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UPDATE: Ex-Con Charged In Horrific SUV Crash That Killed One, Injured Others In Paterson UPDATE: Ex-Con Charged In Horrific SUV Crash That Killed One, Injured Others In Paterson
Update: Ex-Con Charged In Horrific SUV Crash That Killed One, Injured Others In Paterson A Florida ex-con with a massive criminal record was driving an SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured several others in a horrific crash in downtown Paterson, authorities revealed. Harold Rasbin, 31, already had grand theft auto convictions on his record – as well as a string of arrests for burglary, resisting arrest and assault dating back to when he was 15 – when a police officer responding to a call of an attempted break-in spotted him shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Rasbin took off on foot, hopped into a Honda that had been left running on Oliver Street and sped off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Old Navy Employee In Jersey City Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Old Navy Employee In Jersey City
Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Old Navy Employee In Jersey City A 22-year-old Jersey City man has been arrested and charged in the hit-and-run death of a 36-year-old beloved Old Navy employee last November, authorities announced. Kristopher Khusial has been accused of hitting Phillip Delancy at 740 Route 440 around 9:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 2021, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Delancy was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center after being struck, and pronounced dead at approximately 10:25 p.m.  Khusial was arrested on multiple charges Tuesday, May 17, and released on a summons pending his first court appearance on Monda…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Hit-Run Driver Nabbed By Wood-Ridge PD Had Loaded Gun In Waistband, Large Knife In Car Police: Hit-Run Driver Nabbed By Wood-Ridge PD Had Loaded Gun In Waistband, Large Knife In Car
Police: Hit-Run Driver Nabbed By Wood-Ridge PD Had Loaded Gun In Waistband, Large Knife In Car A hit-and-run driver was carrying a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets along with a large butcher knife when Wood-Ridge police found him, authorities said. Brandon Morales, 18, of Passaic had pulled into dead-ended Sussex Road when Sgt. Joseph Rutigliano and Officer Mark Torsiello found him and a woman in a severely damaged 2009 Audi A4 around 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 2, Capt. Joseph Biamonte said. The Audi had been involved in a hit and run without injuries moments earlier on Passaic Street, the captain said. Rutigliano and Torsiello spotted the knife while speaking with Mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman Killed In Livingston Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say Woman Killed In Livingston Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say
Woman Killed In Livingston Hit-Run Crash, Authorities Say A female pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Thursday, April 28 in Livingston, authorities said. The incident occurred on the 300 block of W. South Orange Avenue just before 11:30 p.m., said Thomas Fennelly, a spokesman with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The woman was found by police lying on the ground with serious injuries, RLS Media reports. Her name was withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Gave False Report In Deadly NJ Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor Woman Gave False Report In Deadly NJ Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor
Woman Gave False Report In Deadly NJ Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor The driver who struck and killed a pedestrian earlier this year was arrested, as was a woman who lied about the incident to police, authorities in Central Jersey said. Raulito Peralta, 22, of Highland Park, struck and killed New Brunswick's Treasa M. Daye-Fennie while she was crossing a street in Franklin Township last February, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. Estrella Caballero-Cruz, 21, of Highland Park, was charged with providing a false report to police. Daye-Fennie was crossing Somerset Street near High Street around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, wh…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Victim Of GTA-Obsessed Driver's Elizabeth Road Rage Attack Suffered Laundry List Of Injuries Victim Of GTA-Obsessed Driver's Elizabeth Road Rage Attack Suffered Laundry List Of Injuries
Victim Of Gta-obsessed Driver's Elizabeth Road Rage Attack Suffered Laundry List Of Injuries The 23-year-old woman intentionally run over twice by a Grand Theft Auto-crazed driver remains in critical condition and apparently won't be covered by insurance. Morgan Scott was taking pictures of a fender bender involving 56-year-old Vincent Jean last week in Elizabeth, when he charged at her in his Mitsubishi SUV and ran her over on a lawn on Wednesday, April 13, as she desperately tried running away, authorities previously said. Footage shows Jean backing up over her again, leaving her with a broken femur, lacerated liver, broken ribs, severe back injuries, deep gashes over 60 percent…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Driver Runs Over Road Rage Victim Repeatedly In Horrifying Footage Of Elizabeth Attack Driver Runs Over Road Rage Victim Repeatedly In Horrifying Footage Of Elizabeth Attack
Driver Runs Over Road Rage Victim Repeatedly In Horrifying Footage Of Elizabeth Attack Horrifying footage of a 56-year-old driver repeatedly running over following a minor crash in Elizabeth is circulating on social media. The footage shows Vincent Jean charging at the victim in his silver Mitsubishi SUV, as she tries to run away, plowing her from the sidewalk onto the lawn of a home near Salem Avenue and Aberdeen Road the morning of Wednesday, April 13, the Union County Prosecutor's Office confirmed. Jean then reverses, and deliberately runs over the 23-year-old woman again as she tries to get up before fleeing the scene, the footage shows.  The victim tries running fro…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEE ANYTHING? Woman Unloading Groceries Suffers Broken Leg In Englewood Hit-Run SEE ANYTHING? Woman Unloading Groceries Suffers Broken Leg In Englewood Hit-Run
SEE Anything? Woman Unloading Groceries Suffers Broken Leg In Englewood Hit-Run An Englewood woman unloading groceries suffered a broken leg in a downtown chain-reaction crash caused by a hit-and-run driver, authorities said. The crash occurred in front of a mixed-use building on busy North Dean Street near Depot Square between 9-9:30 p.m. last Friday, April 8, police Capt. Fred Pulice said. The 47-year-old victim was unloading groceries from her niece's Honda Accord after coming from the nearby ShopRite when the dark-colored vehicle turned out of the parking lot next door, Pulice said. That vehicle hit her, pinning her against the niece's car, he said. The driver th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lakewood Man, 36, Killed In 3-Vehicle Crash: Police Lakewood Man, 36, Killed In 3-Vehicle Crash: Police
Lakewood Man, 36, Killed In 3-Vehicle Crash: Police A 36-year-old man from Lakewood was killed in a three-vehicle crash, authorities said. Oliver Vazquez has been identified as the victim of the crash on Madison Avenue just south of 9th Street on Saturday, April 2 just before 9 p.m. A GoFundMe was launched in an effort to help bring his body to Mexico, his home country. Upon arrival, police determined that a 2006 Ford F-350, operated by 38-year-old Matthew Sebolt of Colts Neck had side-swiped a 2010 Honda Accord as he was traveling north along Madison Avenue, police said. The Honda Accord, operated by 34-year-old Moshe Mashitz also was tr…

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by Jon Craig
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North Jersey Driver Who Thought He Hit Deer Found Guilty In Hit-Run Death Of 12-Year-Old Boy North Jersey Driver Who Thought He Hit Deer Found Guilty In Hit-Run Death Of 12-Year-Old Boy
North Jersey Driver Who Thought He Hit Deer Found Guilty In Hit-Run Death Of 12-Year-Old Boy A North Jersey man who apparently thought he hit a deer when he actually struck and killed a 12-year-old boy in 2019 has been found guilty in the child's death, authorities announced. A Union County jury found 39-year-old Jose Marrero guilty on charges relating to the Summer 2019 death of Jeremy Maraj in Union, Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. The jury deliberated for less than an hour last Friday after a week-long trial for Marrero — currently of Kearny and previously of Lake Hiawatha — before returning its verdict. Marrero was driving his work van, a 2016 Nissan NV200, when h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Seek ID For Car Involved In Lehigh Valley Hit-And-Run Crash Police Seek ID For Car Involved In Lehigh Valley Hit-And-Run Crash
Police Seek ID For Car Involved In Lehigh Valley Hit-And-Run Crash Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a vehicle they say was involved in a hit-and-run crash in the Lehigh Valley area. The driver of the vehicle pictured above is accused of hitting a stop sign and shrub while turning onto Dartford Road from Black River Road in Lower Saucon Township shortly after 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, local police said. The driver then continued onto Dartford Road toward Colesville Road, police said. The vehicle sustained driver’s side front end damage and has a broken taillight, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Lower Saucon …

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by Valerie Musson
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VIDEO: Man Flees After Hitting Van In Parking Lot Of Lehigh Valley Chick-fil-A, Police Say VIDEO: Man Flees After Hitting Van In Parking Lot Of Lehigh Valley Chick-fil-A, Police Say
Video: Man Flees After Hitting Van In Parking Lot Of Lehigh Valley Chick-fil-A, Police Say Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a man they say fled after hitting a car in the parking lot of a Lehigh Valley Chick-fil-A restaurant. A surveillance video shows the man attempting to back a newer model gray-colored Volkswagen Jetta out of a parking space at the Dryland Way location in Lower Nazareth around 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17, the Colonial Regional Police Department said in a Saturday release. The man then strikes the van in the spot next to him before fleeing. “It appears that the male knew or should have known that he struck the van,” CRPD said. Scroll down t…

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by Valerie Musson