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Fleeing Drunk Driver Charged With DWI in Clayton After Chase
CLAYTON – 49-years-old James L. Happersett Jr. of Clayton was arrested and charged with DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) and other violations on Friday. According to the police, Happersett was driving drunk and tried to flee when an officer had to break a window of his vehicle to stop him from continuing a chase. Apart from the DWI charge, Happersett was… Read more
DWI suspect critically injured on Route 80 in Woodland Park
WOODLAND PARK – A 49-year-old Sussex County man, who was charged with DWI, was critically injured in the accident when his vehicle was struck by a tractor trailer. According to his medical report, he is expected to survive the crash. Thomas McDermott, of Andover, was hit by a truck when he was crossing Route 80 on foot early morning on… Read more
Drunken Police Officer Not Charged With DWI
If you fall asleep behind the wheel of your car at 2 am at a major intersection and don’t move when the light changes, you are most likely to face a DWI charge. However, that is not what happened in the case of Jeffrey A. Lancaster, of Galloway Township, who was involved in a similar situation on Feb. 17, 2011,… Read more
Bayonne Man Faces DWI And Drug Charges In Afternoon Crash
27-year-old Christopher Woolley of Bayonne was arrested and charged with DWI and other drug charges on Tuesday after police found him passed out in a nearly flipped over car. When police found Woolley on Tuesday night, he was in a “lifeless condition” inside his car which was resting atop another parked car on East 26th Street. According to the police,… Read more
Intoxicated driver strikes Monroe Twp. officer
According to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, 33-year-old Jesse Petryk, of Monroe Township, struck an officer’s patrol car as well as the officer with his Hyundai Santa Fe. The incident happened shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. Monroe Township officer, Anthony Vezza, is a patrolman. He had stopped a Ford Fusion on westbound Black Horse Pike near Corkery Lane where… Read more
Man involved in DWI crash that injured an officer being sought
HAMILTON TWP., N.J. – 41-year-old David McAvaddy of Egg Harbor Township, who was involved in a DWI crash, is being sought by Hamilton Township police. The incident that happened earlier this spring resulted in the injury of one of the officers with the Hamilton Township police. An arrest warrant for McAvaddy was issued by a judge on Wednesday. A photo… Read more
The Tracey Morgan Tragedy
During this past weekend on the New Jersey Turnpike, a tractor trailer slammed into the bus in which comedian Tracey Morgan was traveling. This crash resulted in the death of comedian James McNair, serious injuries to other passengers, and the hospitalization of Tracey Morgan. Mr. Morgan suffered serious bodily injury and was in critical condition. Although this was not a… Read more
Drunken driver runs over officer’s foot
WEEHAWKEN, N.J. – According to Port Authority police, a drunken driver ran over a police officer’s foot while he was trying to flee. 45-year-old Norberto Cancel of North Bergen was approached by officers when they found his vehicle blocking traffic at an approach lane to the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken. When they came closer, they found Cancel slumped over in… Read more
Drunken driver killed in DWI wreck had taken ADHD meds before the crash
OLD BRIDGE – The cause of death of 26-year-old Ashley Sara Chieco, who was killed in a car crash last summer while she was driving under the influence of Adderall or similar ADHD medication, swerving in a stolen SUV the wrong way on Route 18, has not been clear to the investigators. According to the police and an attorney who… Read more
Drunken driver radios for help after colliding with Monmouth University security vehicle
WEST LONG BRANCH – According to police reports, 32-year-old Francis S. Debout, of Long Branch, collided with a Monmouth University security vehicle when he was driving drunk late Saturday night. The collision knocked the security officer in the vehicle unconscious. West Long Branch Police Chief Lawrence Mihlon said that after the collision, Debout apparently used the unconscious officer’s radio to… Read more