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North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Passenger Crashes Pickup, Jumps Into Backyard Pool After Wild NJ State Police Chase
A passenger hopped into the driver's seat of a pickup truck during a traffic stop and led New Jersey State Police on a wild chase before crashing and jumping into a backyard pool, authorities said. Troopers responding to a call Monday of an erratically driven Ford pickup pulled it over on the eastbound side of Route 78 in Readington (Hunterdon County) around 1:30 p.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said. They found the driver DWI and carrying heroin, he said. Suddenly, passenger Christopher Treadwell of Pennsylvania got behind the wheel and took off, Marchan said. Treadwell, 30, crashed th…
Rutherford, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Ex-Con Who Fought Police Over Officer's Gun Injures Six In NJ Turnpike DUI Crash
A Jersey City ex-con who was freed after a fierce struggle with Hoboken police three months ago was ordered released by another judge barely 24 hours after authorities said he caused a pre-dawn DUI crash that injured six people on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County. Lonnie Clark had served state prison time for a 2015 lewdness conviction involving children and, before that, for a 2007 conviction for selling drugs, NJ Department of Corrections records show. A judge released him last September pending trial following a sexual contact and weapons arrest, records show. He was arrested ag…
Peekskill, NY
Police & Fire
Man Airlifted Following Crash With Driver Speeding, Passing Cars, Police Say
A man was airlifted to the hospital after another vehicle illegally passed his car causing a rollover crash and then fled. The incident took place in Putnam County around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, on Route 52 in Carmel, said Lt. John Dearman of the Carmel Police. According to Dearman, several witnesses reported that a black Cadillac passed vehicles in a no-passing zone southbound on Route 52. While attempting to pass a Honda Civic driven by Jacob Shikarides, 23, of Kent, the Cadillac, driven by Nicholas Signorelli, of Hopewell Junction, 55, slammed into the Honda, causing the vehicle to…
Massapequa, NY
News
Long Island Man Arraigned On Vehicular Homicide Charges
A Long Island man is facing a host of charges for allegedly driving drunk, crashing into an ambulette last year, killing the patient inside, a former NYPD detective. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Alvaro Gutierrez-Garcia, 28, of Locust Valley, has been arraigned on aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter and other charges for his role in the fatal crash in September last year. Specifically, Gutierrez-Garcia was charged with: Two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide; Manslaughter; Two counts of vehicular manslaughter; Two counts of aggravated vehicul…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Oakland PD: K9 Helps Catch Landscaper Who Bailed After Crash That Injured Female Motorist
An Oakland landscaper was drunk when he bailed out of his pickup truck and fled the scene following a crash that sent another resident’s car into a tree, authorities said. Officers tracked down and captured Sebastian Wolff, 26, with help from a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit, Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. A 61-year-old driver had pulled her 2018 Acura RDX from a Lakeside Boulevard driveway near Cedar Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday when it was struck from behind by Wolff’s 2006 Ford F150, Eldridge said. “The impact pushed the Acura into a tree causing moderate injuries to the dri…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Killed, Child Injured In Meadowbrook Parkway Crash Involving Drunk Driver, Police Say
A woman was killed and a child injured in an overnight crash involving a drunk driver on the Meadowbrook Parkway, police said. It happened just after midnight on Sunday, Feb. 2 north of exit M7 in Hempstead. A preliminary investigation revealed that the collision occurred when a 2012 Nissan Rogue traveling northbound struck the rear of a 2006 Kia, state police said. The impact caused the Kia to leave the roadway onto the right shoulder before striking a tree, according to police. The operator of the Kia, Lissette Quintanilla, 39, of South Hempstead, was taken to Nassau University Med…
Massapequa, NY
News
Four Charges Dismissed In Trial Of Accused Drunk Driver In Fatal LI Crash That Killed Boy Scout
Four of the 16 charges against a Long Island man accused of driving drunk and killing a Boy Scout have been dropped. A judge dropped charges that are “no longer legally sustainable,” which relied on Holbrook resident Thomas Murphy’s blood alcohol content level being above .18 percent, more than double the legal limit. According to reports, Murphy’s lawyers contended that a witness for the prosecution withheld certain notes about Murphy’s BAC on the day he struck and killed 12-year-old Andrew McMorris last year. They also alleged that Murphy’s test may have been contaminated. It is alleged …
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation
A man who killed a Teaneck father and his four daughters when his pickup truck veered across a Delaware highway into the path of their minivan was sentenced to a year's probation on Friday, according to a published report. Alvin Hubbard III, of Maryland, could be sentenced to 14 years in prison if he doesn't meet the requirements of his probation. Hubbard pleaded guilty in June to five counts of death by auto and two of vehicular assault in connection with the July 2018 crash, which occurred as the Trinidad family was returning from a trip to Ocean City, MD. Killed were Audi Marquez …
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Charged With DWI, Two Injured After Fiery Three-Car Crash In Pearl River
A fiery three-vehicle crash left two people seriously injured and another in handcuffs for alleged drunk driving in Rockland. The crash took place at 6:07 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 15, on Veterans Memorial Drive in the vicinity of the Blue Hill Plaza in Pearl River, said Orangetown Police Sgt. Joseph Sullivan. Upon arrival officers located three vehicles with heavy damage and two of the vehicles were engulfed in flames, Sullivan said. The occupants of the vehicles on fire were able to escape with the assistance of passing motorists, he added. The driver's of one of the vehicles, Tiffa…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Woman Sentenced For Drunken Crash Into Popular Westchester Restaurant
An 81-year-old woman has been sentenced to probation after drunkenly crashing into a popular Westchester restaurant last year. On May 6 last year, Roseanne Cassano, of Yonkers, backed her car into the storefront of Enzo’s Ristorante in Mamaroneck. At the time of the crash, it was determined that her blood alcohol content was .09 percent, just above the legal driving limit of .08 percent, police said. This week, Cassano was back in Westchester County Court, where she was sentenced to five years probation and her driver’s license was revoked. She pleaded guilty earlier this year to first…
Mahopac, NY
Police & Fire
Man Charged After Crash Into Pony-Drawn Carriage Seriously Injures Area Woman
A 74-year-old man has been charged after police say he struck a pony-drawn carriage and injured a Union Vale woman while under the influence. New York State Police say they arrested John Kosinski of Union Vale on Wednesday, July 24. According to police, Kosinski was traveling northbound on Chestnut Ridge Road in the town of Union Vale and struck a pony-drawn carriage carrying Mary Jean Calvi, 61, of Union Vale on Saturday, May 11. Police say Calvi, who works with the town's Animal Control Office, sustained serious injuries but is expected to recover. The pony, police say, had to be euthaniz…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Driver Charged With DWI After Hitting Bicyclist In Westchester, Police Say
A bicyclist was hospitalized after being struck by an allegedly drunk driver in Westchester. The bicyclist was struck shortly after midnight on Sunday, July 7 in New Rochelle near the intersection of Pelham Road and Locust Avenue, police said. Both he and the driver were allegedly intoxicated at the time of the crash. The driver - whose name has not been released - was charged with driving while intoxicated and vehicular assault. It was unclear if the bicyclist will face any charges. The police investigation into the strike is ongoing. The bicyclist was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in th…
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