Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver
Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver An angry South Jersey police officer doused a drunk driver with pepper spray twice after he’d been handcuffed, then filed a false report about the incident, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Thursday alleges. Another officer had handcuffed the disruptive driver and was beginning to put him in the rear of a patrol vehicle at a local gas station when Bridgeton Police John Grier III “grabbed a large can of OC spray and pulled out the pin,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. Grier, 49, of Cedarville, told the officer to “step back,” then asked the driver, “Do you want to …
Area Woman Drove Drunk With BAC More Than Three Times Legal Limit, Police Say Area Woman Drove Drunk With BAC More Than Three Times Legal Limit, Police Say
Area Woman Drove Drunk With BAC More Than Three Times Legal Limit, Police Say A woman from the Hudson Valley driving erratically was busted with a blood alcohol content more than triple the legal limit during a traffic stop, New York State Police announced. New York State Police received a report of an erratic driver who was traveling northbound on I-87 at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 15, Troop T Commander Jennifer Gottstine said. Troopers in Greene County were able to locate the driver, later identified as Putnam County resident Maggie Deperna, age 36, of Mahopac, and stopped her after she committed a traffic violation on I-87, according to police. Poli…
Long Island Man Driving Drunk With Two Kids In Car Crashes Into Pole, Picket Fence, Police Say Long Island Man Driving Drunk With Two Kids In Car Crashes Into Pole, Picket Fence, Police Say
Long Island Man Driving Drunk With Two Kids In Car Crashes Into Pole, Picket Fence, Police Say A Long Island man is facing charges after allegedly driving drunk and crashing his car into a telephone pole and picket fence with two kids in the vehicle, police said. Damien William, age 25, s was driving a 2016 Toyota Camry on Fifth Avenue in Bay Shore at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, police said, when he struck the pole and the fence. Police said that there were three passengers inside the vehicle at the time of the crash: a 23-year-old Bay Shore woman and her two children, ages 4 and 5. No injuries were reported in the crash. According to police, while investigating th…
NJ Man, 29, Studying To Become Priest Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash NJ Man, 29, Studying To Become Priest Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash
NJ Man, 29, Studying To Become Priest Killed In NYC Hit-Run Crash A 29-year-old man studying to become a priest was struck and killed in New York City by a drunken hit-and-run driver late Tuesday night, according to Catholic Church officials. Ngu Quoc Tran, who went by Peter, was walking on Manhattan’s East Side when he was struck by the driver, who was arrested after he car was involved in another collision, the Diocese of Metuchen said. Born and raised in the An Giang Province in the south of Vietnam, Tran moved to the U.S. in August 2017 and lived at the Saint John Vianney House of Discernment in Highland Park. Tran began pre-theology in Spring 2…
Nassau Woman Charged In Hit-Run Death Of NYPD Cop From Long Island Faces 13 Counts Nassau Woman Charged In Hit-Run Death Of NYPD Cop From Long Island Faces 13 Counts
Nassau Woman Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Nypd Cop From Long Island Faces 13 Counts A Nassau County woman is facing 13 charges, after allegedly hitting and killing an NYPD officer who lived in Suffolk County while driving drunk on the Long Island Expressway. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said on Tuesday, April 27 that Jessica Beauvais, age 32, of Hempstead, had been charged with aggravated manslaughter and two counts of vehicular manslaughter, and other crimes in connection with the death of Officer Anastasios Tsakos, age 43, of East Northport. Beauvais sobbed and apologized following her arrest: "I'm sorry that I hit him and that he's dead," she said. She is bei…
Firefighter Indicted For Alleged DWI, Killing Man In Wrong-Way Long Island Crash Firefighter Indicted For Alleged DWI, Killing Man In Wrong-Way Long Island Crash
Firefighter Indicted For Alleged DWI, Killing Man In Wrong-Way Long Island Crash An off-duty FDNY firefighter who allegedly had a blood alcohol content more than triple the legal limit when he killed a man in a wrong-way crash on Long Island has been charged in a nine-count indictment, the Suffolk County District Attorney announced. Babylon resident Joseph Norris, a 15-year veteran of the FDNY, has been indicted for allegedly driving while intoxicated and killing a man in a wrong-way motor vehicle crash on the Sunken Meadow Parkway in November 2020. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said that Norris, age 38, has been charged with: Aggravated vehicular hom…
Police: NJ State Sen. Sandra Cunningham Was DWI When She Sideswiped Cars In Jersey City Police: NJ State Sen. Sandra Cunningham Was DWI When She Sideswiped Cars In Jersey City
Police: NJ State Sen. Sandra Cunningham Was DWI When She Sideswiped Cars In Jersey City State Sen. Sandra Cunningham charged with drunken driving after sideswiping two cars near her Jersey City home this week, news reports say. The Hudson rep was behind the wheel of her Infiniti G35X SUV when she sideswiped a Nissan Altima and Ford Focus, which were both parked and unoccupied, according to a police report obtained by Daily Voice. Cunningham told police she was coming down the street and about to make a turn "and instead turned into a snowbank," on Culver Avenue (Route 440) around 9:30 a.m., Thursday. She was arrested and charged with drunken driving. Cunningham got…
DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Edgewater Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Edgewater Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time
DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Edgewater Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time A drunken hit-and-run driver whose smoking SUV was shooting out sparks as Edgewater police chased her before dawn Monday got out seconds before it went up in flames, authorities said. The Mazda CX-5 driven by borough resident Zaira Hernandez-Cortez, 26, knocked a fire hydrant more than 50 feet from its base and split a utility pole near the corner of North Street and Myrtle Avenue -- downing live wires across the road – before speeding off toward Undercliff Avenue around 4 a.m., Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said. Officer Michael Colon spotted the SUV on southbound Route 5 moments later. It…
Upper Southampton Crash Results In DUI Charge Upper Southampton Crash Results In DUI Charge
Upper Southampton Crash Results In DUI Charge A Bucks County motorist was arrested on drunken driving charges after a crash in Upper Southampton Township, authorities said. About 12:15 a.m. on Nov. 14, Upper Southampton police were called to a crash in Steam Pub parking lot at 6060 Second Street Pike, police said. Thomas James Hinchliffe III was attempting to follow a friend out of the parking lot and lost control of his vehicle, according to police. The arresting officer detected the odor of alcoholic beverage on Hinchliffe’s breath, police said. Hinchliffe was asked to complete a series of field sobriety tests which he failed to pa…
Police: DWI Warren County Man, 25, Crashes Into Parked Pickup Truck Police: DWI Warren County Man, 25, Crashes Into Parked Pickup Truck
Police: DWI Warren County Man, 25, Crashes Into Parked Pickup Truck A Warren County man was drunk when he crashed into a pickup truck parked on the side of the road early Sunday morning, authorities said. Samuel Roff, 25, was driving a 2009 Kia on Arthur Terrace in Hackettstown and crashed into a 2010 Dodge Ram parked on the side of the the road just after 4:20 a.m., police said. Roff, of Mansfield Township, was uninjured in the crash, and a follow-up investigation determined that he was intoxicated, authorities said. Roff was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, and failure to exhibit insurance card. He was released pend…
Long Island Woman Involved In Crash Drove Drunk With 9-Month-Old In Jeep, Police Say Long Island Woman Involved In Crash Drove Drunk With 9-Month-Old In Jeep, Police Say
Long Island Woman Involved In Crash Drove Drunk With 9-Month-Old In Jeep, Police Say A Long Island woman who crashed into a pickup truck stopped at a red light was driving drunk with an infant in her vehicle, police said. The crash happened around 11:10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12 in  Holtsville. Danielle Smith,  35, of Farmingville, was driving a 2012 Jeep Liberty westbound on Barretts Avenue with her 9-month-old son in the vehicle when she attempted to turn northbound onto Waverly Avenue and crashed into a southbound 2020 Chevrolet Silverado that was stopped at a red light, Suffolk County Police said. The driver of the Chevrolet, Doug Viola, 25, of Holbrook…
Jersey City Pedestrian, 24, Dies After Being Transported To Hospital In Jeep That Struck Her Jersey City Pedestrian, 24, Dies After Being Transported To Hospital In Jeep That Struck Her
Jersey City Pedestrian, 24, Dies After Being Transported To Hospital In Jeep That Struck Her A 24-year-old woman died after she was struck crossing the street in Jersey City by a 25-year-old drunken driver with a suspended license -- then taken to the hospital in the vehicle that hit her, authorities said. Charnell Lytch was crossing Garfield and Chapel Avenues when she was hit by a 2013 red Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Bahsil Marsh around 7 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Lytch was taken in the Jeep that struck her to Jersey City Medical Center, where she died around 1:50 p.m., Suarez said. It's unclear who exactly transported Lytch to the hospit…