Old Bridge PD: DWI Driver Takes Off On Foot After Plowing SUV Into Dunkin' Donuts Old Bridge PD: DWI Driver Takes Off On Foot After Plowing SUV Into Dunkin' Donuts
Old Bridge PD: DWI Driver Takes Off On Foot After Plowing SUV Into Dunkin' Donuts A 34-year-old Monmouth County man was drunk when he plowed his SUV through the front window of a Dunkin’ Donuts in Old Bridge -- then tried to flee on foot, authorities said. A police officer saw the man -- whose identity has not been released -- smash into the shop at the corner of Route 35 and Laurence Parkway in the Laurence Harbor section of town just after 9 p.m. on Monday, Old Bridge police said in a statement.  The man, who authorities later found was from Hazlet, was caught after a short foot pursuit, police said. No customer or employee was injured, they said. The motorist wa…
Norwalk Man Charged For Crash Injuring Three Norwalk Man Charged For Crash Injuring Three
Norwalk Man Charged For Crash Injuring Three A Fairfield County man turned himself into police custody in Norwalk this week for his role in an alleged drunken driving crash that sent three to the hospital. Norwalk resident Luis Uribe-Cardenas, 34, surrendered to police on Wednesday, March 4, where he was charged with reckless driving, driving under the influence and operating a motor vehicle without a license for a New Year’s Day crash. It is alleged that at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1, Uribe-Cardenas was driving on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive when he sideswiped a car and careened into oncoming traffic, triggering a …
Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist In Tree Crash Demands Whiskey Before Breath Test Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist In Tree Crash Demands Whiskey Before Breath Test
Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist In Tree Crash Demands Whiskey Before Breath Test GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A drunken Teaneck motorist who crashed his car into a tree in Glen Rock demanded a shot of whiskey before he would agree to a breath test, authorities said. They refused, of course. Samet Akyildiz, 30, was taken by ambulance to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for detox before dawn Saturday after “no sober adult could be found to respond to police headquarters to pick him up and care for him,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A “highly intoxicated” Akyildiz “was belligerent and abusive towards [police] at headquarters and demanded a drink of whiskey before he would …
Bridgeport Homicide, New Canaan Flu Death Top News In Fairfield County Bridgeport Homicide, New Canaan Flu Death Top News In Fairfield County
Bridgeport Homicide, New Canaan Flu Death Top News In Fairfield County FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Bridgeport saw its first homicide of the year, and a 10-year-old boy from New Canaan died of complications of the flu. In case you missed them, here are some of the top stories of the week in Fairfield County, as reported by Daily Voice: A 21-year-old man was shot to death early Tuesday morning in Bridgeport's first homicide of the year. Police said that Jawuan Green was shot at The Snack Shop on Newfield Avenue and taken to Bridgeport Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. New Canaan mourned the loss of Nico Mallozzi, a 10-year-old boy who died of complications…