the second vehicle sped off turning east on Atlantic Avenue. The officers saw the vehicle turn the wrong way on Kentucky Avenue and lost sight of it, police said. When the officers arrived at Kentucky Avenue the vehicle had been involved in a c…
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: Feds Drop DWI, Reckless Charges Against Springsteen, Judge Orders $500 Fine
A U.S. park ranger was wrong in charging Bruce Springsteen with DWI and reckless driving at Sandy Hook, a federal magistrate ruled following a highly-attended Zoom-conferenced hearing. Federal authorities dropped the first two charges against Springsteen due to a lack of sufficient evidence. The 71-year-old rocker did plead guilty to a law that took effect only last year -- for drinking alcohol on federal property at Sandy Hook – and was ordered to pay a $500 fine plus $40 court costs by U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony R. Mautone. Asked when he could cough up the cash, Springsteen smil…
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: DWI Staten Island Driver Hits Trooper Car During I-195 Pursuit Involving Different Car
A 38-year-old Staten Island man had been drinking when he struck a New Jersey State Police car stopped on I-195 to assist with a motor vehicle pursuit, authorities said. Troopers were attempting to stop an eastbound Nissan Altima for a traffic violation on Jan. 3 around 8:15 p.m., when the car failed to stop and instead lead officers on a pursuit, Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The vehicle eventually stopped in the median near milepost 12.4 in Upper Freehold, after approximately a mile-long pursuit, Goez said. The driver, Joel Morales, 23, of Toms River, was arrested, and troopers moved the …
Police & Fire
Little Ferry PD: Driver Caught With Gun Blames Philadelphia Unrest
An Elizabeth driver caught with a gun following a traffic stop told Little Ferry police it was because he’d been to Philadelphia and was “worried about what was currently happening there,” authorities said. Amsell Osorio-Fuentes, 23, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest on drug and weapons charges shortly after 2:30 a.m. Thursday, records show. It began when Sgt. John Andronaco spotted a 2012 Ford Focus with heavily tinted windows and an expired temporary registration in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at the corner of Main and Liberty streets, Police Chief James Wal…
Police & Fire
Haledon PD: PA Pickup Passenger Caught With 550 Heroin Folds Down Pants Blames Driver
A passenger who had more than 550 heroin folds stuffed down his pants told Haledon police the driver had tossed the drugs to him before they were pulled over. Officer Michael Palmer said he and Special Class II Officer Omar Zadeh noticed the 2003 Dodge Ram when the driver, Travis Corter, 26, of Dingmans Fry, PA flicked ashes out his window on West Broadway. As they began to follow the pickup truck, it suddenly crossed the double-yellow line into oncoming traffic, Palmer reported. Palmer said he immediately activated his overhead lights and siren. Once Corter finally pulled over, the offic…
Police & Fire
Authorities: NJ State Trooper Seizes 2 Handguns, Drugs From Philly Pair On AC Expressway
State Police seized two guns along with some heroin and pot from two Philadelphia men and a Pennsylvania companion after a stop on the Atlantic City Expressway, authorities said Tuesday. Trooper John Fallon stopped their car for a traffic violation on the westbound expressway in Winslow Township on Saturday, State Police said in a release. Dante Johnson-Simmons, 25, was carrying a .380-caliber gun and marijuana, and Latal Turner, 19, had a .40-caliber handgun and heroin, they said. Johnson-Simmons and Turner, both of Philadelphia, were arrested on drug and weapons charges. A third man, Ca…
Police & Fire
Leonia Police Captain Nabs Queens Driver Trying To Catch Lyft After Pursuit, Crash
A Queens driver who crashed a brand-new Mercedes while trying to elude police Wednesday morning in Leonia was nabbed by a borough captain as he tried getting into a Lyft. It began when Officer Nolan Stendor tried pulling over the sedan after it illegally passed another vehicle on Broad Avenue shortly after 9:30 a.m. The driver, identified as Osvaldo Leader-George stopped on Westview Avenue as Stendor pulled up, Capt. Scott Tamagny said. He then quickly got back into the Mercedes and sped away, Tamagny said. The sedan hit a parked car as Leader-George turned onto Glenwood Avenue, but he k…
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