Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Passenger Busted With Illegal Gun, Ammunition During Traffic Stop On Long Island, Police Say Passenger Busted With Illegal Gun, Ammunition During Traffic Stop On Long Island, Police Say
Passenger Busted With Illegal Gun, Ammunition During Traffic Stop On Long Island, Police Say A traffic stop on Long Island ended with a passenger in handcuffs on weapons charges. Officers in New Cassel stopped a Dodge Charger at around 9:20 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, near Prospect and Magnolia avenues due to a suspended registration, according to Nassau County Police. While speaking with the driver, a man in the passenger seat, 38-year-old Ishmel Cohen, of Brooklyn, began acting suspiciously and officers asked him to exit the vehicle. A subsequent search of the car turned up an illegal semi-automatic Glock handgun loaded with ten rounds of ammunition, police said. Cohen was arreste…

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by Michael Mashburn
Glen Burnie, MD
News
Carjackers Target Grandma With Young Child In Hanover Carjackers Target Grandma With Young Child In Hanover
Carjackers Target Grandma With Young Child In Hanover A grandmother traveling with her daughter and grandson was carjacked in front of her home in Hanover earlier this week, authorities say. On Tuesday, Dec. 27, around 7:40 p.m., a 61-year-old woman was driving home with her 38-year-old daughter and 9-year-old grandson when a Dodge Charger motioned her to go around him on Swansbury Drive near Timberneck Way, according to Anne Arundel County police. When the grandmother pulled around the Charger, the vehicle rear-ended her. The occupants of the Charger got out of the car and demanded the keys from the grandmother at gunpoint. Both vehicles were…

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by Annie DeVoe
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
1 Dead In South Brunswick Crash: Prosecutor 1 Dead In South Brunswick Crash: Prosecutor
1 Dead In South Brunswick Crash: Prosecutor A passenger in a vehicle that was escaping a crime scene was found dead after the vehicle crashed in South Brunswick Township, authorities say. The fatal crash occurred around 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 22 on Beekman Road at the intersection near Old Beekman Road, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's office. Investigation revealed that the rear passenger of a Dodge Charger was found dead after the Charger, which was leaving the scene of a crime, crashed into three vehicles unrelated to the crime.  Additional suspects inside of the Charger got out of the vehicle and fled on fo…

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by Annie DeVoe
Ashburn, VA
Police & Fire
Sheriff IDs 25-Year-Old Dodge Charger Driver Killed Crashing Into Parked Cars In Virginia Sheriff IDs 25-Year-Old Dodge Charger Driver Killed Crashing Into Parked Cars In Virginia
Sheriff IDs 25-Year-Old Dodge Charger Driver Killed Crashing Into Parked Cars In Virginia A 25-year-old man was killed in an early-morning crash in Northern Virginia after losing control of his Dodge Charger and crashing into parked cars, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Sterling resident Jason A. Recinos-Funes died in a Virginia hospital after crashing his Charger in the 500 block of East Staunton Avenue on Monday, Dec. 12 in his hometown. Investigators say that members of the sheriff's office were called to the scene of the crash shortly before 2:45 a.m. on Monday morning when Recinos-Funes was driving his 2013 Charger on East Staunton Avenue when he struck tw…

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by Zak Failla
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Allentown Man Shot Another Driver On Highway: Police Allentown Man Shot Another Driver On Highway: Police
Allentown Man Shot Another Driver On Highway: Police A Lehigh County man is charged with attempted murder after police say he shot another driver on the highway.  Jacob Garcia, 23, of Allentown, was eastbound on State Route 22 near MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26 when he shot at a white Dodge Charger in the lane next to him, state police said in a release.  Authorities said the driver was hospitalized with at least one gunshot wound, though condition as of Monday, Oct. 31 is unclear.  Police have not revealed a suspected motive for the shooting, but according to court documents…

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by Mac Bullock
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
26-Year-Old Killed, Man Charged With DWI Both ID'd After Car Crashes Into Tree In Hempstead 26-Year-Old Killed, Man Charged With DWI Both ID'd After Car Crashes Into Tree In Hempstead
26-Year-Old Killed, Man Charged With DWI Both ID'd After Car Crashes Into Tree In Hempstead Police released the identities of a man accused of driving drunk on Long Island and crashing into a tree and the 26-year-old passenger who died in the crash. The incident happened in Hempstead at about 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, the Nassau County Police Department said. Earlier report - Passenger Dies After Car Crashes Into Tree In Hempstead, Driver Charged With DWI, Police Say Police said 50-year-old Donnell Hill, of Hempstead, drove a 2018 Dodge Charger occupied by multiple passengers east on Jerusalem Avenue near Ingraham Boulevard at a high rate of speed, and he lo…

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by Nicole Valinote
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Passenger Dies After Car Crashes Into Tree In Hempstead, Driver Charged With DWI, Police Say Passenger Dies After Car Crashes Into Tree In Hempstead, Driver Charged With DWI, Police Say
Passenger Dies After Car Crashes Into Tree In Hempstead, Driver Charged With DWI, Police Say An investigation is underway after police said a drunk driver crashed into a tree on Long Island, and a passenger who was ejected from the car died from his injuries. The crash happened in Hempstead at about 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, according to the Nassau County Police Department. NCPD said a 2018 Dodge Charger, occupied by multiple passengers, was traveling east on Jerusalem Avenue in the area of Ingraham Boulevard at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control and struck a curb. The Dodge then struck a tree, causing the rear passenger to be ejected, police said. The …

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by Nicole Valinote
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Route 22 Shooting Hospitalizes Driver Route 22 Shooting Hospitalizes Driver
Route 22 Shooting Hospitalizes Driver A driver was hospitalized after being shot at on Route 22 in Whitehall Township on Wednesday, Oct. 26, authorities said. PA State troopers responding to the eastbound lanes around 3:15 p.m. found the driver of a white Dodge Charger injured after an unknown occupant in the right lane fired shots, police said. Anyone who has information pertaining to this incident is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police Troop M Bethlehem Criminal Investigation Unit at (610) 861-2026.

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
News
SEE ANYTHING? Gang Of Four Robs $104,000 Worth Of Luxury Handbags From High-End Route 4 Store SEE ANYTHING? Gang Of Four Robs $104,000 Worth Of Luxury Handbags From High-End Route 4 Store
SEE Anything? Gang Of Four Robs $104,000 Worth Of Luxury Handbags From High-End Route 4 Store Three men and a woman robbed $104,000 worth of luxury handbags and accessories from a high-end Italian brand store at Hackensack's Shops at Riverside, authorities confirmed. Police turned to the public for help on Thursday, Sept. 22, sharing a photo of the distinctive getaway car involved in the holdup just off westbound Route 4 two days earlier. The quartet entered Bottega Veneta and threatened employees who were opening the store for the day, "putting them in fear," before noon on Sept. 20, Police Capt. Michael Antista said on Thursday. The crew snatched the goods and fled in a silver Do…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
RI Car Thief Leads 21-Mile Police Pursuit Before Smashing Into 3 Cruisers In MA RI Car Thief Leads 21-Mile Police Pursuit Before Smashing Into 3 Cruisers In MA
RI Car Thief Leads 21-Mile Police Pursuit Before Smashing Into 3 Cruisers In MA Three Massachusetts State Police cruisers were damaged during a pursuit of a vehicle that was reported stolen out of Rhode Island, authorities said. The situation started when a State Trooper noticed a Dodge Charger that was reported stolen on Route 190 northbound in Sterling around 2:47 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, Massachusetts State Police said. The same vehicle had just fled from Worcester police as well, police said.  When the Trooper tried to stop the vehicle, the Charger refused and a pursuit ensued. Other Troopers tried to deflate the car's tires but the driver continued f…

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by David Cifarelli
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Woman At Large After Possible Abduction At Maryland Mall: Police Woman At Large After Possible Abduction At Maryland Mall: Police
Woman At Large After Possible Abduction At Maryland Mall: Police Police in Baltimore are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a woman wanted for a possible abduction. An alert was issued by the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District as they investigate an incident that happened on Friday, Aug. 26 at the Mondawmin Mall on Liberty Heights Avenue. The suspect woman was seen walking near Reisterstown Road and Gwynns Falls Parkway before getting into a dark blue Dodge Charger or Challenger with a rear spoiler, according to investigators. On Thursday, Sept. 1, police investigators released photos of the suspect and vehicle. …

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by Zak Failla
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Two Busted, One At Large For Robbing Maryland Home Depot, Pepper-Spraying Security Officer Two Busted, One At Large For Robbing Maryland Home Depot, Pepper-Spraying Security Officer
Two Busted, One At Large For Robbing Maryland Home Depot, Pepper-Spraying Security Officer Detectives are searching for a third suspect in connection to a theft and assault at a Home Depot in Montgomery County, authorities say. Three suspects allegedly entered the store in the 14000 block of Georgia Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 2, according to Montgomery County police. When the three were confronted by a security officer, one of the suspects pepper-sprayed him before fleeing the scene in a gray Dodge Charger. The Dodge Charger was located and officers attempted to stop it on Georgia Avenue near Randolph Road, police said. The suspects continued driving at a hig…

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by Annie DeVoe