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…
Man Spit On Cops, Kicks Patrol Car After Arrest In Hackensack: Police
A South Jersey man spit on officers, damaged a patrol car, and refused fingerprinting after being arrested during a disturbance in Hackensack, police said.
Hackensack police responded to a noise complaint on Main Street at 1:32 a.m. Monday, May 4, and found four men arguing on the sidewalk, according to a press release from Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt.
One of the men, later identified as 34-year-old Rashaun A. Hawes of Leesburg, entered a parked car and repeatedly punched another man, police said. Hawes was immediately handcuffed, and officers later learned the victim was related to …
