Landsale PD: Man High On PCP Pushed, Punched Officers During Thanksgiving Day Arrest
A man high on PCP was arrested after pushing and punching police officers trying to arrest him on Thanksgiving Day, authorities said Wednesday.
Officers responded to 291 North Broad St. on Nov. 26 around 1:25 p.m., on reports of a suspicious person threatening to hurt people and high on PCP, Landsale police said in a news release.
The man, later identified as Elijah Derns, 24, began cursing and pushing officers, saying he refused to be arrested, police said.
Derns started throwing punches, hitting officers twice before he was taken into custody, according to authorities.
Both of…
PA Man Charged With DWI In Wrong-Way Thanksgiving Day NJ Turnpike Crash That Injured 6
A 26-year-old Bucks County man was driving drunk and in the wrong direction Thanksgiving Day when he struck a minivan head-on on the New Jersey Turnpike, sending a couple and their two children to the hospital, authorities said.
A southbound Nissan Versa driven by Michael Forman, of Sellersville, hit the Edison family’s Honda Odyssey in the Turnpike’s northbound lanes in Gloucester County’s Woolrich Township, around 9:45 p.m., they said.
The Versa then slammed into the concrete median, the NJSP said.
The 36-year-old mother and two of the children, 6 and 11, were seriously injured, State Po…
Wood Burning Pizzeria Opens In Maywood
A new wood-burning pizzeria has opened in Maywood.
Amici's Italian Restaurant offers "a taste of Naples," its website says.
The pizzeria is located at 28 West Pleasant Ave., and offers pizza (including specialty pies), pasta, chicken, wraps, calzones, cold sandwiches and more.
Amici's is open for dine-in, pick-up or delivery.
Delivery is available to Rochelle Park, Maywood, Hackensack, Paramus, Rochelle Park, River Edge and Saddle Brook.
