DUI EHT Driver Crashed Into Utility Pole: Police DUI EHT Driver Crashed Into Utility Pole: Police
DUI EHT Driver Crashed Into Utility Pole: Police A 24-year-old Egg Harbor Township man is facing several charges after he crashed into a utility pole while driving under the influence, early Monday morning, Aug. 25, authorities said. At 12:36 a.m., officers responded to Ocean Heights Avenue near South Jersey Yacht's after a 2010 GMC Yukon traveling west on Ocean Heights left the roadway and struck an Atlantic City Electric Utility Pole causing significant damage to both the vehicle and pole, Egg Harbor Township police said. Cleesman Lopez-Cruz, the driver of the vehicle, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and a…
Stafford Jeep Joyride Ends In Crash, OC Spray, Racist Threats Toward Deputies: Sheriff Stafford Jeep Joyride Ends In Crash, OC Spray, Racist Threats Toward Deputies: Sheriff
Stafford Jeep Joyride Ends In Crash, OC Spray, Racist Threats Toward Deputies: Sheriff A Virginia man turned a late-night highway joyride into a dangerous and disturbing encounter with deputies, officials said. Deputies were called around 1:15 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, for reports of a swerving Jeep Wrangler barreling down the southbound lanes of I-95, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said.  The Jeep struck another car before veering onto Garrisonville Road, where it hit a median and began driving directly into oncoming traffic with front-end damage visible on the vehicle. Deputies quickly caught up to the smoking Jeep near Shelton Shop Road and pulled it over.  …
DUI Driver Arrested In Egg Harbor Township After Crash: Police DUI Driver Arrested In Egg Harbor Township After Crash: Police
DUI Driver Arrested In Egg Harbor Township After Crash: Police A 36-year-old Somers Point man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence following a crash in Egg Harbor Township on Friday, Aug. 6, authorities said. At 8:06 p.m., officers responded to a crash at Zion Road and Robert Best after 2002 Buick Lesabre failed to appropriately navigate a curve as it approached a stop sign, ran off the roadway, served back into the intersection and struck a 2008 Toyota Tundra turning left onto the roadway, Egg Harbor Township police said. Hector Merino-Garcia, the driver of the Buick Lesabre, had a BAC of .12%, police said. He was arrested and cha…
DUI Driver Crashed Into Woods: Denville PD DUI Driver Crashed Into Woods: Denville PD
DUI Driver Crashed Into Woods: Denville PD A 60-year-old Morris Plains resident was arrested for driving under the influence following a crash in Denville on Friday, Aug. 8, authorities said. At 10:52 p.m., officers responded to a report of a black sedan that had crashed into the woods off Franklin Road, near the train overpass, Denville police said. Officers determined the driver, Marcie Levison, was impaired due to alcohol and/or drugs, police said Levison was arrested and transported to police headquarters. She was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and careless driving, police said.
Virginia Man Crashes Into RV At Maryland International Raceway, Police Say He Had Loaded Gun Virginia Man Crashes Into RV At Maryland International Raceway, Police Say He Had Loaded Gun
Virginia Man Crashes Into RV At Maryland International Raceway, Police Say He Had Loaded Gun A Virginia man’s night at Maryland International Raceway ended in handcuffs after police say he crashed into a parked RV, failed sobriety tests, and was caught with a loaded handgun he wasn’t allowed to have. Troopers responded to the track, in the 27000 block of Budds Creek Road in Mechanicsville, on Friday, Aug. 2, for the report of a vehicle striking a parked RV, Maryland State Police said. The driver, identified as Jamere Andre Alexander, 37, of Fairfax, was found with a handgun in plain view on the driver’s side floorboard, according to police.  Investigators determined the firea…
$5 ‘Bribe’ Backfires For Repeat DUI Suspect In Stafford County: Sheriff $5 ‘Bribe’ Backfires For Repeat DUI Suspect In Stafford County: Sheriff
$5 ‘Bribe’ Backfires For Repeat DUI Suspect In Stafford County: Sheriff A Virginia woman’s alleged attempt to bribe her way out of a crash investigation with a $5 bill didn’t get her a pass — it got her arrested, again. Carolyn Davis, 68, was arrested after deputies say she crashed her Ford Explorer into two parked cars in the Malvern Lakes Circle area and then tried to flee — all in front of a witness who was walking his dog. Stafford County Sheriff’s officials said a deputy was called to the scene just after 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, where there were reports of a hit-and-run involving a Ford that struck two unoccupied vehicles. When the deputy arrived to …
DWI Driver Crashes Into Branchburg Home: Police DWI Driver Crashes Into Branchburg Home: Police
DWI Driver Crashes Into Branchburg Home: Police A 50-year-old Somerville man was arrested for drunk driving after he crashed his car into a home in Branchburg on Monday morning, Aug. 4. At 9:29 a.m., officers responded to a residence on Hillcrest Drive after a white pick-up truck crashed into the first floor of a residential home, Branchburg police said. The driver, Eric Wilson, was able to self-extricate, police said.  Wilson had a laceration to his head and was treated on scene, police said. A person inside the residence on the second floor was not injured, police said. While officers spoke with Wilson, they observed he may be un…
DUI Driver Had Four Beers Before Killing Pedestrian In Newark: Affidavit DUI Driver Had Four Beers Before Killing Pedestrian In Newark: Affidavit
DUI Driver Had Four Beers Before Killing Pedestrian In Newark: Affidavit A 33-year-old Newark resident who was arrested after striking two people, one fatally, in a hit and run collision while driving intoxicated last week, told police he had consumed four beers according to a criminal affidavit obtained by Daily Voice Tuesday, Aug. 5. Segundo Carlos Bunay was driving a 2014 white Ford Econoline Van when he struck two women in front of George Washington Carver Elementary School at 333 Clinton Pl., on Monday, July 28, at 9:20 p.m., Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. Bunay fled the scene, but witnesses obtained …
Wrong Way DUI Perth Amboy Driver Involved In Crash That Killed Cyclist: Police Wrong Way DUI Perth Amboy Driver Involved In Crash That Killed Cyclist: Police
Wrong Way DUI Perth Amboy Driver Involved In Crash That Killed Cyclist: Police A 20-year-old Perth Amboy driver was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in the death of a 71-year-old Kenilworth cyclist in Westfield on Monday, Aug. 4, authorities said. At 9:54 a.m., Anthony Velazquez was driving a 2016 Acura IDX east on West North Avenue when he entered the opposite lane of travel and crashed into a 2022 Ford Transit van traveling west, Westfield police said. The crash caused the Ford to overturn and onto the cyclist, who was traveling west on his bicycle along the side of the roadway, police said. The bicyclist, who has not been identified, was prono…
125 MPH Drunk Driver On I-95 In Milford Had Double Legal Limit Of Alcohol In System: Police 125 MPH Drunk Driver On I-95 In Milford Had Double Legal Limit Of Alcohol In System: Police
125 MPH Drunk Driver On I-95 In Milford Had Double Legal Limit Of Alcohol In System: Police A 23-year-old man was arrested early after state police said he was caught driving 125 miles per hour on I-95 while drunk. Jose Gonzalez, of Bridgeport, was pulled over near Exit 40 on the southbound side of I-95 in Milford just before 3 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 3, after troopers clocked him at nearly twice the speed limit, Connecticut State Police said. The trooper noted Gonzalez showed "clear signs of impairment," including red, glossy eyes and the smell of alcohol. Authorities arrested him and administered a blood alcohol test at the Troop G barracks in Bridgeport. He was nearly double the …
Teen Driving On THC, Alcohol Causes Crash That Nearly Paralyzed Man: Lancaster County DA Teen Driving On THC, Alcohol Causes Crash That Nearly Paralyzed Man: Lancaster County DA
Teen Driving On THC, Alcohol Causes Crash That Nearly Paralyzed Man: Lancaster County DA A Lancaster woman admitted to causing a crash while high on THC and alcohol that nearly left a man paralyzed, prosecutors announced on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025.  Evangeline L. Roth, 20, of the 500 block of West Walnut Street, pleaded guilty before Judge Dennis Reinaker on Monday, July 29, 2025, to aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, aggravated assault by vehicle, three counts of driving under the influence, and two summary offenses, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. The crash happened the evening of Saturday, June 22, 2024, when Roth…
Boiling Springs Man With 14 Convictions Gets Nearly Decade In Prison For Homemade Rifle: ICE Boiling Springs Man With 14 Convictions Gets Nearly Decade In Prison For Homemade Rifle: ICE
Boiling Springs Man With 14 Convictions Gets Nearly Decade In Prison For Homemade Rifle: ICE A Pennsylvania man with a long criminal record, including convictions for indecent assault and multiple DUIs, will spend nearly a decade in federal prison for illegally manufacturing a firearm, authorities announced Friday, Aug. 1. Philip Shearer, 49, of Harrisburg — previously of Boiling Springs, Enola, Mechanicsburg, and Chambersburg according to public records — admitted to possessing an unregistered short-barrel rifle along with more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, several high-capacity magazines, night vision goggles, and a ghillie suit, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the …