Driver Hits Bristol Police Cruiser During Wrong-Way Pursuit, Fentanyl, Cocaine Seized: Cops
A driver carrying suspected fentanyl, crack cocaine and cocaine struck two vehicles, including a police cruiser, while fleeing officers over the weekend, authorities said. He faces 40 charges.
Edwin Chevere was arrested after he allegedly drove the wrong way in the westbound lanes of Barnes Highway in Bristol during the chase Sunday night, Aug. 24, police said.
Officers seized 4 grams of suspected fentanyl, 38 grams of crack cocaine and 271 grams of cocaine, police said.
Chevere was charged with three counts of possession with intent to sell narcotics.
He faces 40 charges, Bri…
Reckless Driver Drove Drunk On Route 46: Mount Olive Police
A 64-year-old Hackettstown man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated on Route 46 in Budd Lake, authorities announced Friday, Aug. 21.
At 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, officers observed a black Hyundai traveling east on Route 46 below the speed limit and failing to maintain its lane of travel, Mount Olive police said.
As officers spoke to the driver, Mack Brown, they detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage and noticed he appeared to be impaired, police said. Following field sobriety testing, he was placed under arrest and charged with DWI and reckless driving, police s…
Fatal I-684 Crash: Woman Gets Manslaughter Charge In 2025 Southeast Wreck, Cops Say
A woman has been indicted on a manslaughter charge more than a year and a half after a crash on I-684 in Putnam County left a Connecticut man dead, police announced.
Mount Vernon resident Makayla S. McIntyre was arrested on Monday, Aug. 17, in connection with the January 2025 crash in the town of Southeast that killed 65-year-old New Milford resident Michael T. Keller, New York State Police said on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
The crash happened around 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, when McIntyre, who was 23 at the time, lost control of her vehicle while traveling north on I-684,…
Reckless Rockaway Driver Drove Drunk: Denville PD
A 56-year-old Rockaway woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in Denville, authorities announced Monday, Aug. 17.
At 11:34 p.m., on Thursday, Aug. 13, officers observed a moving violation on Route 53 and conducted a motor vehicle stop, Denville police said. The driver, Bianca Kaye, showed signs of impairment and she was suspected of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, police said.
Kaye was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of liquor or drugs, careless driving, reckless driving and other traffic infractions, police said.
Off-Duty Nypd Cop Drunkenly Crashes Car With Three Kids Inside: State Police
An off-duty NYPD officer was driving drunk and crashed his car with three young children inside, state police said.
Anthony N. Guglielmo, 38, of Staten Island, crashed on Route 23 in Greenport in Columbia County, with 7-, 6-, and 5-year-old children in the car on Wednesday, Aug. 5, New York State Police said.
Troopers responded around 10:30 p.m. to reports of a property damage crash and a Volkswagen that left the scene, authorities said. Investigators located the car at 120 County Route 31 in Greenport, the address for A. Colarusso & Son Inc., a crushed stone supplier, according to stat…
Careless, Reckless Impaired Driver Arrested In Denville: Police
A 35-year-old Randolph man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Denville, authorities announced Thursday, July 30.
At 3:15 pm., Monday, July 27, officers responded to multiple complaints of an erratic driver on Route 10 West, Denville police said. During its investigation, the driver, Zachary Monahan, displayed signs of impairment and he was arrested for suspicion of operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, police said.
Monahan was charged with operating under the influence of liquor or drugs, careless driving and reckless driving, police said.
Year-Long Escape For Riverhead DWI Fugitive Who Badly Injured Two Ends With Arrest: Cops
The law finally caught up with a young Long Island drunk driver who ran from a serious car crash in March 2025, police said.
Santiago Barreto Gomez, 20, of Riverhead, was arrested Thursday, July 30 and hit with a dozen charges, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Barreto Gomez was involved in a two-car crash on Oak Avenue near Albany Street on March 7, 2025, in Flanders, cops said. Two people in the other vehicle suffered extensive injuries, while Barreto Gomez fled the scene, police said.
Following a “detailed investigation,” Barreto Gomez was arrested with the assistance of seve…
Harrisburg Cop Arrested For DUI In Maryland While Out On Bail: Court Records
A police officer charged with assaulting his girlfriend had his bail revoked after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving while riding a Harley-Davidson in Maryland, court records show.
Lee Richard Brown, 40, of Mount Wolf, York County, was stopped at 2:08 a.m. Monday, July 13, near the 10700 block of Coastal Highway, according to Maryland court records.
Brown was charged with driving or attempting to drive while under the influence of alcohol and driving while impaired by alcohol.
Ocean City police also cited him for reckless driving, negligent driving, traveling 65 mph in a 40 m…
Sterling Mom Crashes SUV Into Plainfield Home With 4 Kids Inside, Drives Away: Police
A Connecticut woman is accused of crashing an SUV into a home before driving away with four young children still inside the vehicle, police said.
Amber Blanchette, 33, of Sterling, faces multiple charges after the Tuesday night, June 24, crash, which investigators said began with a reported domestic disturbance and ended with an SUV crashing into a house.
Officers responded to a home on Snake Meadow Road in Plainfield around 8:10 p.m. after receiving a report of a possible domestic disturbance, according to police.
While officers were investigating, they learned an SUV had crashed into a h…
Man Busted For DUI After Breaking Car Window: Denville PD
A 52-year-old Parsippany man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Denville after he broke his car window, authorities announced Tuesday, June 23.
At 11:20 p.m. on Friday, June 19, officers responded to a 911 call of breaking glass outside a residence and a man, later identified as Christopher Glynn, running toward Route 46, Denville police said.
Officers located Glynn and learned he had been traveling through Denville when he became lost, police said. He exited his vehicle in an attempt to determine where he was, but he locked his keys inside the vehicle, police said…
Drunken Deer Park Nail Salon Crash That Killed 4, Including Nypd Officer, Ends In Conviction
A jury has convicted a Long Island man of murder for a drunken driving crash that tore through a busy nail salon, killing four people and injuring nine others, prosecutors announced on Thursday, June 4.
Steven Schwally, 64, of Deer Park, was found guilty after a jury trial of four counts of Murder in the Second Degree and numerous related charges stemming from the June 28, 2024 crash at Hawaii Nail & Spa in Deer Park, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney.
"Customers and workers went into a nail salon on an ordinary Friday June afternoon and four of them never c…
Suffolk Street Racers Couldn’t Outrun Police, Arrested On Bridge In Shirley: Authorities
Two drivers were busted for street racing on a Long Island highway early Tuesday, May 26, police said.
Jake Roth, 29, and Halee Solomon, 22, were racing down William Floyd Parkway southbound through Shirley just before 1 a.m., the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Roth was behind the wheel of a 2023 Dodge Charger while Solomon was driving a 2019 Ford Mustang when an officer spotted the two men and attempted to conduct a traffic stop, police said.
However, the two speedsters fled the scene and continued across the Smith Point Bridge, authorities said. They were stopped on the bridge by…
Drunk Driver Going 90+ MPH Causes Fiery Ansonia Crash, Seriously Hurting Passenger: Police
A Connecticut woman is accused of speeding along city streets at highway speeds, nearly three times the legal limit, and causing multiple crashes before her Jeep slammed into a pole and burst into flames, police said.
Amari Langston, 22, of Stratford, was arrested on Friday, May 8, in connection with several Ansonia crashes on March 8.
Police said Langston was driving a gray Jeep around 4:30 p.m. when she hit another vehicle at the intersection of Bridge Street and West Main Street in Ansonia, according to police. Investigators said she then fled the scene and headed south on Per…
DWI Driver Busted Speeding On Route 46: Mount Olive PD
A 32-year-old Budd Lake man was arrested and charged with drunk driving on Route 46, authorities said.
At 11:58 p.m. on Friday, May 1, officers observed a gray Nissan speeding on Route 46, Mount Olive police said. Officers initiated a traffic stop and as they spoke to the driver, Tadeo Estigarribiaescob, they detected the odor of alcohol and believed him to be impaired, police said.
Following a field sobriety test, Estigarribiaescob was arrested and charged with DWI, careless driving and reckless driving, police said.
Jeep Driver Charged In I-287 Harding Crash That Killed Tow Truck Driver Helping Motorist
Charges have been filed 10 months after a crash that killed a two-truck driver on the side of Route 287.
Pierre Innocent, 54, of Orange, was behind the wheel of a 2019 Jeep Cherokee that struck Daniel "DJ" Ortiz, 24, of Hopatcong, while he was assisting a motorist on the southbound side of the highway in Harding in July 2025, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll announced Wednesday, May 6.
Innocent was charged with reckless vehicular homicide. Under Eileen’s Law, enacted in 2018, failure to maintain a lane of travel may support an inference that a driver was operating reckle…
Ex-Manheim Twp Employee Racist Robbery Road Rage Case Heads To Court: Prosecutors
A Lancaster County man accused of a violent, racially charged road rage attack will have his case move forward to county court, prosecutors announced.
Peter Michael Caci, 36, of Lancaster Township, was held for court following a preliminary hearing on Monday, April 14, in connection with the March 2 incident in Lancaster City, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Judge Andrew LeFever ruled the case should proceed to the Court of Common Pleas on charges including attempted robbery, simple assault, disorderly conduct, reckless driving, harassment, and a turn signal vi…