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Pittsgrove Township Man Drove Drunk In Crash That Killed Millville Pedestrian, Police Say Pittsgrove Township Man Drove Drunk In Crash That Killed Millville Pedestrian, Police Say
Pittsgrove Township Man Drove Drunk In Crash That Killed Millville Pedestrian, Police Say A Pittsgrove Township man was accused of driving while drunk and killing a Millville man crossing a street, authorities said. Robert Johnson of Norma was charged with death by auto and driving while intoxicated, the Millville Police Department said in a news release.  Johnson, 61, was arrested in the crash that killed 44-year-old Shane McManamy on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Officers responded to the pedestrian crash on the 500 block of Route 49 (West Main Street) at around 9:13 p.m. Investigators said Johnson was driving east on West Main Street in a 2016 GMC Terrain…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Driver High On Drugs Crashed Into Traffic Light, Utility Poles In Jersey Shore City: Police Driver High On Drugs Crashed Into Traffic Light, Utility Poles In Jersey Shore City: Police
Driver High On Drugs Crashed Into Traffic Light, Utility Poles In Jersey Shore City: Police A Cumberland County man was accused of driving while high on drugs when he crashed his car into two poles in Margate, authorities said. Criminal charges were pending for 37-year-old Joseph Shea of Bridgeton, the Margate City Police Department said in a news release on Thursday, Aug. 1. Dispatchers received several 911 calls from residents who heard a loud noise and saw a car that hit a utility pole at around 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31. Officers and firefighters rushed to the crash scene near the intersection of Jerome and Winchester avenues. They found a utility pole se…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
3 Injured As DWI Driver Strikes Utility Pole In South Jersey: Police 3 Injured As DWI Driver Strikes Utility Pole In South Jersey: Police
3 Injured As DWI Driver Strikes Utility Pole In South Jersey: Police A 31-year-old driver from Camden County was charged with driving while intoxicated, assault by auto, reckless driving and child endangerment after striking a utility pole in Gloucester County, authorities said. The driver and two children were seriously injured in the crash, according to Washington Township police. Sean P. Asman, of Audubon, was driving east on Hurffville Grenloch Road in Washington Township at about 5:50 p.m. on Thursday, July 18 when his 2008 Toyota Yaris left the roadway and struck the pole near Quay Park, police said. Asman and his two juvenile passengers were taken to…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
DWI Driver Passed Out With Foot On Gas Pedal, Weapons In Vehicle On Jersey Shore: Police DWI Driver Passed Out With Foot On Gas Pedal, Weapons In Vehicle On Jersey Shore: Police
DWI Driver Passed Out With Foot On Gas Pedal, Weapons In Vehicle On Jersey Shore: Police A Camden County man was accused of passing out in the driver's seat with a gun and several other weapons in his vehicle in Wildwood Crest, authorities said. Samuel Beatty, 24, of Haddon Township, was arrested on Sunday, June 16, the Wildwood Crest Police Department said in a news release on Tuesday, June 18. An officer saw his vehicle with its engine revving while parked and facing the wrong way near the intersection of Bayview and Preston avenues at around 3:30 a.m. The officer found Beatty unconscious in the driver's seat with his foot on the gas pedal. He "showed obvious signs of impairm…

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by Chris Spiker
Legal
UPDATE: Drunk NJ School Bus Driver With 27 Kids Aboard Gets 14 Years UPDATE: Drunk NJ School Bus Driver With 27 Kids Aboard Gets 14 Years
Update: Drunk NJ School Bus Driver With 27 Kids Aboard Gets 14 Years 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A now-former school bus driver who was hammered when New Jersey State Police troopers stopped her with a busload of kids aboard was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Colleen Eutermarks, 52, of Wantage had a bottle of vodka stashed in her purse during the rJan. 28, 2022 stop on County Road 565 in Frankford, State Police said. She was taken into custody, then registered .34 on a breath test, they said. That would be four times the legal limit for most civilian motorists but is eight times the .04 blood-alcohol content limit for a school bus driver. Eutermarks rejected a plea deal fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Video Shows New Brunswick Council President 3X Over Legal Limit After Wrecking SUV Video Shows New Brunswick Council President 3X Over Legal Limit After Wrecking SUV
Video Shows New Brunswick Council President 3X Over Legal Limit After Wrecking SUV Brand-new bodycam footage of the investigation into New Brunswick's former City Council president directly after she drunkenly wrecked her luxury SUV several hundred feet from home. Officer Taylor Tiongson-Cradic found Suzanne Sicora-Ludwig at the Edgebrook Road crash scene around 11:40 p.m. Friday, March 8, where her Range Rover had struck a tree, according to a police report shared to the city's website.  Bodycam footage shared in a 1-hour and 30-minute video by DriveThruTours shows Sicora-Ludwig's 2014 Range Rover up against a tree, with airbag deployment. Accord…

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by Cecilia Levine