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Drug Influence
Hampton-Chaplin-Scotland, CT
Police & Fire
Intoxicated Chaplin Man Points Rifle During Dispute In Front Of Child: Police
A Connecticut man pointed a rifle at a neighbor during an argument in front of a young child, police said. Michael Leo Rickard, 68, of Chaplin, was arrested after the incident, which happened around 4:55 p.m. Thursday, March 26, on Lynch Road, according to Connecticut State Police. Troopers responded and found that Rickard had been arguing with a neighbor who was riding a dirt bike. But the argument didn't end with harsh words, police said. Rickard displayed a rifle and pointed it at the neighbor, according to the incident report. Authorities said a 4-year-old child was present …
St. Leonard-Port Republic, MD
Police & Fire
Gun, Cocaine, Cash Seized After 90 MPH Chase, Standoff In St. Leonard: Sheriff
A drug-addled man who held a woman against her will before taking police on a wild chase in Maryland is behind bars, officials say. Raymond Travis Entsminger, 52, of St. Leonard, put members of the Calvert County Sheriff's Office through their paces as they sought to investigate a reported domestic disturbance late last month. Deputies were called on Aug. 19 to a St. Leonard residence, where it was determined that Entsminger assaulted a woman and then held her against her will. According to the sheriff's office, investigators also learned that Entsminger was allegedly under…
Enfield, CT
Police & Fire
CT Mom Charged With Killing Her Baby Boy In Drunken Enfield I-91 Crash: Police
Just days before his first birthday, 11-month-old Isiah Ortiz was killed in an overnight crash on I-91 in Enfield. Now, his mother is facing serious charges, including manslaughter, authorities said. Fransheska Stuart, 30, of Meriden, was arrested on Tuesday, July 15. Nearly 18 months after she crashed her 2006 Honda Accord just before 2 a.m. on Dec. 10, 2023, near Exit 45 southbound when she lost control, hit a guardrail, and the car flipped onto its side, Connecticut State Police said. When emergency crews arrived, the metal of the car was compressing Stuart’s c…
Spring Valley, NY
News
Taxi Driver Attacks Woman: Suspect Was High, Had Suspended License In Spring Valley, DA Says
Prosecutors have released more details regarding a Rockland County taxi driver's kidnapping of a passenger who he allegedly attacked with a screwdriver during a harrowing late-night ride earlier this month. Kevin Mazariego-Figueroa, 22, of Hillcrest, was indicted on a slew of felony charges stemming from the Monday, May 5 attack, including second-degree kidnapping and first-degree assault, the Rockland County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, May 19. According to prosecutors, Mazariego-Figueroa had picked up the victim, a 40-year-old woman, in his taxicab near…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
100 MPH Pursuit Ends With Virginia Driver Airlifted After PIT Spinout: Sheriff
A Virginia man took deputies on a wild ride in Virginia that ended with him being airlifted to Fairfax Hospital. Nicholas Murphy, 40, of Warrenton, was behind the wheel of a blue Cadillac when he led Fauquier County deputies on a high-speed pursuit Wednesday night, April 30, authorities said. It started just before 8 p.m., when a deputy tried to stop the Cadillac near Cedar Run Drive and Frytown Road, though Murphy wasn't going to go down quietly. Murphy took off, reportedly flying between 80 and 100 mph down Dumfries Road, side-swiping another vehicle near Rogues Road before continu…
Griswold-Lisbon, CT
Police & Fire
CT Man High On Drugs During Lisbon Crash: Cops; Charged In 2024 Wreck Where Newborn Later Died
A Connecticut man charged in a crash that killed a newborn last year was arrested again this week after police say he was high on fentanyl during another wreck. Eric LeBlanc, 25, was taken into custody on Wednesday, Feb. 26, following a crash on River Road in Lisbon, where officers found him with fentanyl and a loaded 9mm handgun, Connecticut State Police said. Earlier Report: CT Man Accused in Deadly Crash Where Newborn Later Died Arrested After Another Wreck Troopers who responded to the crash said LeBlanc appeared intoxicated, noting his "pinpoint pupils and slow speech." During…
Dover, PA
Police & Fire
Carjackings Attempts On I-83 After Crash Lead To Dover Man's Arrest: PSP
A crash on Interstate 83 led to a series of attempted carjackings by a Dover man under the influence of drugs, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Jan. 23. A white GMC Yukon driven by 50-year-old Timothy Shaw crashed into a concrete median near mile marker 19.5 in Springettsbury Township, York County, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at approximately 3:23 p.m., police said. The SUV veered off the roadway, broke through a fence, and became disabled. When motorists stopped to help, Shaw allegedly attempted to steal their vehicles by force. During one incident, he threw a victim from the shou…
Palmyra, PA
News
Palmyra Son On Drugs Sentenced For Killing Mom In Lancaster County Crash
A Palmyra man who killed his mother in a head-on crash while under the influence of multiple drugs has been sentenced to state prison, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, Dec. 30. Gavin Meical Kline, 21, admitted to using medical marijuana and antidepressants before crashing on Route 322 in Penn Township on Aug. 22, 2023, killing his 41-year-old mother, Bethany Welch, and seriously injuring another driver. Investigators said Kline attempted to pass a tractor-trailer in a no-passing zone when he crossed into oncoming traffic, colliding head-on with a cargo va…
Toms River, NJ
Police & Fire
Jackson Twp. Man High On Meth In Toms River Crash That Injured Four Sentenced: Prosecutors
A Jackson Township man will spend up to two decades in prison for driving a stolen pickup while high on methamphetamine in a crash that injured another man and three children, authorities said. Charles Sharkey Jr., 35, was sentenced to 20 years in state prison on Friday, Dec. 20, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was given two 10-year sentences that will run consecutively. Sharkey previously pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and certain person not to possess a firearm. He was charged in a crash at around 4 p.m. on Thur…
Central Islip, NY
News
ID Released For 20-Year-Old Killed In LIE Crash Involving Alleged Impaired Driver In Islandia
The identity has been released of a person killed in an overnight crash on the Long Island Expressway involved an allegedly impaired driver. It happened around 1:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, in Islandia Medford resident Alan Mercado, age 67, was driving a 2010 Honda on the westbound side near Exit 57, when he attempted to move from the center to the right lane and was struck from behind by a 2017 Yamaha motorcycle. The motorcycle operator, now ID'd as Idris Shehu, age 20, of Hicksville, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of …
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Carjacker Who Attacked Officers On GWB Facing More Charges For Route 46 Incidents: Prosecutor
More charges have been filed against a 42-year-old Bronx, NY man accused of carjacking a vehicle after crashing a stolen car in Bergen County then attacking a police officer on the George Washington Bridge last weekend, authorities said. Uvaldo Gonzalez, 42, has been charged with first-degree armed robbery, first-degree carjacking, third-degree receiving a stolen motor vehicle, third-degree theft of a motor vehicle, and third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose on Friday, Oct. 18, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Those charges were filed in connection with the i…
Tinton Falls-Eatontown, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver High On Drugs Caused Parkway Crashes, Fought Road Worker In Tinton Falls: Troopers
A Bayville man was accused of driving while high on drugs when he caused several crashes on the Garden State Parkway before assaulting a construction worker, authorities said. Jonathan Ferro, 21, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 28, a state police spokesperson said. Troopers responded to multiple hit-and-run crashes near milepost 101.3 on the northbound side of the parkway in Tinton Falls at around 2:18 p.m. Investigators said Ferro was driving a Dodge pickup in the crashes and ran away from the truck when it became disabled. Ferro also physically assaulted a road worker while…
Prospect-Beacon Falls, CT
Police & Fire
Driver Was On Drugs During Fatal Beacon Hills Crash That Killed Mother, 2 Kids: Police
Authorities said a Connecticut man was on drugs and nodding off when he lost control of a fully loaded commercial truck and crashed into a car earlier this year, killing a woman and two young children. New Haven County resident William Kundert, age 42, of Oxford, was arrested and charged with multiple felonies in the Feb. 4 crash in Beacon Falls, Connecticut State Police said. Riquelme Alves Brito, 3, Laura Alves Brito, 6, and their mother Andreas De Brito-Alves, age 26, of Bridgeport, were killed in the crash, police said. New Haven County resident Thiago Perei…
Northfield-Bernardston, MA
Police & Fire
Man Who Admitted To Northfield Crash That Sent 8 On Motorcycles To Hospital Gets Prison
A Rhode Island man who admitted to being under the influence when he crashed into a group of motorcyclists, sending eight people to the hospital with serious injuries, in Franklin County was sentenced to prison, authorities said. Ryan O’Farrell, 34, was sentenced to nine to 12 years behind bars on Monday, Aug. 19, for the 2022 crash, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. O'Farrell was behind the wheel of an SUV pulling a trailer with a motorcycle when he drifted over the center line on Route 10 in Northfield near Main Street on a sunny May 29, 2022, day when he …
Yorktown, NY
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Crashing At Yorktown Gas Station While On Drugs
A 27-year-old man faces felony charges after crashing at a Northern Westchester gas station while allegedly under the influence of drugs, police said. Yorktown resident Ronald Ferraro was arrested on Friday, Aug. 2 in connection with an incident at the Shell gas station at 930 East Main St. in Yorktown, the town's police department announced on Tuesday, Aug. 6. According to the department, around 6:30 p.m. on the day of his arrest, Ferraro was involved in a single-car crash in the gas station's parking lot. Arriving officers soon discovered that Ferraro's license had been …
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
DUI Driver Crashed Stolen Car On Route 1: Police
Authorities have identified the driver of a stolen car that crashed into a utility pole along Route 1 in Central Jersey. Jordan White, 35, of Paterson, crashed on Friday,, June 28, South Brunswick police said. He was seriously injured, they said. White allegedly was under the influence of drugs, police said, and the 2007 Lincoln Town car he was driving was stolen. He was charged with receiving stolen property, driving under the influence, and numerous motor vehicle violations, police said.
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Driver In Deadly Delco Hit-Run Was Fleeing Police In Stolen Car, Troopers Say
State troopers have announced charges against the driver who allegedly hit and killed a motorcyclist while fleeing police in Delaware County last month. Zamir Walthour was spotted in a stolen Toyota Camry on MacDade Boulevard in Ridley Township late on Jan. 12, state police said in a release. Walthour fled when Chester city police tried to pull him over and intentionally rammed one squad car during his escape, troopers wrote. He pulled onto I-476 southbound from MacDade Boulevard and was driving down the shoulder when he struck 53-year-old motorcyclist Firoz Jahangir from…
Northern Highlands, NJ
Police & Fire
Wild
Chase
: Career Offender, 62, In Multi-Town Police Pursuit Caught After Blowing Two Tires
A wild police pursuit through several Bergen County towns ended with the arrest of a 62-year-old former repeat offender from Fair Lawn who authorities said stole the car from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. Daniel McKay at one point tried fleeing on two flat tires before the stolen sedan broke down and he was arrested on Franklin Turnpike in Allendale, witnesses said. Upper Saddle River Detective Capt. Edward Kane said the Valentine's Day pursuit began after McKay pulled over on Lake Street and asked officers out on another call for directions shortly before noon. One of the officer…
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Guns, Ammo Arsenal Found In Drunk Driver's Crashed Car In Western Mass: Police
Drunk, high, and armed to the teeth. That's how Massachusetts State Police described a Connecticut woman they arrested Thursday, Oct. 19, after she crashed her car into another vehicle in Hampden County while intoxicated. Catherine Hansen, 45, of Enfield, Connecticut, faces a slew of charges after police said they found a pistol and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in her wrecked car in Agawam, authorities said. Hansen is accused of speeding when she crashed into a car just before 1 p.m. at the Agawam Rotary on Route 57, State police said. Several people in the car she hit were injured. …
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
PA Woman Started Fire That Left 100 People Homeless, Jury Finds
A Pottstown woman is guilty of starting the North Coventry apartment fire that displaced more than 100 people in 2020, a Chester County jury has ruled. Toni Kirk was convicted on 21 counts including aggravated assault, causing and risking a catastrophe, and reckless endangerment, the District Attorney's Office said last week. Kirk, now 33, was living in unit 315 at the Ashwood Apartments when the fire broke out on July 30, 2020, prosecutors said. More than 200 first responders from over a dozen different departments were called to the scene, several of whom were trea…
Middletown, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Was DUI In Crash That Killed NJ Lieutenant's Wife, 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor
An Ocean County man was under the influence of drugs when he caused the crash that killed the wife and daughter of a New Jersey corrections officer over the summer, authorities announced. Thomas F. Polson, 53, of Little Egg Harbor, was in a Ford F350 pickup truck when he left the southbound lane on Siloam Road and struck an SUV before slamming into Denise James' minivan head-on on July 14 in Freehold, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said. James, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene while her 3-year-old daughter with Lt. Craig James died at a local hospital, and became an org…
Lakewood, NJ
News
Jersey Shore Man Gets Prison Time For Eluding Police: Prosecutor
A 27-year-old man from Staten Island has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for eluding police, authorities said. Antwan McPhatter was sentenced in connection with an incident that occurred in Seaside Heights on August 19, 2021. He was additionally sentenced to 30 days jail time and lost driving privileges for leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. On Aug. 19, 2021, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Officers from the Seaside Heights Police Department responded to Blaine …
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
PA Mom Had Mix Of Drugs In System Before Crash That Killed Her Child, Injured Others: DA
A Pennsylvania woman is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI in a crash that killed her own child and injured two others in 2021, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Tricia Consul, 37, of Atglen, was driving under the influence of Oxycodone, Klonopin, and THC when her car struck a bridge abutment on the 4800 block of Strasburg Road in West Sadbsury Township on May 22, 2021, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. A witness to the crash told investigators that Consul was passing a tractor, but failed to straighten out after returning to the travel lane and st…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Maryland State Troopers Struck By Impaired Driver In Montgomery County: Police
Charges are pending against a suspected impaired driver who struck two Maryland State troopers in Montgomery County, authorities said. Kevin Junghans, of Frederick City, was suspected to be under the influence of drugs when he crashed into the troopers' patrol vehicles on I-270 in Rockville around 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, Maryland State Police said. The troopers were parked on the left shoulder with their emergency lights on and were both sitting in their vehicles at the time of the crash, MDSP said. Junghans and the troopers were taken to local hospitals and the troope…
Lancaster, PA
News
Central PA Officer Hurt Chasing Down Strangely Behaving Man: Police
A police officer was injured while chasing a man who was acting so strangely the police knew he was "on something," before they even took him in, according to the release. Susquehanna Regional police were called to the 2500 block of River Road in Conoy Township on Jan. 9 at approximately 10:15 a.m., according to the department's release. Upon arrival, officers encountered Austin Charles, 33, of Lancaster, who was attempting to enter a stranger's home-- something he had already tried several times, even though the homeowners asked him to leave, according to the release. "Officers observed …
Paterson, NJ
News
NJ Attorney General Releases Footage Of Fatal Police Encounter With Agitated Paterson Man
VIDEO: A bloodied, agitated suspect writhes uncontrollably, falls down and then goes limp while being handcuffed by Paterson police, body camera footage released Wednesday shows. “I lost his pulse,” a city EMT firefighter tells the officers after they lift a lifeless Jose Gonzalez onto a gurney. “CPR?” one asks. They then remove the cuffs, turn him onto his back and begin chest compressions as the footage ends. Gonzalez, 41, of Paterson, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center less than an hour later, authorities said. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bru…
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Freelance Writer From NY Charged With Assaulting Fort Lee Police During Welfare Check
Fort Lee police were checking on the welfare of a man at a local high-rise when he assaulted them and was taken into custody, authorities said. Matthew D. Gilgoff, a 45-year-old freelance writer from Ulster County, NY, was alert and conscious but under the influence of drugs when officers found him on the floor at 2100 Linwood Avenue, Capt. Edward Young said. Gilgoff told both of them that they “will die tonight” and also “made a statement that was biased in nature,” Young said. He then kicked an officer and wrapped his legs around the officer’s in an attempt at a tackle, the captain said…
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Man On Drugs Found Lying Face Down In Berks County Park, Police Say
A man lying face down in a Berks County park was found to be under the influence of drugs, police said. Officers responded to the entrance of the Goose Run Park, off Colebrookdale Road, on reports of a man lying face down in the grass around 3:30 p.m. on May 17, Douglass Township police said. The man was acting irrational and would go in and out of consciousness, and was found to be under the influence of drugs of synthetic drugs, police said. The officer escorted EMS who transported the male to the hospital for treatment. The incident remains under investigation.
Ridgewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Two Seriously Injured In Route 17 Pileup
Three people were injured, two seriously, in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Route 17. Detectives were investigating the possibility that one of the drivers may have been under the influence of drugs after they found a crack pipe in her car. Firefighters had to extricate victims shortly after 8:30 a.m. crash on the highway’s southbound side in front of Starbucks in Ridgewood. At least four vehicles were involved in the crash on southbound Route 17 in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE The wreckage and large debris field left only one lane passable. All lanes were reopen…
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
OUT OF GAS: Driver Leaves Stolen Jag, Lights Off, In Middle Of Palisades Interstate Parkway
A driver who police said was under the influence of drugs and alcohol was captured after he left a stolen Jaguar in the fast lane of the Palisades Interstate Parkway at night with its lights off when it ran out of gas. A PIP officer found the vehicle in the northbound lane in Alpine around 9:30 p.m. Monday – about the same time that several other drivers called to report seeing a man walking north on the Parkway nearby, Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Officer found 44-year-old Steven Santana of Miami, FL walking on Route 9W and took him into custody. “It was confirmed that he had tak…
Stony Point, NY
Police & Fire
Naked Man Punching Cars, Fighting Officers, Taken Down By K-9, Police Say
A 27-year-old man who was allegedly walking naked in a neighborhood punching parked vehicles was arrested after fighting with police. The incident took place on Saturday, April 25 when the City of Newburgh Police Department received a phone call from a concerned resident who reported that a man was naked and walking in the area of 124 Broadway, said Newburgh Police Det. Lt. Joseph Burns. When officers arrived on the scene they found the man, identified as Stephan Anderson, of the Bronx, punching vehicles, Burns said. He then took off his shirt and began to approach officers and y…
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