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30-year-old Christopher Russell was arrested after he stole a bulldozer from a construction site in West Hudson Park and then tried to drive it home creating havoc in the park. According to officials, Russell was arrested that night when he tried to drive the bulldozer from Harrison to Newark. Details of the incident given by Harrison Police Capt. Mike Green… Read more
A Morris County assistant prosecutor said that 35-year-old Clifton Gauthier, a Rockaway Township police officer, charged for attempting to get a charge dismissed for his cousin, had previously attempted to do something like that for his uncle. The incident happened on 9th of February, 2012, and the cop faces charges of official misconduct and witness tampering in relation to his… Read more
ENGLEWOOD – An Englewood police officer was hospitalized and several others were assaulted by a DUI suspect early Saturday morning in a bloody confrontation as police officers tried to arrest the suspect. 38-year-old Michael Kruk of Lindenhurst, N.Y., was arrested and taken to Bergen County Jail where he was held on $110,000 bail. Kruk faced multiple charges including drunk driving,… Read more
TRENTON – 31-year-old Magna Rodas-Argueta from Trenton, was charged with DWI and three counts of child endangerment after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a parked car. The incident took place on Thursday when police found the woman in the car with two children. A police officer was flagged down by a 9-year-old girl around 1 p.m.… Read more
Officer Patrick R. Sajewicz with Garfield police was charged with DWI, assault by auto, reckless driving and careless motor vehicle operation after he drove into a building in Chester causing property destruction. The officer had been sworn into the police department just over a week ago at a formal ceremony on Oct. 7. 22-year-old Sajewicz was driving a 2014 Infinity… Read more
31-year-old Shaun Bailey of Phillipsburg, formerly of Johnsonburg, New Jersey, ended up hitting his mother in the head and kicking her repeatedly as she lay on the ground, less than three hours after he was arrested for DWI. According to court records, Bailey was scheduled to make his first appearance in New Jersey Superior Court in Belvidere on Monday for… Read more
CHESTER BOROUGH – A newly hired Garfield policeman was charged with driving while intoxicated and assault by auto after he crashed into a building on Main Street in Chester. Patrick R. Sajewicz was appointed as a patrolman on Oct. 7, just eight days before the incident happened. According to police reports, Sajewicz was driving a 2014 Infinity on 15 October… Read more
For years, the state of Pennsylvania has allowed repeat drunken drivers to legally stay behind the wheel, causing a huge threat to drivers on the roadways. However, a recently passed legislation will bring an end to this loophole. The legislation was unanimously passed by the Pennsylvania Senate on Thursday . The bill was sponsored by Sen. John Rafferty (R., Montgomery),… Read more
LINWOOD – 52-year-old Chuck Carter, head of security for an Atlantic County school district, was arrested on drunken driving charges after he crashed a board of education car. According to a police report, Carter slammed into a telephone pole on Shore Road at about 11:45 p.m. Friday, after which he was taken into custody. His vehicle spun several times before… Read more
STAFFORD – A 28-year-old township man was taken into the custody for DUI again minutes after being released from custody following a DUI arrest Friday morning. Joshua Van Dyke of the Manahawkin section of town allegedly became aggressive as he was being walked out of the police station at about 2 a.m. He threw his summonses to the ground, punched… Read more