Man Involved In Fight At Stamford McDonald's Hits Cop With Car While Fleeing, Police Say Man Involved In Fight At Stamford McDonald's Hits Cop With Car While Fleeing, Police Say
Man Involved In Fight At Stamford McDonald's Hits Cop With Car While Fleeing, Police Say A police officer was struck by a car and a New York man armed with a gun was apprehended following a fight inside a McDonald's in Connecticut. The incident took place in Fairfield County around 2:40 p.m., Friday, May 5 at the McDonald's in Stamford on Bedford Street. According to Capt. Chris Baker of the Stamford Police, two officers were working an extra duty job directing traffic when a McDonald's employee called to them for help with a fight inside the restaurant. The two officers entered the restaurant and found several people arguing and fighting. Additional officers were dispatc…
Clifton Stolen Car Chase Ends In Newark Crash Clifton Stolen Car Chase Ends In Newark Crash
Clifton Stolen Car Chase Ends In Newark Crash A stolen car pursuit that began in Clifton ended with a crash in Newark and three occupants in the wind, authorities said. Clifton Police Officer Matthew Rugel was in the area of Broad Street and Elmwood Drive when he spotted the 2020 Audi, which had been reported stolen out of Hazlet and connected to subsequent crimes, shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. Rugel tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver sped off through the streets of Clifton and eventually onto eastbound Route 3, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Witnesses said speeds reached 120 miles an hour as the pursuit continued on…
Fatal Police Shooting Of NJ Man Was 'Self-Defense,' Says Berks DA Fatal Police Shooting Of NJ Man Was 'Self-Defense,' Says Berks DA
Fatal Police Shooting Of NJ Man Was 'Self-Defense,' Says Berks DA No charges will be filed in connection with the killing of Vaughn T. Perkins, who was shot dead by a team of state and local police following a brief car chase in Berks County late last month.  Perkins, 53, was pointing a "long rifle" at officers and "failed to comply" with demands when police fatally shot him in Wyomissing on March 30, claimed Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams in a release.  "The officers and troopers involved were justified in employing deadly force (...) As a result, the officers and troopers will not be charged with any criminal offen…
Botched Bank Robbery, Police Pursuit Ends With Civilian Airlifted To MD Trauma Center Botched Bank Robbery, Police Pursuit Ends With Civilian Airlifted To MD Trauma Center
Botched Bank Robbery, Police Pursuit Ends With Civilian Airlifted To MD Trauma Center An attempted bank heist in Calvert County ended poorly for several attempted robbers who sent one to the hospital attempting to evade members of the sheriff’s office, authorities announced. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Monday, May 1, members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office were tipped off to an alleged armed bank robbery at the M&T Bank location on Southern Maryland Boulevard in Dunkirk. According to investigators, a man approached a bank teller and slipped over a note demanding cash while displaying a handgun. He left with an undisclosed amount of money in a brown Kia with n…
Bloodied Marlborough Attempted Murder Suspect Leads Wild Police Chase, Officials Say Bloodied Marlborough Attempted Murder Suspect Leads Wild Police Chase, Officials Say
Bloodied Marlborough Attempted Murder Suspect Leads Wild Police Chase, Officials Say An attempted murder suspect was found with serious, likely self-inflicted, injuries after leading police in a lengthy car chase, officials say. Mark T. Donahue, 41, a suspect in an attempted murder in Marlborough, was captured through the efforts of multiple police departments on Thursday, April 27, according to the Massachusetts State Police. Massachusetts State Police were notified at 9:50 p.m. that Weston Police were pursuing an attempted murder suspect in a 2022 Toyota Highlander SUV on Route 20. State troopers took over the pursuit as 41-year-old Donahue sped onto Route 95, and contin…
CT Man Charged With Threatening To Kill State Police Sergeant CT Man Charged With Threatening To Kill State Police Sergeant
CT Man Charged With Threatening To Kill State Police Sergeant A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill an on-duty state police sergeant. The incident took place in Hartford on Monday, April 24 around 10:30 a.m. on Asylum Street. According to state police, an on-duty sergeant, working in a plain-clothes capacity with his State Police badge displayed, was entering his assigned vehicle which was parked on Asylum Street in Hartford.  As the sergeant began to enter his vehicle, a man with long hair, wearing eyeglasses, seated in the driver’s seat of a silver Honda Accord began to shout at the sergeant and asked the sergea…
Clifton Stolen Car Pursuit Through Paterson Ends In Arrests Of Sex Offender, Hackensack Pal Clifton Stolen Car Pursuit Through Paterson Ends In Arrests Of Sex Offender, Hackensack Pal
Clifton Stolen Car Pursuit Through Paterson Ends In Arrests Of Sex Offender, Hackensack Pal A registered sex offender from Belleville and his Hackensack passenger were captured by Clifton police after they bailed out of a stolen SUV following a pursuit through Paterson, authorities said. Officer Matt West spotted the 2015 Honda Pilot on southbound Route 21 near Ackerman Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The vehicle had been reported stolen out of Clifton last Thursday, he said. Refusing to stop, Frank Carfagno, a 38-year-old registered Megan's Law offender from Belleville, led officers on a pursuit through the streets of Paterson, the l…
Driver Flees Traffic Stop, Leads Troopers On High-Speed Highway Chase In Capital Region: Police Driver Flees Traffic Stop, Leads Troopers On High-Speed Highway Chase In Capital Region: Police
Driver Flees Traffic Stop, Leads Troopers On High-Speed Highway Chase In Capital Region: Police A 34-year-old man is facing drug charges after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop and leading troopers on a high-speed highway chase in the region. The incident happened at around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, in Saratoga County, on I-87 in the town of Wilton, according to State Police. After initially pulling over, Michael Casseus, of Troy, reportedly failed to comply with troopers’ commands and fled the scene, leading to a pursuit. Speeds at times reached over 100 miles per hour in a work zone, according to police. Casseus eventually stopped just south of exit 16 in Wilton, where he was a…
Poconos Passenger Killed In Crashed After Police Chase: Troopers Poconos Passenger Killed In Crashed After Police Chase: Troopers
Poconos Passenger Killed In Crashed After Police Chase: Troopers One person is dead after a nearly 20-mile pursuit by state troopers in Monroe County ended in a car crash, authorities say.  Early on Thursday, April 20, state police in Stroud Township pulled over a car for equipment violations and suspected DUI, they said in a release. The driver was soon found to have an active arrest warrant and refused to exit the car when ordered by troopers, police said.  After becoming "combative," authorities claim the driver fled the scene in their car. Troopers gave chase for 19 miles before the car lost control and crashed into a wooded area, according…
MD Man In Mobile Home Flees PA State Police: Affidavit MD Man In Mobile Home Flees PA State Police: Affidavit
MD Man In Mobile Home Flees PA State Police: Affidavit A Maryland man driving an RV with a "blunt" of marijuana and an open can of beer, avoided numerous spike strips and road blocks setup by state and local police in Pennsylvania on Thursday, April 13, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Martin Luther Cudjo was spotted by PSP in a tan 1988 Ford Econoline Mobile Home with no registration and no working rear lights in the 6600 block of Molly Pitcher Highway/US-11 around 11:30 p.m., according to the affidavit. When he wouldn't stop, state troopers pulled up next to him with lights and their siren on— just as the 58-y…
Teen, Juvenile Girl Caught After Leading Cops On Chase In Stolen Car In Mount Vernon: Police Teen, Juvenile Girl Caught After Leading Cops On Chase In Stolen Car In Mount Vernon: Police
Teen, Juvenile Girl Caught After Leading Cops On Chase In Stolen Car In Mount Vernon: Police Both a 19-year-old man and a juvenile girl were arrested after allegedly leading authorities on a lengthy chase throughout numerous busy parkways in Westchester in a stolen vehicle, police said.  The incident began on Wednesday, April 19 around 3:30 a.m., when police were alerted of a stolen Honda Civic with Florida plates, according to Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary.  Soon, County Police located the vehicle on the Sprain Brook Parkway near the Route 100 exit in Yonkers and tried to pull it over. However, it did not stop and a pursuit began, wi…
Police Explode Car's Tires, But Driver Refused To Give Up Chase Through Western Mass: Troopers Police Explode Car's Tires, But Driver Refused To Give Up Chase Through Western Mass: Troopers
Police Explode Car's Tires, But Driver Refused To Give Up Chase Through Western Mass: Troopers Several police departments chased a man in an allegedly stolen Lexus through Western Mass late Monday night, April 17, before disabling his car and causing it to crash — eventually.  Atul Kumar Goswami, 26, of Flushing, New York, is charged with failure to stop for police, operating to endanger, and speeding, though more charges could be on the way, authorities said.  The chase began in Amherst when officers spotted a tan 2015 Lexus E35 speeding and driving recklessly with a license plate that didn't match the car, state police said. Amherst police tried to pull the luxury ca…