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Assault by auto
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Speeding Hackensack Driver Charged In Jersey City Crash: Prosecutor
A 36-year-old Hackensack man was arrested and charged following a serious crash in Jersey City, authorities announced Monday, May 4. At 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Jersey City police responded to Routes 1&9 between Duncan Avenue and Communipaw Avenue and found two vehicles with extensive injuries, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. The driver of a black Honda Accord, a 21-year-old Jersey City man, was treated for minor injuries while Anthony Pena-Ceri, the driver of a white Honda Accord, and a passenger, both sustained serious injuries, Mello said. Pena-Ceri was operating…
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
DWI Bogota Driver Seriously Injures Pedestrian In Teaneck: Prosecutor
A pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by an intoxicated driver late Saturday, Feb. 14, authorities said. Tobias Aparicio Cruz, 55, was behind the wheel of the 2005 Nissan Sentra when he struck the 53-year-old man near Teaneck Cinemas on Cedar Lane just after 11:15 p.m., Bergen County Prosecutor's Chief of Detectives Jeff Angermeyer said. Officers from the Teaneck Police Department, detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit, and investigators from the Bergen County Fatal Accident Task Force responded to the scene, Anger…
Warren, NJ
Police & Fire
New Photo Shows Smashed-Up Troop Car Struck By DUI Driver On Route 80:
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New Jersey State Police have shared a photo of the vehicle that they say was struck by a DUI driver overnight on Route 80 in Warren County. Troopers responded to a report of a wrong-way driver in the eastbound lanes of Knowlton Township after midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 16, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Robert Felegi, a 67-year-old man from Middleport, PA, was driving a Nissan pickup truck westbound in the eastbound lanes when he struck a marked patrol car with emergency lights and sirens activated while attempting to slow traffic to warn motorists of …
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Lodi Driver Charged In Clifton Crash That Killed Teen Weeks Before 18th Birthday: Officials
A Lodi man has been charged in connection with a March crash in Clifton that killed a 17-year-old girl and injured three others, authorities said. Tyler Robinson, 20, is charged with first- and second-degree death by auto and three counts of third-degree assault by auto, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said. Ezra Sanchez was identified by loved ones in a GoFundMe as the victim. She died one month before her 18th birthday, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Ezra and her family. GoFundMe photo/Veronica Delgado On Sunday, March 2…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
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…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
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…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Speeding Former Parsippany Wrestler Indicted In Crash That Killed Woman: Prosecutor
An 18-year-old Lake Hiawatha man was indicted by a grand jury in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Toms River, authorities announced Thursday, Aug. 14. Abel Mathukutty was indicted on charges of vehicular homicide, assault by auto, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash causing death and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash causing serious bodily injury, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Mathukutty was behind the wheel of an Infinity sedan that struck a white Mercedes sedan driven by Debora Barone on Saturday, May 24 at 7:25 p.m. on Route 37 east in Toms R…
Brick, NJ
Police & Fire
Brick Pharma Exec Was Going Wrong Way 103 MPH For 2 Miles In Deadly Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor
A 47-year-old Brick Township was charged with aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide following a deadly eight-car crash in Lakewood last March, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 13. An investigation determined that Brian Baldari was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of Route 70 at 103 mph for two miles before he crashed into Edwin Borja's vehicle on Friday, March 7 at 5:50 a.m. at Route 70 and Airport Road, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Baldari's Cadillac CT5 Blackwig struck an additional six vehicles before catching fire, trapping Baldari inside, B…
Lakewood, NJ
News
ICE Place Detainer On Undocumented DUI Driver Charged In Lakewood Double Fatal: Feds
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed a detainer on a 43-year-old man charged with killing a New Jersey mother and her 11-year-old daughter in a drunk driving, head-on crash last month, the agency said. Raul Luna-Perez, 43, of Red Bank, entered the U.S. illegally at an unknown date and location. The agency said he had multiple prior arrests, including: June 25, 2023, by Red Bank Police for simple domestic violence. March 20, 2025, and April 17, 2025, for DUI, also by Red Bank Police. Raul Luna-Perez Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Records show he was b…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
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 …
Perth Amboy, NJ
Police & Fire
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…
Verona, NJ
Police & Fire
DWI Driver Crashed Into NJ Transit Bus, Two Injured: Verona Police (
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A 36-year-old woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after colliding with an NJ Transit bus in Verona, officers announced Wednesday, July 30. On Friday, July 25 at 1 p.m., officers responded to a multi-car crash at 880 Bloomfield Ave. after a gray Madza sedan crashed into an NJ Transit Bus while it was stopped at a traffic light , causing another car, a blue Acura MDX to be involved in the collision, Verona police said. 🚨 DAYTIME DUIs ON THE RISE IN VERONA 🚨 📍 Public Safety Alert Earlier this week, Verona Police responded to a serious... Posted by Verona Police D…
Plainsboro, NJ
Police & Fire
Five Face Charges In Fatal Route 1 Plainsboro New Year's Crash: Prosecutor
A woman is facing manslaughter charges after she fled the scene of a fatal six-car crash in Plainsboro that occurred on New Year's Day, authorities announced Thursday, July 31. At 1:56 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1, first responders responded to Route 1 in Plainsboro for the multi-car crash, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Eamon Blanchard said. Louisa Bradlow Carman, a 25-year-old Princeton resident, who was driving a Ford Fusion, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead, authorities said. Carman…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
DUI Driver Hit Two People, One Fatally Outside Newark Elementary School: Prosecutor
A 33-year-old Newark resident was arrested after striking two people, one fatally, in a hit and run crash while driving intoxicated on Monday, July 28, authorities said. 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., Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. Eryn Montgomery, 28, was pronounced dead at University Hospital while the other woman is in stable condition, authorities said. Bunay fled the scene but later returne…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Suspected DUI Red Bank Driver Kills 11-Year-Old Girl, Woman In Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor
A Red Bank man suspected of DUI has been charged with vehicular homicide after a crash in Lakewood killed a woman and an 11-year-old girl and seriously injured another child, authorities said. Raul Luna-Perez, 43, was behind the wheel of a Dodge Durango that collided head-on with a Nissan Sentra just before 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, at the intersection of Cross Street and Hearthstone Drive in Lakewood, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said in a release. Luna-Perez was driving east on Cross Street when his SUV crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the Nissan head-on, th…
Pleasantville-Absecon, NJ
Police & Fire
EHT Man Hit Pedestrian, Fled Scene: Pleasantville Police
A 73-year-old Egg Harbor Township man was arrested after he struck a pedestrian and fled the scene in Pleasantville on Tuesday, July 22, authorities said. At 2:57 p.m., officers responded to North Main Street and East Reading Avenue and found a 56-year-old Egg Harbor Township man lying in the roadway with serious injuries, Pleasantville police. He was transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, police said. Officers located the suspect vehicle in the 700 block of Linden Avenue after the driver, Brian Morris, left the scene, police said. Morris is charged with aggravated assault…
Phillipsburg, NJ
Police & Fire
Philly Truck Driver Struck Car After Running Red Light, Fled Scene: Lopatcong Police
A 39-year-old truck driver from Philadelphia was arrested and charged with hitting a car and fleeing the scene in Lopatcong, authorities announced Sunday, July 20. On Thursday, June 12, at 4:43 p.m., a 2023 white Cascadia Freightliner struck with Illinois plates ran a red light and struck a 2016 white Jeep Compass traveling northbound through a green light, Lopatcong Township police said. Following an investigation, the driver was identified as Almaz Uulu Beishenbek, police said. Beishenbek was operating the truck for Tornado Shipping Inc, police said. Beisenbek is charged with assault by …
North Bergen-Guttenberg, NJ
News
'Hero' Or Criminal? Heated Debate Sparked By North Bergen Driver Who Rammed Protestors With Car
A fiery debate is unfolding across New Jersey after a woman was charged for hitting several protesters with her car during a demonstration in Fairview — an incident caught on video that’s now lighting up social media. The incident unfolded around 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, at the intersection of Fairview and Anderson avenues, during what was supposed to have been a peaceful protest organized by United Without Fear, authorities tell Daily Voice. The group describes itself as "a movement for immigrant safety, dignity & unity," and the event was specifically marketed as a non-vio…
Roseland-Essex Fells, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Transit Bus Driver Ran Red Light In Crash That Left Roseland Cop Critical: Prosecutor
A 40-year-old Orange NJ Transit bus driver has been charged after crashing into a police car in Roseland, authorities announced Monday, July 14. On Friday, June 20, at 4:12 p.m., a bus driven by Djimmy Evra was speeding and ran through a red light, slamming into a police car at Livingston Avenue and Prudential Drive, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Roseland Police Chief Director Livio Cioffi said. The officer, Mark Miller, a 29-year-old Bloomfield resident, sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a nearby hospital, authorities said. Evra and three other pas…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Mugshot Shows Driver, 62, Charged After Mowing Down Anti
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A North Bergen woman was arrested after police say she hit several protesters with her vehicle during a public demonstration in Fairview on Saturday, July 12 (scroll for video). The incident happened around midday around 2:!5 p.m., at the intersection of Fairview and Anderson avenues, according to Fairview Police Chief Vincent Bellucci. Demonstrators were crossing the intersection, temporarily holding up traffic, when a confrontation began between one of the participants and a motorist, later identified as Linda Roglen, Bellucci said. One of the demonstrators spat on Roglen — which i…
Mount Olive, NJ
Police & Fire
20-Year-Old Audi Driver Charged In High-Speed Mount Olive Pursuit That Injured 3: Prosecutor
A 20-year-old repeat offender is facing multiple charges after a high-speed police chase ended in a crash that sent three people to the hospital Tuesday, July 8 in Morris County, authorities said. Tyler A. Burwell, of Hopatcong, was behind the wheel of a 2019 Audi A4 that led Mount Arlington and Mount Olive police on a pursuit around 10:45 p.m., according to Meghan Knab, a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office. The Audi struck a 2014 Ford Flex at the intersection of Route 46 and Mount Olive Road, Knab said. The impact caused the Ford to crash into a Mount Arlington Police patrol vehicle.…
East Hanover-Florham Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Former East Hanover Police Sgt. Driving Drunk Learns Fate For Fatal Crash: Prosecutor
A former police sergeant was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday, June 17, for killing a man while driving drunk last October, authorities said. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, at 10:58 p.m., officers responded to a crash on Route 23 North after a 2021 Ford F-150 was traveling south in the northbound lanes of travel and struck a 2005 Toyota Camry traveling north, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Riverdale Police Chief Charles Quant The Ford F150 was operated by Keith Gunther, a 42-year-old Wanaque resident, who was a police…
Franklin-Newfield, NJ
Police & Fire
DWI Driver Charged After Crash Leaves Man Critical: Franklin Twp PD
A 46-year-old Monroeville resident was arrested and charged with assault by auto after a car crash in Franklin Township, Sunday afternoon, June 15, authorities said. At 12:56 p.m., officers responded to Swedesboro Road and Little Mill Road for a car crash with a person trapped, Franklin Township police said. David Hewitt was operating a 2018 Dodge Ram on Little Mill Road when he failed to stop at a stop sign at Swedesboro Road, striking a 2005 Ford F-350 driven by a 34-year-old Clayton man traveling east on Swedesboro Road. The driver of the Ford was trapped inside the vehicle and extricat…
Morristown, NJ
News
Bodycam Shows Arrest Of DUI Driver In Morristown Pedestrian Crash, Charge Downgraded Since
A Morristown woman who hit a pedestrian while driving drunk had her original charge of assault by auto downgraded to disorderly conduct, court and police records show. And now, bodycam footage of her arrest has been released. The crash occurred at 2:14 a.m. on July 30, 2023, near Liberty and Hazel Streets, according to police. Jessica AndresFlores, 22, was driving west on Hazel Street and turning left onto Liberty when she struck a man walking on the sidewalk The victim was found lying on the ground with visible injuries, and police later confirmed surveillance footage supported the account…
Hyattsville, MD
Police & Fire
Unlicensed Hyattsville Teen Charged In Double Fatal New Jersey Crash: Police
A 19-year-old Hyattsville, Maryland resident faces numerous charges after a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike killed two teenagers, authorities said. Cesar Martinez-Adino is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, among other charges, in the death of Juan Carlos Munguia-Palma, 19, and a 14-year-old boy, following the crash in Gloucester County on Sunday, May 18, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. At 1:06 a.m., an Acura MDX with six occupants, operated by Martinez-Adino, was traveling northbound on the Turnpike in Harrison Township, Lebron said. Mart…
Paterson, NJ
News
Doctors Warned Him Not To Drive, He Did Anyway: Now He's Guilty In Deadly Paterson Crash
A Florida man who ran a stop sign and killed a pedestrian in Paterson in 2019 has been found guilty of reckless vehicular homicide, authorities announced. Alvin W. Mootoo, 52, of Orlando, FL, was convicted by a jury on Monday, May 19, following a trial in Passaic County Superior Court, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes. The jury returned verdicts of guilty for Death by Auto / Reckless Vehicular Homicide and Assault by Auto, Valdes said. According to trial evidence, the crash happened on Jan. 2, 2019, when Mootoo was driving a black Buick Encore at approximately 55 mi…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
DWI Arrests Pile Up In Fair Lawn After BMW Crash, Slumped Driver, Hit-Run: Cops
Three people were charged with driving while intoxicated in Fair Lawn in recent weeks, police said. On Friday, March 27, around 1:37 a.m., Patrol Officer Matthew Hearon responded to a crash on Route 208 North at Berdan Avenue. There, he arrested Kenneth R. Gibbs, 48, of Glen Rock after a roadside sobriety test, police said. According to Fair Lawn police, Gibbs had been operating a 2023 BMW and struck the rear of a 2013 Volkswagen being driven by a 35-year-old man from Sacramento, CA. The driver complained of pain but refused medical attention. Gibbs was charged with reckless driving, DWI, …
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Going 90 MPH In 35 MPH Zone Pleads Guilty In Fatal Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor
A 23-year-old Lakewood man faces a decade in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday, April 23, to driving drunk and at a high rate of speed in a crash that killed a woman in 2022, authorities said. Mordechai Berkowitz pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and assault by auto in the July 2022 crash that killed Juana Lopez-Hernandez, a 44-year-old Mexico resident and caused serious bodily injury to Maria Flores-Moreno, a 35-year-old Jackson resident, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Berkowitz faces 10 years in prison per the terms of a plea agreement with prosecutors, Billhim…
East Orange, NJ
News
East Orange School Bus Driver Drove Drunk In Route 80 Crash With 25 Kids On Board: Prosecutor
A 47-year-old New Jersey school bus driver was arrested and charged with drunk driving following a crash on Saturday, April 19 in Knowlton Township, authorities said. At 7:45 a.m., state troopers responded to Route 80 in Knowlton and found a bus disabled in the left lane with heavy front end damage, the Warren County Prosecutor's Office said. The bus was carrying 25 kids and two adults, authorities said. Pierre Tranquilus, the driver, of East Orange, showed signs of impairment and was unable to pass field sobriety tests, authorities said. Tranquilus was charged with driving while into…
Florence-Roebling, NJ
News
Teen Tried To Stab Florence Cop After Crashing Stolen Car Into Police Vehicle: Prosecutor
A 16-year-old teenager from Virginia is being charged with attempted murder after he tried to stab a police officer in New Jersey on Friday, March 21, after he intentionally crashed a stolen car into a law enforcement vehicle, authorities said. At 4:30 p.m., a Florence police vehicle was struck multiple times by the suspect's vehicle while the officer was responding to a report of a different overturned vehicle, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Florence Township Police Chief Brian Boldizar said. The suspect's vehicle, which had been reported stolen then became ino…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Suspect Apprehended After Striking Girl With Vehicle, Fleeing Scene: Newark PD
A 51-year-old Newark man was apprehended after he struck a girl with his vehicle and fled the scene on Tuesday, April 1, authorities said. At 7:36 a.m., officers responded to Irvine Turner Boulevard and Spruce Street after a 9-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. She was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment and is in stable but critical condition, Miranda said. Sawab Williams, did not remain at the scene and is charged with assault by auto and endangering an injured victim in striking a pedestrian, Miranda said.
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