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Road Rage Driver Who Ran Down Victim In PA McDonald's ID'd As NJ Man: Authorities Road Rage Driver Who Ran Down Victim In PA McDonald's ID'd As NJ Man: Authorities
Road Rage Driver Who Ran Down Victim In PA McDonald's ID'd As NJ Man: Authorities Over a month after 47-year-old Jason Smith of Levittown was run over and killed in the parking lot of a Bristol McDonald's, authorities say they found the driver responsible.  Daniel S. Dietrich, 45, of Palmyra, New Jersey, was arrested Friday, March 10, and charged with homicide, driving on a suspended license, and related counts, said Bucks District Attorney Matthew Weintraub.  Prosecutors say Smith and Dietrich had already been involved in a "driving incident" about a mile away before they both arrived at the 7700 Bristol Pike McDonald's at 4 p.m. on Feb. 5.  Police …

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by Mac Bullock
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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…

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by Jon Craig
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DUI Driver Missing Tire Led 100+ MPH Police Pursuit In Central PA: Authorities DUI Driver Missing Tire Led 100+ MPH Police Pursuit In Central PA: Authorities
DUI Driver Missing Tire Led 100+ MPH Police Pursuit In Central PA: Authorities A 31-year-old driver had been drinking when he led police on a 100 mph pursuit, but was tracked down by police who followed the scrape marks from the rim of his car that had lost a tire, they said. A man later identified as Kenneth Pohlit was spotted stumbling around near Grandview Drive and Golf Course Road around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, Carroll Township police said. Pohlit's vehicle was spotted at the American Legion on Route 15 South. When officers arrived, Pohlit was standing outside of his car with the trunk and passenger side door open, police said.  As o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Wanted In Berks Assaults Police Officer In Central PA, Authorities Say Woman Wanted In Berks Assaults Police Officer In Central PA, Authorities Say
Woman Wanted In Berks Assaults Police Officer In Central PA, Authorities Say A woman who was wanted by police in Berks County has been charged with a felony, among other charges, for assaulting a police officer in Lancaster County. Dayshia Alexis Alston, 22, of Ephrata, arrested in Lancaster County on Wednesday just before 1 p.m. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle Alston was driving in the 200 block of Owl Hill Road near the intersection of Pierson and Rudy Dam roads.    Her license was suspended and police learned of a warrant for her arrest for failure to appear in court in connection to charges related to a …

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Man Wanted For Terroristic Threats Jailed After Slate Belt Traffic Stop PA Man Wanted For Terroristic Threats Jailed After Slate Belt Traffic Stop
PA Man Wanted For Terroristic Threats Jailed After Slate Belt Traffic Stop A PA man wanted on four active warrants — including one for terroristic threats — was jailed after a traffic stop in Northampton County, authorities said. Vernon Leroy Fountain Jr. was stopped April 11 near N. Broadway and Park Avenue in Wind Gap after police noticed that the vehicle’s registration had canceled insurance, authorities said. A follow-up investigation determined that Fountain had four active warrants: one out of Northampton County for terroristic threats, one out of Monroe County for DUI/drugs and two from Lehigh County domestic relations, Slate Belt police said. Fountain, 31…

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by Valerie Musson
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PA Driver Admits Severely Injuring Pedestrian In NJ While On Suspended List PA Driver Admits Severely Injuring Pedestrian In NJ While On Suspended List
PA Driver Admits Severely Injuring Pedestrian In NJ While On Suspended List UPDATE: A Mount Bethel resident admitted that he struck and seriously injured a New Jersey pedestrian last summer while driving on the suspended list. Giovanni Muscia Jr., 31, was driving a black 2007 Chevy Suburban that struck the 54-year-old Paterson victim at the intersection of Grand Street and Marshall Street around 11 a.m. July 7, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Muscia pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Paterson on Monday to the original charge: causing serious bodily injury with a suspended license, a fourth-degree crime. A jury conviction for the same crime could…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Philadelphia Man, 40, Arrested In Fatal South Jersey Hit-Run Crash Philadelphia Man, 40, Arrested In Fatal South Jersey Hit-Run Crash
Philadelphia Man, 40, Arrested In Fatal South Jersey Hit-Run Crash Authorities have arrested a 40-year-old driver suspected of leaving the scene of a fatal hit-run crash. Gregory Graves of Philadelphia was charged in connection with the incident in Runnemede on Jan. 3, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Runnemede Police Chief Paul Dailey. Graves has been charged with one count of second-degree leaving the scene of a fatal accident, one count of third-degree being involved in a fatal accident with a suspended license, and one count of third-degree hindering apprehension or prosecution, Mayer and Dailey said. Officers responded t…

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by Jon Craig
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Authorities ID Driver In Deadly NJ Hit-Run As Philly Man, 40 Authorities ID Driver In Deadly NJ Hit-Run As Philly Man, 40
Authorities ID Driver In Deadly NJ Hit-Run As Philly Man, 40 A Philadelphia man has been identified as the driver in a hit-and-run New Jersey crash that killed a 61-year-old man, authorities said. Gregory Graves, 40, struck Frederick Murray on S. Black Horse Pike and East Clements Bridge Road in Runnemede on Jan. 3 just before 5 p.m., Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Runnemede Police Chief Paul Dailey said. Murray of Somerdale was transported to an area hospital where his condition worsened until he died on Jan. 11. Surveillance footage showing a blue Chevrolet Trailblazer as the suspect vehicle, Dailey and Mayer said. Then, an…

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by Cecilia Levine