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Ex-Con Admits Cutting Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking That Led To Newark Chase, Crash
An ex-con told a federal judge in Newark on Wednesday that he assaulted a postal carrier with a box cutter while carjacking her SUV. The U.S. Postal Service carrier was taking a break behind the wheel of Dodge Durango on June 6 when Wallace Johnson, 32, of Newark, walked up and held the knife to her throat, cutting her skin, in the 80s block of Cedar Avenue, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Johnson “demanded that the postal employee get out of the car and leave everything inside,” Honig said. “After the postal employee got out of the car, Johnson got [in] and drove away.” City p…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Police Helicopter Assists In Capturing Armed Man During Wild Weekend Pursuit
A 20-year-old man was captured with help from Newark police's helicopter after leading law enforcement officials on a wild pursuit through the city over the weekend, authorities said. The pursuit began when officers in NPD1 saw a black Dodge Durango driving erratically near Bergen Street and shepherd Avenue around 10:20 Saturday evening, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Officers in the 5th Precinct were notified, and saw Joshua Clark speeding, running red lights and driving on the wrong side of the road, Ambrose said. Clark ignored police commands to pull over, s…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Wyckoff Police Officer Sabotages Urban Porch Pirates
A pair of porch pirates managed to get themselves caught before they had a chance to strike again, thanks to a Wyckoff police officer, authorities said. Officer Robert Schlossberg paused when he spotted a Dodge Durango parked behind a UPS truck making a delivery on Godwin Avenue. As he watched, a female passenger approached the UPS driver, then hustled back to the SUV, which drove away, Lt. Joseph Soto said. The woman had asked about a package being delivered to a Meadowbrook Road address, the UPS driver told Schlossberg. The officer stopped the Durango on Crescent Avenue moments later an…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Police Search For SUV Driver In Hit-Run Long Island Crash Seriously Injuring Teen
Police investigators on Long Island are attempting to locate a hit-and-run driver who struck a teenage pedestrian, got out of his car to check on him, then proceeded to get back in his SUV and driving away. An alert has been issued by the Nassau County Police Department as they attempt to locate the driver of a white Dodge Durango who struck a 14-year-old teen who was walking along the northbound lanes of North Village Avenue in Rockville Centre. The hit-and-run took place shortly before 11:15 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27. Police said that the teen was walking in the shoulder when he was struc…
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB
Two Queens men whose rented SUV rolled at the Vince Lombardi Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike when they tried to elude Bergen County prosecutor's detectives apparently didn’t have much reason to run. The Narcotic Task Force investigators tried stopping the white Dodge Durango on the Turnpike in Carlstadt shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday, but the driver hit the gas and apparently headed for the George Washington Bridge. The SUV then crashed on a service road outside the rest stop in Ridgefield. The driver, 27-year-old Carvell G. Matthews, didn’t have a driver’s license, Bergen County P…
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
3 Nabbed In Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB
Three suspects were taken into custody after their SUV rolled when they tried to elude Bergen County prosecutor's detectives Wednesday afternoon on the New Jersey Turnpike near the George Washington Bridge, authorities confirmed. The investigators had tried to pull over the Dodge Durango on the northbound Turnpike at the Vince Lombardi Service Plaza off the turnpike's western spur in Ridgefield shortly before 2 p.m., BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti said. The driver hit the gas "quickly lost control" of the vehicle, which crashed, Anzilotti said. The investigators captured the tri…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Thieves Don’t Even Wait, Steal Brand-New Sedan While Clifton Family Unloads Groceries
Members of a Clifton family were unloading groceries from their brand-new sedan Wednesday night when a group of brazen thieves pulled up, stole the car and led police on a chase into Newark that ended in a crash, authorities said. A Clifton police cruiser and an SUV involved in the theft crashed on Avon Avenue in Newark during the pursuit, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The officer was OK, but the thieves evaded capture, he said. It all happened in an instant. The family was unloading groceries from their 2020 Hyundai Sonata at the corner of Grove Street and Robin Hood …
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Trenton Police Sergeant Kills Himself In Middlesex County Parking Lot
A longtime Trenton police officer took his own life in a Middlesex County parking lot on Wednesday, authorities said. Sgt. Daniel Pagnotta III, a 21-year-veteran of the Trenton Police Department, died in Plainsboro, Trenton's mayor said. A search for Pagnotta began in the early-morning hours after Hopewell police issued a BOLO alert for a suicidal man, Plainsoro Police Lt. John Bresnen said. The sergeant was found in the back tailgate space of his Dodge Durango, parked in a business parking lot of College Road around 3:45 a.m., according to Bresnen. Shortly before Pagnotta was locate…
Stony Point, NY
Police & Fire
Man Killed When SUV Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer On I-87, Police Say
A 51-year-old man was killed after he lost control of his SUV and crashed into a tractor-trailer on a stretch of I-87, state police said. It happened in Orange County around 3 a.m. on Monday, July 20 in the town of Tuxedo. An investigation at the scene revealed that Sheik A. Bacchus, 51, of the Bronx, was operating his 2013 Dodge Durango northbound, in the area of mile marker 38, when he lost control of the vehicle for an unknown reason, state police said. Bacchus traveled off the right shoulder and struck the rear of a 2020 International tractor-trailer which was parked on the shoul…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Know Him Or This SUV? Man Wanted For Leaving Scene Of Crash On Long Island
A hit-and-run driver is wanted on Long Island after striking a parked car and speeding away, police said. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers released photos of a man and his SUV after he was implicated in a hit-and-run at Home Depot in Commack last month. Police said that a man driving a late-model blue Dodge Durango struck a 2019 white Nissan that was parked at Home Depot on Jericho Turnpike on Sunday, June 21 before driving away. There was no one in the Nissan at the time of the hit-and-run, and no injuries were reported. Anyone with information regarding the suspect, his vehicle, or the hit…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Mom Killed, Infant Ejected In Route 17 Crash
UPDATE: A Newark infant barely a few months old survived being ejected in a horrific Route 17 crash in Ramsey early Thursday that killed her mother. The 34-year-old woman and her husband had taken their three children with them to an overnight cleaning assignment at Ramsey Infiniti, responders told Daily Voice. The father apparently pulled the family's Honda Accord out of the Infiniti lot into the right lane of southbound Route 17 -- a treacherous stretch of road -- as a Dodge Durango was clearing the crest of the hill around 6:45 a.m., they said. One of the couple's pre-teens was in the …
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
One Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash On Northern State Parkway, Police Say
One person was killed during a two-vehicle crash on the Northern State Parkway. The crash took place in Nassau County around 9 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 28, near the Town of North Hempstead, said the New York State Police. A preliminary investigation revealed that the crash occurred when a 2016 Jeep Wrangler traveling eastbound, struck the rear of a 2017 Dodge Durango traveling in the right lane, state police said. The impact caused the Jeep to leave the roadway onto the right shoulder before striking a tree and catching on fire. The driver of the Jeep died at the scene, state police sai…
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