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Drunk Driver Hits Cyclist Along Route 22: Police Drunk Driver Hits Cyclist Along Route 22: Police
Drunk Driver Hits Cyclist Along Route 22: Police A 60-year-old Lebanon man was arrested and charged with assault by automobile after he struck a cyclist while driving drunk in Readington on Monday, Feb. 11, authorities said. Officers responded to Route 22 near Green Gate Road and found a struck cyclist, a 55-year-old Milford resident, who was disoriented and sustained significant injuries, Readington police said. The driver, John Van-Lenten, approached the officers on scene and police said they detected the odor of alcohol and subsequently placed him under arrest for driving while intoxicated after failing sobriety tests. Van-Lenten was …

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by Sam Barron
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Underage Drunk Driver With Open Bottle Of Vodka Flees Scene Of Crash: Mt. Olive PD Underage Drunk Driver With Open Bottle Of Vodka Flees Scene Of Crash: Mt. Olive PD
Underage Drunk Driver With Open Bottle Of Vodka Flees Scene Of Crash: Mt. Olive PD A 20-year-old Flanders woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and numerous traffic violations following a crash on Saturday, Feb. 1, authorities said. At 9:02 p.m., officers responded to the Overlook Apartments at 100 Oakwood Village in Flanders on a report of a hit and run crash and found a white Nissan with Reyna Miller seated inside the vehicle, Mount Olive police said.  As officers spoke with Miller, he detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage and noted she appeared to be impaired, police said. Officers also noticed an open bottle of vodka in the vehic…

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by Sam Barron
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Swerving Intoxicated Driver Arrested On Route 46: Mount Olive Police Swerving Intoxicated Driver Arrested On Route 46: Mount Olive Police
Swerving Intoxicated Driver Arrested On Route 46: Mount Olive Police A 46-year-old Hackettstown woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated on Route 46 on Tuesday, Jan. 28, authorities said. At 11:37 p.m., an officer in Hackettstown noticed a gray Hyundai traveling west on Route 46 driving erratically, failing to maintain its lane, Mount Olive police said. Following a traffic stop, the officer spoke to the driver, Ouida Sciancalepore and detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage and that she appeared to be impaired, police said. Sciancalepore was arrested following field sobriety testing, police said. was asked to exit her vehicle for…

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by Sam Barron
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Man Admits To Driving Drunk In Crash That Killed Flanders Teen: Prosecutor Man Admits To Driving Drunk In Crash That Killed Flanders Teen: Prosecutor
Man Admits To Driving Drunk In Crash That Killed Flanders Teen: Prosecutor A 41-year-old Belleville man pleaded guilty on Monday, Jan. 6, to driving while intoxicated in a crash that killed an 18-year-old pre-med student in Morris County last May, authorities said. Gerald Veneziano pled guilty to reckless vehicular homicide and DUI, as part of a plea bargain that will see prosecutors recommend a six-year prison sentence next month, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.  Jacob Davis was pronounced dead at the scene in Friday, May 31 crash, authorities said. Veneziano was extricated and hospitalized with internal injuries, and numerous open alcohol c…

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by Sam Barron
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Drunk, Reckless Driver Busted On New Year's Eve: Denville PD Drunk, Reckless Driver Busted On New Year's Eve: Denville PD
Drunk, Reckless Driver Busted On New Year's Eve: Denville PD A 52-year-old Budd Lake resident was arrested for driving while intoxicated on New Year's Eve in Denville, authorities said. On Tuesday, Dec. 31, officers conducted a welfare check on Jermaine Jackson, who was sleeping in his vehicle which was parked and idling on East Main Street, Denville police said. An investigation revealed Jackson was under the influence of alcohol and he failed field sobriety tests, police said. Jackson was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and careless driving, police said.

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ER Nurse Returning From Work ID'd By Grieving Family As Victim Of Wrong-Way DUI NJ Crash ER Nurse Returning From Work ID'd By Grieving Family As Victim Of Wrong-Way DUI NJ Crash
ER Nurse Returning From Work ID'd By Grieving Family As Victim Of Wrong-Way DUI NJ Crash Anne Rasmussen dedicated her life to helping others, but her own was cut short when a suspected drunk driver caused a wrong-way crash on Route 70 early Friday morning, Dec. 27. Rasmussen, 58, of Whiting, was identified by her family on a GoFundMe campaign as an emergency room nurse on her way home from work when the Brick Township crash occurred, "killing her instantly." "She spent a lot of her life dedicated to helping people working as an ER nurse," Rasmussen's daughter, Kelly Kracsun wrote on the campaign. She would take the shirt off her back for absolutely anyone and would do anything …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Elizabeth Woman Busted For DWI Attempting To Leave Bar: Mt Olive PD Elizabeth Woman Busted For DWI Attempting To Leave Bar: Mt Olive PD
Elizabeth Woman Busted For DWI Attempting To Leave Bar: Mt Olive PD A 37-year-old Elizabeth woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated on the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 8, as she attempted to leave a bar in Budd Lake At 1:08 a.m., officers observed a Honda SUV back into a parked vehicle in the parking lot of Lakeview Bar and Grill, Mount Olive police said. The vehicle was stopped as it was attempted to leave the lot and officers made contact with the driver, Fiorella Velarde, police said. As officers spoke with Velarde, he detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage and noted  she appeared to be impaired, police said. Velarde …

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by Sam Barron
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Man Parked Car In Front Of Driveway, Fell Asleep, Busted For DWI: Denville PD Man Parked Car In Front Of Driveway, Fell Asleep, Busted For DWI: Denville PD
Man Parked Car In Front Of Driveway, Fell Asleep, Busted For DWI: Denville PD A 42-year-old Rockaway man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after he was found sleeping in his car in Denville on Thursday, Nov. 21, authorities said. At 6:15 p.m., officers responded to a 911 call about a car parked in front of a residence on Second Avenue with an unresponsive man in the driver's seat, Denville police said. Police found Edwin Sanchez-Laos sleeping in the driver's seat of his vehicle while illegally parked in front of the driveway, authorities said. Sanchez-Laos was determined to be under the influence of alcohol and failed field sobriety tests, polic…

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by Sam Barron
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DUI, Child Neglect For Minivan Driver After Near Miss With Police Car In Mount Olive: Cops DUI, Child Neglect For Minivan Driver After Near Miss With Police Car In Mount Olive: Cops
DUI, Child Neglect For Minivan Driver After Near Miss With Police Car In Mount Olive: Cops A Long Valley man was charged with driving while intoxicated and child neglect after nearly colliding with a police cruiser at the ITC Mall Complex in Flanders last week. The incident occurred on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, at 12:04 a.m., when Sgt. Tyler Mullooly observed a Honda minivan cross the center line near Famous Footwear, narrowly missing his patrol vehicle, police said. Sgt. Mullooly initiated a traffic stop and observed the driver and passenger switching seats as he approached the vehicle. The driver, identified as 46-year-old Raghunath Angeveettil, was found seated in the passenger s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Heroin Found On Unconscious Driver Found Slumped At Green Light In Morris County: Police Heroin Found On Unconscious Driver Found Slumped At Green Light In Morris County: Police
Heroin Found On Unconscious Driver Found Slumped At Green Light In Morris County: Police A 41-year-old Morristown man was arrested Wednesday night, Nov. 20, after police in Florham Park found him unconscious behind the wheel of a vehicle stopped at an intersection. Florham Park police responded to a 9-1-1 call just after 9:30 p.m., reporting a driver slumped over the steering wheel in a parked vehicle on the Park Ave Connector Road, authorities said. When Officer Kyle Kepler arrived, he found the truck parked across two lanes with the ignition still on. Passersby had also reported the concerning scene. Upon entering the vehicle, Kepler confirmed the driver was breathing and had…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17 Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17
Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17 Daily Voice has obtained the mugshot of the 18-year-old Range Rover SUV driver who police say was intoxicated when he caused a weekend crash that left an officer seriously injured on Route 17. Joseph Ford, a resident of the United Kingdom, was speeding in the southbound lanes when he rammed the rear of an Allendale patrol car that had stopped to assist a Saddle River officer on a motor vehicle stop at approximately 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, near East Allendale Road, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The impact caused "a four-car chain-reaction crash involving the vehicle stoppe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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22-Year-Old Drove Drunk, Caused Head-On Crash: Hackettstown PD 22-Year-Old Drove Drunk, Caused Head-On Crash: Hackettstown PD
22-Year-Old Drove Drunk, Caused Head-On Crash: Hackettstown PD A 22-year-old Hackettstown man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated following a car crash on the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 2, authorities said. At 4:56 p.m., officers responded to Bilby Road and Willow Grove Street for a two-car crash, Hackettstown police said. A Honda Accord driven by Nicholas Abato crashed head-on into a Ford pickup, driven by an 18-year-old Stanhope resident, police said. While speaking to Abato, officers detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage, police said. Abato was arrested and found to have a blood-alcohol content of .34%, police said. He wa…

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by Sam Barron