Driver Left To Die In Newark Crash After Friends Bailed, Family Says Driver Left To Die In Newark Crash After Friends Bailed, Family Says
Driver Left To Die In Newark Crash After Friends Bailed, Family Says Family of a 23-year-old man killed in a Newark crash say he was left to die after friends bailed from the scene. Tahir Knox was removed from a Nissan Altima that lost control and struck a Chevy Tahoe on Bergen Street, after being struck by an eastbound BMW on Avon Avenue around 2 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. Knox was removed from the Altima by first responders and taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:45 a.m. Another passenger in the car was treated for leg injuries. A GoFundMe for Knox's family …
Passaic Sheriff: Trio Nabbed With Dozens Of Heroin Folks, Crack Vials, Ecstasy, More Passaic Sheriff: Trio Nabbed With Dozens Of Heroin Folks, Crack Vials, Ecstasy, More
Passaic Sheriff: Trio Nabbed With Dozens Of Heroin Folks, Crack Vials, Ecstasy, More Passaic County sheriff’s detectives nabbed three men who they said had more than 75 heroin folds, a couple dozen vials and baggies of crack and nearly a dozen Ecstasy pills among them. Members of the department’s Bureau of Narcotics and Fugitive Warrant Squad first spotted Nahdir Gonzalez, 29, “continuously entering and exiting a white colored Nissan Altima” near the corner of Essex and Madison streets in Paterson, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Thursday. Gonzalez passed what appeared to be drugs to the two others – identified as Rajaheem Alston, 26, and Tyheem Reese, 30, the sheriff said.…
Matter Of Seconds: Video Shows Car With Keys Inside Being Stolen From CT Gas Station Matter Of Seconds: Video Shows Car With Keys Inside Being Stolen From CT Gas Station
Matter Of Seconds: Video Shows Car With Keys Inside Being Stolen From CT Gas Station Police are reminding drivers to remove their car keys when at a gas pump after a Nissan Altima was stolen within a matter of seconds while the owner went inside the convenience store. The incident took place in Litchfield County around 10:15 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 14 in Watertown. The driver of the Altima was parked at the gas pumps when they left the vehicle running with the keys inside while they went inside the store, said the Watertown Police. "The vehicle was stolen in approximately seven seconds," police said.  Police said suspects are waiting in parking lots for someone to leave t…
Long Island Duo Nabbed With Drugs During Traffic Stop, Police Say Long Island Duo Nabbed With Drugs During Traffic Stop, Police Say
Long Island Duo Nabbed With Drugs During Traffic Stop, Police Say A Long Island duo was allegedly nabbed with crack cocaine and heroin during a traffic stop in which one of the suspects attempted to flee from police. George Williams, age 43, of Freeport, and Casey Daus, age 23, of Massapequa Park, were arrested on Tuesday, June 21 in Elmont. According to detectives, officers stopped the couple driving a 2001 black Nissan Altima for a traffic violation. During the stop, officers recovered multiple clear plastic bags believed to contain crack cocaine and heroin, said the Nassau County Police.  While officers were attempting to place Wi…
Pedestrian Struck In Fair Lawn Hospitalized With Severe Injuries, Teen Driver Charged Pedestrian Struck In Fair Lawn Hospitalized With Severe Injuries, Teen Driver Charged
Pedestrian Struck In Fair Lawn Hospitalized With Severe Injuries, Teen Driver Charged A Fair Lawn man was severely injured when he was struck by a car driven by a 17-year-old borough boy, authorities confirmed. The driver of the 2014 Nissan Altima apparently had turned to avoid one pedestrian when he hit the 33-year-old victim in the parking lot at Memorial Park along the Passaic River shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday, Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The victim was thrown in the air and suffered severe head trauma, witnesses said. Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance took him to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson. Police charged the driver with reckless and careles…
Speed, Alcohol Factors In Rollover Crash That Killed Maryland Woman: Sheriff Speed, Alcohol Factors In Rollover Crash That Killed Maryland Woman: Sheriff
Speed, Alcohol Factors In Rollover Crash That Killed Maryland Woman: Sheriff A 47-year-old woman was killed in Maryland after being ejected from her vehicle when she struck a tree while potentially driving while impaired, authorities announced. St. Mary’s County resident Michelle Lee Twigg, of Lexington Park, was driving in Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County on Breezy Point Road in the area of Blue Heron Drive when she struck a tree on Saturday, June 4,  according to the Calvert County Sheriff. Twigg was driving west on Breezy Point Road when she struck the tree, rolled over her Nissan Altima, and was partially ejected from the vehicle. She was the only occu…
Four, Including Three From Norwalk, Killed In Wrong-Way I-95 Crash Four, Including Three From Norwalk, Killed In Wrong-Way I-95 Crash
Four, Including Three From Norwalk, Killed In Wrong-Way I-95 Crash Four people were killed in a head-on crash on I-95 in Connecticut. Police said the crash happened in the New Haven County town of Guilford at about 2:50 a.m. on Sunday, May 29. A 2009 Nissan Altima 2.5 S was going the wrong way, traveling north on I-95 south between exits 60 and 59, when it collided with a southbound 2012 Chevrolet Colorado LT, according to Connecticut State Police. Both vehicles came to a stop in the left travel lane of the highway, police said. Authorities reported that all of the occupants of the vehicles were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Nissan was…
Out-Of-State Passenger Not Wearing Seatbelt On Route 17 Found With Loaded Gun: Rochelle Park PD Out-Of-State Passenger Not Wearing Seatbelt On Route 17 Found With Loaded Gun: Rochelle Park PD
Out-Of-State Passenger Not Wearing Seatbelt On Route 17 Found With Loaded Gun: Rochelle Park PD A passenger not wearing a seatbelt acted suspiciously enough for a Rochelle Park police officer to begin asking questions -- and find a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets, authorities said. Hugh Warner, 29, of Daytona Beach, FL was in a Nissan Altima stopped by Officer Chris Kiszka on southbound Route 17. Backup officers arrived Kiszka found a 9mm Taurus handgun in the glove box, said Lt. James D. DePreta, who was one of them. Warner was charged with illegal possession of the gun, a high-capacity magazine and the hollow-point rounds. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail, where he remain…
Coram Man Sentenced For Killing Teenage Brother Coram Man Sentenced For Killing Teenage Brother
Coram Man Sentenced For Killing Teenage Brother A Long Island man may spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced for killing his teenage brother, authorities announced. Coram resident Dimitri Robert, now age 30, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being found guilty of multiple charges related to the murder of his 17-year-old brother. Specifically, Robert was convicted of: Second-degree murder; Two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon; Third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said that on Oct. 1, 2019, Robert fatally shot his …
Suspect At Large After Armed Robbery At CVS In Western Mass Suspect At Large After Armed Robbery At CVS In Western Mass
Suspect At Large After Armed Robbery At CVS In Western Mass Police are searching for a man who robbed a CVS in the region for drugs. In Western Massachusetts, Longmeadow Police said the suspect targeted the store on Longmeadow Street at around 6:45 p.m. Thursday, May 5. He reportedly entered the store and passed a note to the pharmacist that implied he had a weapon and demanded prescription pills. He then fled the store with an undisclosed amount of medication, police said. Nobody was injured in the robbery. The suspect is described as a Black male, between 5-foot-2 inches and 5-foot-6-inches tall, with a thin build.  Police said he w…
Pursuit, Crash Leads To Discovery Of Long Island Duo With Ghost Gun, Police Say Pursuit, Crash Leads To Discovery Of Long Island Duo With Ghost Gun, Police Say
Pursuit, Crash Leads To Discovery Of Long Island Duo With Ghost Gun, Police Say A weekend police chase on Long Island ended with troopers finding a so-called ghost gun. The incident began around 11 a.m. Sunday, May 1, when troopers attempted to stop a Nissan Altima for speeding on the Northern State Parkway near New Highway in Smithtown, New York State Police said. After a short pursuit, the driver entered the on-ramp to Sunken Meadow Parkway but lost control on a curve and crashed near a wooded area, police said. The driver then took off on foot and has not been found. Inside the car, police found two passengers, Patrice Gordon, age 25, of Selden, and Landre Simmons…
Virginia Man Dies In Delaware Tractor Trailer Crash: State Police Virginia Man Dies In Delaware Tractor Trailer Crash: State Police
Virginia Man Dies In Delaware Tractor Trailer Crash: State Police A Virginia man died in a car with a tractor-trailer on Wednesday, April 27, according to Delaware State Police. The collision occurred at the Seashore Highway and Scotts Store Road intersection in Bridgeville, Delaware at at 1:52 p.m., which resulted in the death of an 80-year-old Alexandria man, police say.  As the westbound tractor-trailer was approaching the Scotts Shore Road intersection, a Nissan Altima failed to remain stopped at the stop sign and pulled out in front of the tractor-trailer while making a left turn onto Seashore Highway, State Police say. The driver of the tracto…