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Video Shows Arrest Of DUI Teaneck Driver Who Plowed Dodge Ram Through Hackensack McDonald's
Newly released bodycam footage shows the arrest of an intoxicated driver who sent his brand-new pickup truck into the side of a Hackensack McDonald's on Tuesday, Dec. 31.
The footage, released by Transparency Bodycam on Sunday, Jan. 19, Christian Andia, 37, of Teaneck, being pulled from his 2025 Dodge Ram, which was lodged in the side of the River Street establishment.
Records show Andia was also arrested for DUI and careless driving in February 2015, and for DUI, reckless driving, and wrong-way down a one-way street in May 2008. Two days prior to the May 2008 arrest he was arrested for DWI…
Griswold Man Drunk, Carrying Loaded Gun During I-395 Crash: Police
A Connecticut man with a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit crashed this week on I-395 while carrying a loaded pistol, authorities said.
William Bessette, 36, of Griswold, faces multiple charges, including operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs and illegal possession of a firearm while intoxicated, according to Connecticut State Police.
Troopers found Bessette asleep behind the wheel early Wednesday, Jan. 15, near Exit 22 after his car crashed into a guardrail and became entangled in the wires, authorities said. When they woke him, Bessette reportedly believed he…
Drunk Lisbon Man Nearly Shoots Neighbor While Killing Squirrels: Police
A Connecticut man is accused of nearly shooting his neighbor while trying to kill squirrels outside his home, state police said.
James Adams, 66, of Lisbon, faces charges of illegal discharge of a firearm, illegally carrying a firearm while under the influence, reckless endangerment in the first degree, and second-degree breach of peace, according to Connecticut State Police.
A neighbor called the police on Saturday, Jan. 11, just before 4 p.m. after hearing a gunshot and a bullet whiz past their head while working outside. Troopers later found a .22-caliber bullet lodged in the home's exte…
Teen Had Been Drinking, Speeding Before Crash That Killed Groton 14-Year-Old: Police
A 17-year-old driver in Connecticut has been charged in connection with a fatal crash that killed a 14-year-old boy and critically injured three other passengers, authorities announced Thursday, Jan. 9.
The crash happened just before 1:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 14, on Fishtown Road. Groton police said the Toyota 4Runner was traveling at a high speed when it veered off the road and struck a tree, leaving all four occupants with serious injuries.
Carson Wilson, 14, of Groton, died shortly after being taken to L+M Hospital. His older brother, Skyler Wilson, along with Kais Shiman, of Mystic, and…
Suspended, DUI Driver Charged In Waterbury Crash That Killed College Senior: Police
A 32-year-old Connecticut man was intoxicated when he struck a vehicle operated by a 22-year-old college senior, killing him last November, authorities announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Luis Martinez, 32, of Waterbury, is charged with reckless driving, second-degree manslaughter — motor vehicle, driving on a suspended license, and driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, Waterbury police said.
Martinez crashed into Jayden Gonzalez around 2:15 a.m. on Nov. 10 near Baldwin and Lounsbury Streets intersection in Waterbury, authorities said. The 22-year-old Gonz…
Driver Charged In Thompson Pedestrian Crash That Killed Liberty Woman: Police
A 29-year-old Liberty woman has died after being struck by a vehicle in Sullivan County, and the driver is now facing charges of vehicular manslaughter and driving while impaired, State Police report.
The crash occurred early Friday, Jan. 5, on Glen Wild. Road near Pine Tree Road in the town of Thompson, said Trooper Jennifer Alvarez.
According to Alvarez, a 2018 Toyota RAV 4, driven by Sadia K. Thomas, 31, of Woodridge, was traveling northbound on Glen Wild Road when it struck Vanessa M. Hopper, age 29, of Liberty.
EMS transported Hopper to Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, wher…
PA Man Accused Of Plying Children With Alcohol To Secretly Film Them: Police
A Williamsport man is accused of providing alcohol to teens, secretly filming them, and possessing child sexual abuse material, police announced on Tuesday, Dec. 31.
Colin James Best, 39, has been charged with sexual abuse of children, invasion of privacy, corruption of minors, furnishing liquor to minors, criminal use of a communication facility, indecent assault, and endangering the welfare of children, according to Williamsport police.
The investigation began on Aug. 14, 2024, when a 17-year-old girl reported that Best had provided her and a 16-year-old girl with alcohol and marijuana at…
Intoxicated Driver Had 2 Children In Vehicle During Routine Windham Traffic Stop: Cops
A Long Island man was busted for alleged felony aggravated DWI with two children under the age of 16 in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop of a 2021 Cadillac Escalade.
Donald Durando, age 44, of Smithtown, Suffolk County, was charged by state police in Windham, Greene County, on Saturday, Dec. 28, NYSP Trooper Jennifer Alvarez said.
While interviewing Durando, troopers smelled the strong odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath. Alvarez said. Durando submitted to a field sobriety test, which he failed, and was placed under arrest without incident.
Two children…
Middletown Dad Wanted For DUI, Child Endangerment After Crash: Police
A Middletown man wanted for allegedly driving under the influence and endangering two young children during a crash has a previous DUI case still pending, Lower Swatara Township police announced on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Stone Bissland, 27, of Middletown, is accused of being under the influence of alcohol when he crashed at West Main and North Wood streets near Middletown on Friday, Dec. 13, at 7:07 p.m., police said.
Two children under the age of 3 were in Bissland's vehicle at the time of the crash, which left multiple people, including the children, injured and requiring hospital treatment, …
