Man Crushed By Car In His Own NJ Driveway By Driver With Cocaine, Prosecutor Says Man Crushed By Car In His Own NJ Driveway By Driver With Cocaine, Prosecutor Says
Man Crushed By Car In His Own NJ Driveway By Driver With Cocaine, Prosecutor Says Authorities have identified the 65-year-old man crushed to death by a car in an Essex County driveway early Thursday morning.  Donald Banks was standing in his Pierson Street driveway in Orange when he was hit by Chadane Bailey, 26, sometime around 12:45 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. Bailey was pulling in when she hit banks, who was rushed to University Hospital, Stephens said alongside Orange Police Director Todd Warren. Bailey, the driver, remained at the scene and was charged with causing death while on a suspended license and p…
Little Ferry PD: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found After Suspended Driver Makes Illegal Turn Little Ferry PD: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found After Suspended Driver Makes Illegal Turn
Little Ferry PD: Loaded Gun, Drugs Found After Suspended Driver Makes Illegal Turn A driver with a suspended license had a loaded gun under the seat when he was stopped for an illegal turn at a Little Ferry 7-Eleven , authorities said. Officer Joseph Convery stopped an Acura sedan driven by Dionis Nunez, 23, of Newark after he made an illegal left out of the Liberty Street convenience store’s parking lot onto Main Street, Capt. Ronald Klein said. Nunez didn’t have a driver’s license on him, so Convery had him step out of the car while he ran a computer check, Klein said. Nunez “was extremely nervous and kept walking away from the officer's vehicle,” the captain said. Co…
Unlicensed Driver Jailed In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Lodi Man Unlicensed Driver Jailed In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Lodi Man
Unlicensed Driver Jailed In Hit-Run Death Of Beloved Lodi Man An unlicensed Paterson driver was charged with the hit-and-run death of a Lodi man three months ago. Armando “Chino” Medrano, 44, was struck near Public School No. 8 on Main Street in the early morning hours of April 24. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center a short time later. An investigation was intensifying when Kymora Jordan, 30, who fled the scene, surrendered at Paterson police headquarters on Monday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announced Tuesday. Jordan was charged with leaving the scene of an a…
Woman, Man Nabbed For Shooting Paintballs At Random People In Western Mass, Police Say Woman, Man Nabbed For Shooting Paintballs At Random People In Western Mass, Police Say
Woman, Man Nabbed For Shooting Paintballs At Random People In Western Mass, Police Say A woman already on federal probation and a man are facing charges for allegedly randomly firing paintballs at people exercising in Western Massachusetts, authorities announced. The incident was reported Monday, July 12 in Hampden County. The Springfield Police Department received the report at approximately 1:30 p.m. from a person who said she had been shot by a paintball gun while walking along Breckwood Boulevard by a shooter in a moving pick-up truck. Minutes later, a second victim reported being shot by a paintball gun while going for a run on Plumtree Road in a pick-up truck that…
Man Arrested For DUI After Found Sleeping With Engine Running In Fairfield County, Police Say Man Arrested For DUI After Found Sleeping With Engine Running In Fairfield County, Police Say
Man Arrested For DUI After Found Sleeping With Engine Running In Fairfield County, Police Say A 38-year-old man was charged with driving under the influence after he was found sleeping in the driver's seat of his running vehicle in Fairfield County. The incident took place around 1:30 a.m., Monday, July 5, when Wilton Police came across a blue Ford Pickup parked on the side of Belden Hill Road in the area of Wolfpit Road.  Upon closer investigation, it was discovered that the vehicle was running and that the driver was in the driver's seat asleep.  The driver was identified as Robert Ryan of Easton, Maryland, said the Wilton Police. An investigation was co…
Man Nabbed For Felony DWI, Resisting Arrest In Westchester, State Police Say Man Nabbed For Felony DWI, Resisting Arrest In Westchester, State Police Say
Man Nabbed For Felony DWI, Resisting Arrest In Westchester, State Police Say A Fairfield County man was arrested by New York State Police in Westchester for allegedly driving drunk with a suspended license. Shamek Brown, age 49, of Danbury, was arrested on Wednesday, May 5 around 1:35 a.m., after being stopped on I-87 in Yonkers for a traffic violation, said Trooper Tara McCormick. During the stop, McCormick said officers found that he was intoxicated and was driving with a suspended license. When troopers attempted to take Brown into custody, he resisted arrest. He was eventually arrested and transported to state police headquarters in Tarrytown where he refused …
Traffic Stop Leads To Weapon, Drug Charges For Westchester Man With Child In Car, Police Say Traffic Stop Leads To Weapon, Drug Charges For Westchester Man With Child In Car, Police Say
Traffic Stop Leads To Weapon, Drug Charges For Westchester Man With Child In Car, Police Say A traffic stop in Westchester led to the arrest of a man who was found in possession of an illegal semi-automatic weapon and cocaine, police said. Officers from the New Rochelle Police Department stopped Mamaroneck resident Kevin Lopez at approximately 7 p.m. on Friday, April 16 on Division Street when he was caught displaying a temporary fraudulent tag, Capt. Cosmo Costa said in a release on Tuesday, April 20. Costa said that Lopez was taken into custody for the fraudulent tag and a suspended license, and further investigation found he was in possession of a loaded Taurus 9mm semi-automat…
PA Man Wanted For Terroristic Threats Jailed After Slate Belt Traffic Stop PA Man Wanted For Terroristic Threats Jailed After Slate Belt Traffic Stop
PA Man Wanted For Terroristic Threats Jailed After Slate Belt Traffic Stop A PA man wanted on four active warrants — including one for terroristic threats — was jailed after a traffic stop in Northampton County, authorities said. Vernon Leroy Fountain Jr. was stopped April 11 near N. Broadway and Park Avenue in Wind Gap after police noticed that the vehicle’s registration had canceled insurance, authorities said. A follow-up investigation determined that Fountain had four active warrants: one out of Northampton County for terroristic threats, one out of Monroe County for DUI/drugs and two from Lehigh County domestic relations, Slate Belt police said. Fountain, 31…
Prosecutor: Ocean County Man, 62, Fled Scene Of Fatal Curbside Crash After Picking Up Furniture Prosecutor: Ocean County Man, 62, Fled Scene Of Fatal Curbside Crash After Picking Up Furniture
Prosecutor: Ocean County Man, 62, Fled Scene Of Fatal Curbside Crash After Picking Up Furniture A 62-year-old man from the Jersey Shore has been arrested for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian, authorities said.  Kevin Noonan, 62, of Manchester, has been charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash resulting in death and driving with a suspended license, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer  At about 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Manchester Township police responded to a residence on Yorktowne Parkway in Whiting on a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle, Billhimer said. Patrol…
Wanted CT Man With Gun, Narcotics Nabbed In Western Mass, State Police Say Wanted CT Man With Gun, Narcotics Nabbed In Western Mass, State Police Say
Wanted CT Man With Gun, Narcotics Nabbed In Western Mass, State Police Say A wanted Connecticut man was allegedly nabbed with guns and drugs during a traffic stop by Massachusetts State Police. Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, March 23 Trooper David Marra, assigned to State Police in Springfield, was on patrol traveling on Route 91 northbound in Longmeadow.  As he was passing Mile Marker 1 he observed a black Mercedes sedan, with a defective headlight, pass his cruiser and stopped the vehicle, state police said. After the vehicle came to a stop, the driver was identified as Delroy Gouldbourne, age 32, of Hartford. During a computer check of Gouldbourne's …
Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash
Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash A 39-year-old woman from South Jersey has been arrested in connection with a fatal tractor-trailer crash, authorities said. Kimberly Holmes of Cumberland County was charged with causing death or injury while driving with a suspended license, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Frank LoSacco of the East Br At 6:12 a.m. on Tuesday, authorities responded to 19A Cottage Lane on a report of an unconscious man laying on a warehouse loading dock. Police found Uttam Sharma, 43, of Jackson Heights, New York,  who was pronounced dead a…
Mount Bethel Driver Admits Severely Injuring Pedestrian In NJ While On Suspended List Mount Bethel Driver Admits Severely Injuring Pedestrian In NJ While On Suspended List
Mount Bethel Driver Admits Severely Injuring Pedestrian In NJ While On Suspended List UPDATE: A Mount Bethel resident admitted that he struck and seriously injured a New Jersey pedestrian last summer while driving on the suspended list. Giovanni Muscia Jr., 31, was driving a black 2007 Chevy Suburban that struck the 54-year-old Paterson victim at the intersection of Grand Street and Marshall Street around 11 a.m. July 7, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Muscia pleaded guilty in Superior Court in Paterson on Monday to the original charge: causing serious bodily injury with a suspended license, a fourth-degree crime. A jury conviction for the same crime could…