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Suicidal NJ Man Crashes, BMW Catches Fire After Police Chase On Route 22: PA State Troopers Suicidal NJ Man Crashes, BMW Catches Fire After Police Chase On Route 22: PA State Troopers
Suicidal NJ Man Crashes, BMW Catches Fire After Police Chase On Route 22: PA State Troopers A suicidal man crashed his vehicle and was ejected after leading Pennsylvania State Police on a chase along Route 22 in South Whitehall Township, authorities announced. Troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Troop M – Fogelsville Crime Unit were alerted to a suicidal male traveling into Pennsylvania from New Jersey on Monday, Dec. 16, at approximately 11:30 a.m., according to a release. The man was spotted driving a BMW X-5 westbound on Route 22, police said. When troopers attempted to stop him, he fled, leading officers on a pursuit through local roads before returning to Route 22. T…
Amish Buggy Driver Struck Dead In SUV Crash: Lancaster County Coroner Amish Buggy Driver Struck Dead In SUV Crash: Lancaster County Coroner
Amish Buggy Driver Struck Dead In SUV Crash: Lancaster County Coroner An Amish man with a total of 92 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren was struck dead when his horse and buggy were struck by a BMW SUV, authorities told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Levi R. Stoltzfus, 81, of Narvon, driving the buggy near the intersection of Sheep Hill Road and Springville Road in East Earl Township when he struck the SUV at 8:13 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, according to the police. Click here to read our updated report about the crash.  Stoltzfus was pronounced dead at the Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital at 10:24 p.m. that night, according to the …
More Sought For Questioning After Off-Duty Cop Robbed Of Gun: Philly PD More Sought For Questioning After Off-Duty Cop Robbed Of Gun: Philly PD
More Sought For Questioning After Off-Duty Cop Robbed Of Gun: Philly PD Several men are sought for questioning in connection with the assault and robbery of an off-duty Philadelphia police officer, according to authorities.  The officer's personal gun was stolen in an attack on the 2100 block of West Oxford Street on Sunday morning, May 12, police said previously.  He "managed to disarm this offender and fire the attacker's weapon in self-defense" before the suspect fled in a black BMW sedan, according to PPD.  The suspect was arrested in Kensington on Sunday afternoon, and four women who were previously wanted for questioning have since be…
Stolen Car Found Crashed In Schuylkill County: State Police Stolen Car Found Crashed In Schuylkill County: State Police
Stolen Car Found Crashed In Schuylkill County: State Police Troopers are investigating after the occupants of a stolen BMW fled the scene of a crash on Monday, May 6, state police say.  The car, an 850i, crashed near Blue Mountain Drive in West Penn Township sometime on Monday, authorities said.  The occupants ran from the crash and police searched a "large perimeter" near Blue Mountain Drive, Route 309, and Fort Franklin Road using drones and canine units, according to troopers.  Around 2 p.m., "an occupant of the vehicle was located and identified by law enforcement," authorities said.  The investigation is ongoing …
Pennsylvania BMW Driver, 30, Struck, Killed After Crash Along NJ Turnpike Pennsylvania BMW Driver, 30, Struck, Killed After Crash Along NJ Turnpike
Pennsylvania BMW Driver, 30, Struck, Killed After Crash Along NJ Turnpike A 30-year-old Pennsylvania man standing along the side of the New Jersey Turnpike after a collision was struck and killed by a passing car early Monday, April 22, authorities said. Alton Smith, of Levittown, PA, had bee driving a BMW 328i when he got into a crash with another BMW around 2:20 a.m. in Robbinsville, New Jersey State Police said. Smith was standing outside of his vehicle on the southbound side of the highway near milepost 64.1 on the inner roadway, when a passing Hyundai struck him and the back of his car, police said. Smith died while the driver of the Hyundai susta…
Bucks County BMW Driver, 24, Dead In Philadelphia Crash Bucks County BMW Driver, 24, Dead In Philadelphia Crash
Bucks County BMW Driver, 24, Dead In Philadelphia Crash The 24-year-old driver of a BMW was killed in a Philadelphia crash overnight, police said. Marc Anthony Kulp, of Bristol (Bucks County), was heading north in a a 2016 Black BMW E-Series, on Knights Road when he lost control and veered off the roadway around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, Philadelphia police said. The car struck a tree, and ultimately struck the median before coming to a rest. Philadelphia Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and transported the driver to Jefferson/Torresdale Hospital. Despite the efforts of emergency medical personnel, Kulp was pronounced dead at…
Driver Rams Car Carrying Infant In Attempt To Hurt His Own Passenger On I-95 In FXB: Police Driver Rams Car Carrying Infant In Attempt To Hurt His Own Passenger On I-95 In FXB: Police
Driver Rams Car Carrying Infant In Attempt To Hurt His Own Passenger On I-95 In FXB: Police A Maryland man is facing multiple charges after intentionally ramming another vehicle on Interstate 95 in Virginia and then fleeing the scene on foot over the weekend, authorities said. Marlon S. Bryan, 42, of Glenn Dale,  was heading south in a BMW SUV on the highway in Fredericksburg when he purposefully rear-ended a 2011 Cadillac SUV carrying a 62-year-old male of Philadelphia, PA, a 22-year-old woman, and a 2-month-old baby girl on Saturday, Sept. 16 around 11 a.m., Virginia State Police said. The impact caused the BMW to run off the left side roadway into the median, and …
Victim Airlifted After 'Major Accident' In Bucks County: Police Victim Airlifted After 'Major Accident' In Bucks County: Police
Victim Airlifted After 'Major Accident' In Bucks County: Police One person was evacuated by helicopter and several more were hospitalized following a "major accident" on Stony Hill Road in Lower Makfield on Monday afternoon, authorities say.  It happened at about 1:30 p.m. on May 22, township police wrote in a release. A driver in a Mini Cooper pulled out of an office complex onto Stony Hill Road and hit a BMW SUV, the department said.  The BMW "spun and rolled over" with five people inside, they continued. Two people were ejected from the SUV while three others had to be extricated by first responders, police said.  Four people in the B…
BMW Issues 'Do Not Drive' Warning For Certain Models Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags BMW Issues 'Do Not Drive' Warning For Certain Models Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags
BMW Issues 'Do Not Drive' Warning For Certain Models Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags Some BMW owners are being advised to not drive their vehicles due to potentially dangerous airbags that could pose a safety risk. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued an alert on Thursday, May 4, advising that BMW has issued a “Do Not Drive” warning that pertains to nearly 100,000 vehicles that were produced between 2000 and 2006. Vehicles included in the new order were already subject to a previous recall for defective Takata air bags, which have caused headaches for automakers for years. According to the NHTSA, the BMW vehicles in question are some of t…
Teen Leads Police On 'High-Speed' Chase Through Poconos, Police Say Teen Leads Police On 'High-Speed' Chase Through Poconos, Police Say
Teen Leads Police On 'High-Speed' Chase Through Poconos, Police Say A 17-year-old Monroe County boy was arrested after leading state and local police on a high-speed chase through the Poconos region last week, authorities claim in a release.  It happened on Monday, April 24, Pocono Township police wrote. Officers patrolling on Route 611 spotted a white BMW with its headlights off and tried to initiate a stop, but the driver fled the scene, the department said.  Officers lost sight of the BMW but later flagged it down at a nearby Sheetz, they said. The driver fled again, leading township police, Pocono Mountain Regional police, and state troopers o…
Bucks Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into State Trooper Bucks Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into State Trooper
Bucks Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into State Trooper A driver is in the hospital and a state police officer received minor injuries in a crash on a Bucks County highway early Monday, March 20, authorities announced.  It happened on I-295 in Bristol Township just before 5 a.m., state police wrote in a release.  A trooper had pulled off the eastbound lane to assist with a disabled vehicle near mile marker 0.7 when a BMW rear-ended his squad car, officials wrote. The police car then rear-ended the disabled vehicle, they added.  The trooper leaped over the concrete barrier to avoid being hit, suffering minor wounds in the pro…
18-Year-Old Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Off-Duty Philadelphia Officer 18-Year-Old Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Off-Duty Philadelphia Officer
18-Year-Old Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Off-Duty Philadelphia Officer An 18-year-old man has been charged in a June crash that killed an off-duty Philadelphia police officer, authorities said. Aleksandr Melnikov was charged Friday with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and more, in the crash that killed Henry Gosnki III. Gonski was trying to cross Bustleton Avenue after his shift when he was T-boned by Melnikov in a BMW, according to CBS News and local police. Speed was apparently a factor, and neighbors tell the outlet that racing in the area is not uncommon. Known affectionately as Hank, Gonski served the Philadelphia PD …
DWI PA Driver Indicted In NJ Corrections Officer's Death DWI PA Driver Indicted In NJ Corrections Officer's Death
DWI PA Driver Indicted In NJ Corrections Officer's Death A Pennsylvania driver has been indicted on DWI charges in a crash that killed an off-duty New Jersey corrections officer, NJ Advance Media reported. Joshua R. Beardsworth, 25, of Pittsgrove Township, was stopped in his BMW on the right shoulder of Route 55 when a car — also on the northbound side — struck him in Vineland on Aug. 15, 2021, according to earlier reports.  The 28-year-old driver from Lansdale, PA — Trevor M. Annunziata, who was driving a Volkswagon — was hospitalized with serious injuries, while Beardsworth was killed. Annunziata's indictment also charges him wi…
Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production
Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production A pair of young filmmakers from the Baltimore area were killed in a crash on Interstate 95 in Delaware while returning from a production in Philadelphia, according to news reports and those who knew them. Martin Whittier, 37, and Nate Brubaker, 27, were heading south in a 2020 BMW M2 when the car became disabled in the middle lane of the highway around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 in Newark, DE, according to Delaware State Police and the pair's associates. A white 2017 Freightliner box truck also traveling southbound struck the BMW from behind, and pushed it in southern direction, towa…
Third Suspect Arrested In Deadly Shooting Of Teens In Easton, DA Says Third Suspect Arrested In Deadly Shooting Of Teens In Easton, DA Says
Third Suspect Arrested In Deadly Shooting Of Teens In Easton, DA Says A third suspect was arrested and charged in the double-fatal shooting of two teens in Easton, authorities said. Giovani Cagle, 20, was taken into custody at a home on Fox Street in Phillipsburg just after 10:30 a.m. on Friday, August 12 and charged with two counts each of criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, and attempted criminal homicide, Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck said. Cagle, of Easton, was also charged with six counts of reckless endangerment and various weapons offenses, Houck said. Cagle was identified as a suspect in the homicide of D’And…
Federal Convict Who Hatched $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Gets NJ Prison Time, Too Federal Convict Who Hatched $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Gets NJ Prison Time, Too
Federal Convict Who Hatched $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Gets NJ Prison Time, Too UPDATE: A New Jersey man already serving federal prison time for a GoFundMe scheme that conned 14,000 donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran got a state prison sentence, as well. The plea-bargained five-year term approved by a Superior Court judge in Mount Holly on Friday will run at the same time as the 27-month federal sentence that Mark D'Amico of Trenton received in April. The difference is that there's no parole in the federal prison system, which keeps D'Amico in the medium-security United States Penitentiary in Lewisburg, PA for more than…
Philadelphia Driver, 29, Killed In Violent NJ Turnpike Crash Philadelphia Driver, 29, Killed In Violent NJ Turnpike Crash
Philadelphia Driver, 29, Killed In Violent NJ Turnpike Crash A 29-year-old Philadelphia driver died in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Sunday, July 24, authorities said. The unidentified woman was heading south on the inner roadway in a Mercedes Benz when she struck the rear of a BMW around 3:30 a.m. in Cranbury Township, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. The BMW then veered off the roadway to the right and struck a guardrail, while the Mercedes overturned and struck a guardrail.  The driver of the Mercedes was ejected and killed, while her passenger was seriously injured. The driver of the BMW sustained minor injuries. The crash rema…
Off-Duty Philly Officer Killed On Way Home From Work: Report Off-Duty Philly Officer Killed On Way Home From Work: Report
Off-Duty Philly Officer Killed On Way Home From Work: Report An off-duty Philadelphia police officer was killed in a crash Thursday, June 23, CBS3 reports. The 50-year-old officer was on his way home from work when a BMW carrying three teenagers struck his Hyundai sedan on Bustleton Avenue around midnight, the outlet says.  The unidentified officer, who had been with the department for 30 years, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, according to the outlet. Click here for more from CBS3.
PA Man Pleads Guilty In New Year's Day Crash That Killed Mom, Toddler PA Man Pleads Guilty In New Year's Day Crash That Killed Mom, Toddler
PA Man Pleads Guilty In New Year's Day Crash That Killed Mom, Toddler An Allentown man has pleaded guilty in a crash that killed a mom and her 1-year-old son on New Year's Day in 2021, WFMZ reports. Lazarus Roldan was convicted Tuesday, June 21 of vehicular homicide, aggravated assault by vehicle, and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, the outlet says. Roldan was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Trailblazer heading south on S. Eighth Street when he crossed over the center lane and struck the driver's side of a BMW carrying Kisha Cora, 22, and her son, authorities previously said. The crash occurred just before 2:45 a.m. on Jan. 1. Cora and her toddle…
Four Riders Hurt In Back-To-Back PA Crash Involving Up To 15 Motorcycles, BMW, State Police Say Four Riders Hurt In Back-To-Back PA Crash Involving Up To 15 Motorcycles, BMW, State Police Say
Four Riders Hurt In Back-To-Back PA Crash Involving Up To 15 Motorcycles, BMW, State Police Say Four riders were hospitalized following a back-to-back crash in Pennsylvania that involved up to 15 motorcycles and a BMW, state police confirmed. Officers responding to the crash report on Route 22 eastbound near milepost 236.5 in Hanover Township, Northampton County found between 10 and 15 motorcycles lying on the highway with traffic at a halt just after 12:40 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, Trooper Nathan T. Branosky said in a Wednesday release. A follow-up investigation found that around 40 motorcycles were driving recklessly in the eastbound lanes before five of them crashed, causing four …
NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note
NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note A Bergen County dad whose car was stolen with his 11-year-old son still in the back seat said he desperately chased the speeding vehicle on foot terrified by the thought that he'd never see his boy again. Then came a moment of what he suspects was divine intervention. Now Daniel Reiser hopes others can learn from his ordeal. The youngster was "wet and frozen" from a morning soccer game when they pulled into the parking lot of the Chase Bank on County Road near Central Avenue in Tenafly around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2, Reiser said. "I went into the ATM vestibule just a few feet in…
Driver Of Airborne Vehicle With Infant Had BAC 4X Legal Limit: Police Driver Of Airborne Vehicle With Infant Had BAC 4X Legal Limit: Police
Driver Of Airborne Vehicle With Infant Had BAC 4X Legal Limit: Police A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested on a warrant nearly a week after she crashed her BMW into multiple vehicles— before becoming airborne —landing on the roof of a restaurant with an infant in the backseat, according to a release by the police. Theresa Joanne Risso, 43, had her blood alcohol levels tested following the crash and the results show .327 percent, the legal limit is .08 percent, according to the release by Shamokin Dam police. A warrant was issued for her arrest when the police went to retest her levels and search her home, but she was nowhere to be found, Shamokin Dam polic…
East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives
East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives What at first seemed like a run-of-the-mill package theft led Palisades Park detectives to an organized theft ring that used bogus IDs to buy high-end luxury cars, authorities said. Jeon Kichul, a 43-year-old Korean national, was arrested last December after Detective David Chun identified him as the porch pirate who swiped a package containing a baseball glove from outside a resident’s home, Capt. Shawn Lee said. Kichul, who was also carrying bogus ID, was released pending further investigation, said Lee, the officer in charge of the department. Chun then learned that Jeon was "part of a …
Missing South Jersey Man Found Dead Missing South Jersey Man Found Dead
Missing South Jersey Man Found Dead New Jersey State Police say the body of a man missing from Cumberland County has been found. "The body of Jonathan Morris II, 23, has been located and identified," Trooper Brandi Slota said Tuesday morning.   Morris had last been seen early Friday morning in the Bridgeton area, according to State Police. “NJSP Bridgeton Station considers him missing and possibly in harm’s way,” State Police had posted on social media. Morris reportedly went out with friends after work on Thursday night, and then communication suddenly stopped, his family said at a Sunday afternoon news conference in Hope…
CLOSE CALL: Hero Tow Truck Driver Rescues Motorist From Burning Sedan On NJ Turnpike CLOSE CALL: Hero Tow Truck Driver Rescues Motorist From Burning Sedan On NJ Turnpike
Close CALL: Hero Tow Truck Driver Rescues Motorist From Burning Sedan On NJ Turnpike HERO: A passing tow truck driver helped a motorist from his burning car on the New Jersey Turnpike seconds before it was engulfed in flames. Nick's Towing Service driver John Tashian of Paramus was returning from a job in Newark when he saw the burning vehicle just off the road in Kearny at 2:15 a.m. Sunday, said his boss, Nicholas F. Testa. Tashian called a Nick's Towing Service dispatcher who, in turn, notified the Turnpike Authority. He then ran to the car to help get the driver out. They had gotten a safe distance away when it went up in flames, Testa said. Kearny firefighters doused…
2 Dead, 2 Injured In Burlington County Crash 2 Dead, 2 Injured In Burlington County Crash
2 Dead, 2 Injured In Burlington County Crash Two people died and another two were injured in a crash involving a box truck Sunday in Burlington County, according to New Jersey State Police. Tyshaun Carter, 24, was heading south on Route 628 in a BMW 325xi when he struck a box truck turning left out of a driveway around 4:15 a.m. in Springfield, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. The vehicle struck a utility pole and a tunnel carrying a drain under the road. Carter, of Mount Holly, and back-seat passenger Christopher Blackmon, 53, of the Browns Mills, were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene near milepost 3.3, police said. Carter'…
PA Trucker Out On Bond In Deadly Crash Arrested In 2nd That Killed Married Couple PA Trucker Out On Bond In Deadly Crash Arrested In 2nd That Killed Married Couple
PA Trucker Out On Bond In Deadly Crash Arrested In 2nd That Killed Married Couple A Pennsylvania trucker out on bond for his role in a deadly Montgomery County crash three months ago was charged again, this time for killing a married couple in a Lehigh County crash the year before, authorities said. Devon Michael Lindeman, 23, of Allentown, was charged with homicide by vehicle, recklessly endangering another person, and summary traffic offenses in the North Whitehall Township crash on June 21, 2020, that claimed the lives of Robert O’Rourke, 55, and Mary O'Rourke, 54, the Lehigh County District Attorney′s Office and Pennsylvania State Police said in a joint news rele…
NJ Man Admits Hatching $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scam NJ Man Admits Hatching $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scam
NJ Man Admits Hatching $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scam The mastermind of a GoFundMe scheme that conned 14,000 donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran admitted in federal court in New Jersey on Monday that he and his ex-girlfriend pocketed most of the money. Mark D’Amico, 42, formerly of Bordentown, admitted concocting a bogus feel-good story about the supposed victim coming to the rescue of Katelyn McClure after she ran out of gas on Route 95 on her way home to New Jersey from Philadelphia. Both McClure and the homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., were in on the scheme, authorities said. Together, D’Am…
Attempted Homicide Charges Filed In PA Road-Rage Shooting Attempted Homicide Charges Filed In PA Road-Rage Shooting
Attempted Homicide Charges Filed In PA Road-Rage Shooting A man has been charged with attempted homicide in connection with an road-rage fueled shooting in the Harrisburg area, according to area police. Tasheen Isaah Isom, 19, of Harrisburg, was taken into custody by the Lower Paxton Township Police Department on Wednesday, according to a statement released by police. The road-rage incident occurred as Taseem and the victim were allegedly traveling westbound in the 3900 block of Jonestown Road on Oct. 7 at approximately 12:15 p.m., according to the release. Tasheen Isom was driving a white BMW X5, police say. The victim received immediate medica…
DUI Allentown Man, 23, Charged In Fatal Montgomery County Crash DUI Allentown Man, 23, Charged In Fatal Montgomery County Crash
DUI Allentown Man, 23, Charged In Fatal Montgomery County Crash An Allentown man was charged with homicide by vehicle DUI and other offenses for his involvement in a September head-on crash that killed another driver and seriously injured two passengers in Montgomery County. Devon Lindeman, 23, was driving a 2021 BMW north on South Park Avenue near Falcon Road in Lower Providence Township when he crossed the yellow center line by more than five feet and crashed head-on into a 2017 Infinity driven by Paul Conaway, 63, shortly before midnight on Sept. 18, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a joint release. Conaway, of Chester…
Feds: NJ Ex-Con Who Served Time For Scamming Charities Charged With $1.35M Investor Ripoff Feds: NJ Ex-Con Who Served Time For Scamming Charities Charged With $1.35M Investor Ripoff
Feds: NJ Ex-Con Who Served Time For Scamming Charities Charged With $1.35M Investor Ripoff A compulsive gambler from Passaic County who went to federal prison for three years for ripping off organizations that benefit schoolchildren and people with life-threatening illnesses went right back to scamming after he got out, federal authorities charged. This time, Gregory Ciccone, 43, of Woodland Park orchestrated a scheme that defrauded investors of $1.35 million, much of which he used to buy a $54,330 BMW, clothes, wine and more, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Ciccone told the 22 victims that he operated companies that reserved blocks of rooms of luxury hotels that then…