Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Misses Exit, Slams Into Car Entering Route 208
WYCKOFF, N.J. – A driver whose car barreled across a Route 208 exit ramp in Wyckoff and struck another car heading onto the highway was arrested on DWI and assault-by-auto charges, authorities said.
Jeffrey C. Villarreal, 55, of Hawthorne was taken into custody after the March 28 crash at the Cedar Hill Avenue interchange, Lt. Joseph Soto said.
Villarreall was speeding south on the highway when he tried to take the exit and lost control of the car, which left the roadway, crossed the grass median and hit the other vehicle, severely damaging both, the lieutenant said.
Villarreall was releas…
Glen Rock PD: NY Driver Had Heroin, No License, Registration Or Insurance
GLEN ROCK, N.J. – A Catskills man caught carrying 10 bags of heroin during a traffic stop had no license, registration or insurance, Glen Rock police said.
Officer Sarah Orsita was on patrol in the area of Mortlock Place just after 2 p.m. Thursday when she tried to pull over a vehicle along Lincoln Avenue, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.
The driver, 24-year-old David Lopez of South Fallsburg, NY, continued onto northbound Route 208 into Hawthorne before finally pulling over, Ackermann said
He was processed on drug charges and released pending an April 13 hearing in Central Judicial Proce…