Hackettstown — In what initially could have been a DWI drug arrest on Saturday, April 25, a K-9 police unit from Washington Township found 34 bags of heroin in a vehicle occupied by a young woman and a 22-year-old man from Fairfield, NJ. The man was eventually charged with possession…
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DWI Injury Accident Caused by New Jersey Man with Long History of Drunk Driving
Talk about your repeat drunk driving offenders, East Rutherford resident, Shaun Campbell, will surely have a place in the record books. According to reports, the 39-year-old already had a dozen DWI convictions, and 78 license suspensions, prior to a recent accident when he allegedly caused a head-on crash with another driver…
Could New Jersey DWI Laws Soon Apply to Drowsy Driving?
It sure doesn’t sound like drunk driving, but I bet this has happened to you or someone you know. You’re driving home a bit tired after working a double shift in Jersey City, or trying to squeeze in that last 50 miles returning from a very full weekend in Atlantic City.…
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Boonton — Police charged a 58-year-old Boonton Township, NJ, man with DWI, reckless driving and not having insurance for his vehicle. The allegedly intoxicated man was picked up by police during the late afternoon on Saturday, April 25, and released pending an appearance in court. Boonton — A woman from…
Intoxicated Teen Arrested for Assault by Auto in Jersey City
A 19-year-old Bayonne man, already up on charges for driving while intoxicated, , has now been slapped with two counts of aggravated assault as a result of an accident last Saturday that left two young girls in critical condition, one of them paralyzed perhaps for life. The teen was arraigned…
Bayonne, NJ, Man Arrested for DWI After Hoboken Police Chase
Downtown Hoboken, New Jersey, was the scene of a DWI arrest this past Sunday following what could have easily been a deadly car chase between police and an allegedly intoxicated 23-year-old Bayonne man. Police reported that the suspect refused to pull over and then led them on a chase, which almost…
Glassboro, NJ, DWI Suspect Gets Plea Deal from Gloucester Prosecutors
A Glassboro, New Jersey, man arrested for a DWI traffic death in Gloucester Country late last year has been offered seven years in jail in exchange for a guilty plea — three years less than the maximum 10 years he could face if convicted in a jury trial. Charges of driving…
Another DWI Checkpoint Scheduled for Middletown NJ
It seems that the Monmouth County DWI Task Force has an affinity for Middletown NJ. The organization has scheduled another DWI checkpoint in the municipality. This is at least the second such roadblock in the municipality. We can only assume that the prior roadblock proved successful insofar as the same…
DWI Arrest Follows Near-miss with New Jersey Police Officer
A suspected drunk driver steered her speeding SUV within inches of a Branchburg Township police officer as he was conducting another traffic stop the evening of April 10. The obviously intoxicated driver of the SUV was later found to have 14-year-old minor riding with her, police said. The incident occurred on…
NJ Man Arrested for DWI by New York State Troopers
A 39-year-old man from Hohokus, New Jersey, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Friday morning after a traffic stop on Albany Post Road in Cortlandt, NY. State Troopers charged the man and 11 other motorists with DWI during a string of traffic stops in Westchester and Putnam counties…