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Drunk Driver In Forked River Struck Woman, Crashed Into Her Parked Car: Police Drunk Driver In Forked River Struck Woman, Crashed Into Her Parked Car: Police
Drunk Driver In Forked River Struck Woman, Crashed Into Her Parked Car: Police A Forked River woman was accused of driving drunk when she hit another woman standing behind her parked car, authorities said. Kathleen Colaio, 44, was charged with driving while intoxicated, the Lacey Township Police Department said in a news release on Tuesday, Dec. 3.  The crash happened near a home on the 400 block of Lake Barnegat Drive North on Monday, Dec. 2. Police and paramedics responded to the scene at around 5:09 p.m. Investigators said Colaio was driving a blue Honda Civic south when the car struck a 63-year-old Bayville woman. The victim was behi…

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Police & Fire
Seaside Park Marine Vet, Restaurant Owner Dies, Suspected DUI Driver's Charges Increased Seaside Park Marine Vet, Restaurant Owner Dies, Suspected DUI Driver's Charges Increased
Seaside Park Marine Vet, Restaurant Owner Dies, Suspected DUI Driver's Charges Increased A Seaside Park woman's charges were upgraded when a restaurant owner and well-known fly fisherman died more than a month after a hit-and-run crash. Genell Mcinaw, 50, surrendered to Seaside Heights police on Tuesday, Nov. 5, Ocean County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael Nolan Jr. said in a news release. She was previously charged in the crash that killed Robert Popovics of Seaside Park. Seaside Heights police responded to a report of a man lying in the road near the intersection of Dupont Avenue and the Boulevard at around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23. Officers found Popovics u…

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Police & Fire
Late-Night Wildfire Breaks Out At Fishers Pit In Bayville, Firefighters Say (DEVELOPING) Late-Night Wildfire Breaks Out At Fishers Pit In Bayville, Firefighters Say (DEVELOPING)
Late-Night Wildfire Breaks Out At Fishers Pit In Bayville, Firefighters Say (Developing) Firefighters were battling a massive wildfire in Ocean County that broke out late Monday, Sept. 9, officials said. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said the fire was burning near Fishers Pit, a sand and gravel pit in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township. The NJFFS first posted on Twitter about the wildfire at 7:30 p.m. Monday. As of Tuesday morning, the fire had been 20 percent contained to 150 acres, after spreading near Northern Boulevard in the Barnegat Pines neighborhood of Berkeley. "When firefighters arrived on scene initial attack efforts were unsuccessful due to erratic…

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Police & Fire
Bayville Man High On Drugs Caused Crashes, Fought Road Worker On Garden State Parkway: Troopers Bayville Man High On Drugs Caused Crashes, Fought Road Worker On Garden State Parkway: Troopers
Bayville Man High On Drugs Caused Crashes, Fought Road Worker On Garden State Parkway: Troopers A Bayville man was accused of driving while high on drugs when he caused several crashes on the Garden State Parkway before assaulting a construction worker, authorities said. Jonathan Ferro, 21, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 28, a state police spokesperson said. Troopers responded to multiple hit-and-run crashes near milepost 101.3 on the northbound side of the parkway in Tinton Falls at around 2:18 p.m. Investigators said Ferro was driving a Dodge pickup in the crashes and ran away from the truck when it became disabled. Ferro also physically assaulted a road worker while…

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Worker Fell 80 Feet Inside Jersey Shore Water Tower, Painting Contractor Fined $485K: OSHA Worker Fell 80 Feet Inside Jersey Shore Water Tower, Painting Contractor Fined $485K: OSHA
Worker Fell 80 Feet Inside Jersey Shore Water Tower, Painting Contractor Fined $485K: Osha A painting contractor was facing nearly $500,000 in fines after a worker fell 80 feet to the bottom of an Ocean County water tower without safety gear, officials said. The U.S. Department of Labor cited U.S. Tank Painting for three willful and 19 serious violations, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release on Wednesday, July 24. The DOL proposed $485,580 in penalties for the Millstone Township company. OSHA said the contractor didn't install the required safety equipment to prevent an employee from falling inside the Bayville wat…

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by Chris Spiker