Sterling Mom Crashes SUV Into Plainfield Home With 4 Kids Inside, Drives Away: Police
A Connecticut woman is accused of crashing an SUV into a home before driving away with four young children still inside the vehicle, police said.
Amber Blanchette, 33, of Sterling, faces multiple charges after the Tuesday night, June 24, crash, which investigators said began with a reported domestic disturbance and ended with an SUV crashing into a house.
Officers responded to a home on Snake Meadow Road in Plainfield around 8:10 p.m. after receiving a report of a possible domestic disturbance, according to police.
While officers were investigating, they learned an SUV had crashed into a h…
Man Busted For DUI After Breaking Car Window: Denville PD
A 52-year-old Parsippany man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Denville after he broke his car window, authorities announced Tuesday, June 23.
At 11:20 p.m. on Friday, June 19, officers responded to a 911 call of breaking glass outside a residence and a man, later identified as Christopher Glynn, running toward Route 46, Denville police said.
Officers located Glynn and learned he had been traveling through Denville when he became lost, police said. He exited his vehicle in an attempt to determine where he was, but he locked his keys inside the vehicle, police said…
Drunken Deer Park Nail Salon Crash That Killed 4, Including Nypd Officer, Ends In Conviction
A jury has convicted a Long Island man of murder for a drunken driving crash that tore through a busy nail salon, killing four people and injuring nine others, prosecutors announced on Thursday, June 4.
Steven Schwally, 64, of Deer Park, was found guilty after a jury trial of four counts of Murder in the Second Degree and numerous related charges stemming from the June 28, 2024 crash at Hawaii Nail & Spa in Deer Park, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney.
"Customers and workers went into a nail salon on an ordinary Friday June afternoon and four of them never c…
Suffolk Street Racers Couldn’t Outrun Police, Arrested On Bridge In Shirley: Authorities
Two drivers were busted for street racing on a Long Island highway early Tuesday, May 26, police said.
Jake Roth, 29, and Halee Solomon, 22, were racing down William Floyd Parkway southbound through Shirley just before 1 a.m., the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Roth was behind the wheel of a 2023 Dodge Charger while Solomon was driving a 2019 Ford Mustang when an officer spotted the two men and attempted to conduct a traffic stop, police said.
However, the two speedsters fled the scene and continued across the Smith Point Bridge, authorities said. They were stopped on the bridge by…
Drunk Driver Going 90+ MPH Causes Fiery Ansonia Crash, Seriously Hurting Passenger: Police
A Connecticut woman is accused of speeding along city streets at highway speeds, nearly three times the legal limit, and causing multiple crashes before her Jeep slammed into a pole and burst into flames, police said.
Amari Langston, 22, of Stratford, was arrested on Friday, May 8, in connection with several Ansonia crashes on March 8.
Police said Langston was driving a gray Jeep around 4:30 p.m. when she hit another vehicle at the intersection of Bridge Street and West Main Street in Ansonia, according to police. Investigators said she then fled the scene and headed south on Per…
DWI Driver Busted Speeding On Route 46: Mount Olive PD
A 32-year-old Budd Lake man was arrested and charged with drunk driving on Route 46, authorities said.
At 11:58 p.m. on Friday, May 1, officers observed a gray Nissan speeding on Route 46, Mount Olive police said. Officers initiated a traffic stop and as they spoke to the driver, Tadeo Estigarribiaescob, they detected the odor of alcohol and believed him to be impaired, police said.
Following a field sobriety test, Estigarribiaescob was arrested and charged with DWI, careless driving and reckless driving, police said.
