CRIME & SAFETY
Two-Car Collision on Route 22 in Mountainside Leaves Two Injured During Rush Hour
Credits:Courtesy of Mountainside Police Department MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — A motor vehicle accident on Route 22 at Lawrence Avenue left two individuals injured and caused significant traffic delays on Monday afternoon. Mountainside Police responded promptly to the scene at approximately 4:30 p.m. on March 25, 2024, following reports of a collision involving an overturned vehicle.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER According to the police report, a 2012 Honda, driven by a 69-year-old woman from Somerset, abruptly changed lanes while traveling westbound in the fast lane to avoid colliding with a vehicle ahead. This maneuver led to...
N.J. driver charged in crash that injured 14-year-old, adult pedestrians on sidewalk
Inattention is being cited as the reason a car in Union County earlier this month sped off a road and onto a sidewalk, injuring a 14-year-old and an adult, police said Wednesday. The driver of the vehicle, a 49-year-old Berkley Township man, has been charged with both reckless and careless...
NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller's alleged killer charged with murder
NEW YORK -- The man accused of fatally shooting NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller has been identified and charged with murder, police say. Diller was shot and killed Monday during a traffic stop in Far Rockaway, Queens. Police say 34-year-old Guy Rivera, of Queens, is now charged with first-degree murder of a police officer, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the case. He remains hospitalized with injuries from the shootout.The charges were announced just hours before Diller's wake on Long Island. CBS New York has learned Former President Donald Trump spoke with the officer's widow by phone and will be in attendance. Earlier Thursday morning, the Tunnel to...
Duo charged with using magnets to steal $260 worth of clothes at Secaucus Kohl’s
A duo was charged with using magnets to steal $260 worth of clothes at the Secaucus Kohl’s, with one suspect also in possession of brass knuckles, a stolen check, and deposit slip, Police Chief Dennis Miller announced. Clayton Scott, 30, of East Orange, and Shane Smith, 28, of Brooklyn,...
NYPD makes 2 arrests in scary Staten Island home invasion where girl, 5, was pistol whipped
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with a frightening Meiers Corners home invasion in December where a 5-year-old girl and a woman were both pistol whipped. Michael Conley, 28, and Elliot Knight, 28, both residents of Stapleton, were arrested and charged with...
Video shows retired cop shooting machete-wielding man in Staten Island road-rage feud
Tense video captures the moment a retired NYPD cop shot and wounded a man who threatened him with a machete during a broad-daylight road rage incident on Staten Island this week. The brief clip obtained by The Post shows a light-colored SUV with a 45-year-old man behind the wheel whizzing into a parking spot at Vineland Avenue near Grantwood Avenue in Annadale at around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. As the 50-year-old ex-cop pulls up in a maroon SUV behind his vehicle, the first driver gets out and runs around the front of his rival’s ride, holding a machete. Hire more cops, Mr. Mayor That’s when...
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