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Toms River Man Died In Police Custody: Bodycam Footage Shows His Arrest Toms River Man Died In Police Custody: Bodycam Footage Shows His Arrest
Toms River Man Died In Police Custody: Bodycam Footage Shows His Arrest Authorities have released body camera video of the incident when a Toms River man died while police tried to detain him. The state Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability made the footage public on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The video showed the Friday, Apr. 19 encounter that ended with the death of 47-year-old John Cassidy. The incident began at a gas station on Route 37 near West End Avenue at around 1 p.m. Island Heights police officers Peter Muscarella, Dominique D’Amico-Violante, and Lt. Paul Rutledge attempted to arrest Cassidy on active warrants. The f…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Troopers Won't Be Charged For South Jersey Man's Death In Police Custody, AG's Office Says Troopers Won't Be Charged For South Jersey Man's Death In Police Custody, AG's Office Says
Troopers Won't Be Charged For South Jersey Man's Death In Police Custody, AG's Office Says No state troopers will face criminal charges after a Millville man died while in police custody, authorities said. A state grand jury voted to not file any charges related to the death of 30-year-old Daniel King, the state Office of the Attorney General said in a news release on Monday, Oct. 1. King died more than 24 hours after he was arrested in Fairfield Township. Investigators said Trooper Mark Allonardo responded to a home on Fordville Road at around 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 8, 2023. King had requested a police escort to retrieve property at the home.…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Motorist Crashes, Killed After 'Medical Episode' In South Jersey Motorist Crashes, Killed After 'Medical Episode' In South Jersey
Motorist Crashes, Killed After 'Medical Episode' In South Jersey A 71-year-old driver died after striking a tree during a "medical episode," authorities said. The crash occurred on Friday, May 12 at 3:57 p.m. on County Road 649 northbound at milepost 3.5 in Commercial Township, New Jersey State Police said. Preliminary investigation revealed that a VW Passat, driven by Ingrid Hillman, of Egg Harbor Township. was traveling north, State Police said. Hillman had an unknown medical episode causing her to cross over the center line into a wooded area and ultimately striking a tree, police said. Hillman was taken to Vineland Inspira Hospital where she was pr…

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by Jon Craig
News
Police ID Driver, 69, Killed In South Brunswick Crash Police ID Driver, 69, Killed In South Brunswick Crash
Police ID Driver, 69, Killed In South Brunswick Crash South Brunswick police have released the name of the man killed in a crash Monday, Feb. 27. John Kosarowich, 69, of Howell died, police said, and may have suffered a medical episode before the crash. On Monday at 7:05 p.m., South Brunswick police were alerted to a car under a trailer at the rear of a warehouse on Chris Court. Police found a red 1999 Volkswagen Beetle with a driver unconscious.  Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad, Monmouth Junction Fire Department, and paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced the driver dead. South Brunswick Police Traffic Safety Bureau invest…

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by Jon Craig
News
UPDATE: Four Killed, Eight Hospitalized In Shuttle Van Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: Four Killed, Eight Hospitalized In Shuttle Van Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Update: Four Killed, Eight Hospitalized In Shuttle Van Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: The driver of a passenger van apparently suffered a medical episode before a crash overnight near the George Washington Bridge that killed him and three workers being shuttled home from a factory in Orange County, NY, authorities said. Eight others were hospitalized following the crash on the southbound on the Palisades Interstate Parkway between Exits 1 and 2 in Englewood Cliffs shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2. George Massey, 54, of the Bronx was driving the Ford Econoline E350 passenger van, which landed on its side in a wooded area of the median, Palisades Interstate Park…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit
SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit A driver whose SUV crashed off Route 17 in Ridgewood Saturday afternoon apparently suffered a medical episode beforehand, responders said. The Kia Sportage came to rest against a wall on the northbound exit ramp to Linwood Avenue around 3 p.m. Responders conducted CPR before the gravely injured driver was brought to The Valley Hospital in Village police, firefighters and EMS and a Valley EMS unit responded.  City Wide towed the vehicle. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been the r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Responders: Clifton Man, 44, In Route 3 Crash Died Of Medical Cause Responders: Clifton Man, 44, In Route 3 Crash Died Of Medical Cause
Responders: Clifton Man, 44, In Route 3 Crash Died Of Medical Cause A 44-year-old driver killed in a Monday morning crash on Route 3 in Clifton apparently suffered a medical episode, responders told Daily Voice. The 2012 Hyundai Elantra driven by Anton Dittrich of Clifton veered onto the westbound shoulder and scraped along the divider for about 100 yards before coming to a stop near the Bloomfield Avenue exit shortly before 10:30 a.m., authorities said Monday afternoon. Responders administered CPR, to no avail. Dittrich was pronounced dead at St. Mary’s Hospital about 15 minutes later, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco