Tuesday, March 26, 2013
44-year-old man faces charges including filing a false police report, careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
A Morris Township man is facing charges of driving while intoxicated and more following a reported hit-and-run accident near Frederick Place March 16, according to a Morris Township Police Department statement. Capt. Richard Ferrone said officers went to a Frederick Place residence to document a hit-and-run collision and found the person who had made the call, 44-year-old Henri Linden, intoxicated. Linden told officers that his vehicle was the victim of a hit-and-run collision in Morristown, the statement said. According to police, however, further investigation showed the collision took place near Frederick Place: The passenger side mirror Linden reported missing was found next to a mailbox that had been struck. Police said officers had …
Monday, December 31, 2012
Morris Township man followed home by owner of vehicle he allegedly struck.
A 22-year-old man who was allegedly drunk when he struck a pickup truck and fled the scene was arrested after the truck's owner followed him to his Morris Township home, police said. Ryan Barnett, of Sussex Avenue, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident shortly after 2 a.m. on Dec. 23. According to a report filed by officer Adam Khoudja, he and Sgt. Richard Lamperti responded to the Midtown Shopping Center parking lot on Morris Street where a large crowd of people had gathered, telling police they had just seen a dark-colored Cadillac hit a pickup truck and then take off at a high rate of speed. The pickup truck, occupied at the time of …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Morristown resident initially stopped for driving without headlights on.
A Washington Avenue resident was nearly three times over the legal limit when she was pulled over for driving without headlights on early Thursday morning, Morristown Police said. Jessica Stender, 25, of Morristown, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, driving without headlights and careless driving at about 2 a.m. According to a report filed by Officer James Krauss, a vehicle was observed driving without its lights on in the area of Morris Street near Spring Street. Near the Morristown Diner, Krauss activated his overhead lights for a motor vehicle stop, ultimately stopping in the lot of Morristown Tire—at Morris and Pine streets—after first striking the curb, according to the report. Krauss in his report said the …
Monday, December 3, 2012
'Drunk Driving Enforcement' program participation set for 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.
As if you already didn't have plenty of reasons not to drink and drive, the Morristown Police Department would like to offer one more. From 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 14, Morristown officers will be conducting sobriety checkpoints throughout town as part of the national "Drunk Driving Enforcement" program to stop drunk driving. Through the use of a grant provided by the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, officers will be assigned to roving patrols and sobriety checkpoints in order to identify and arrest motorists who are driving while intoxicated, according to a press release. "The goal is to discourage people from driving impaired," said Lt. Darnell Richardson, traffic safety unit supervisor. "It is also intended to …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Morristown man was nearly twice the legal limit, according to police report.
A Morristown man was nearly twice the legal limit when he struck a parked car and fled the scene Saturday evening, police said. Jose Rosales, 31, of Speedwell Avenue, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, being an unlicensed driver, having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle, failure to exhibit an insurance card, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. According to Officer Adam Khoudja's report, another driver called 911 after he witnessed Rosales' vehicle—a green Ford Escort—hit a parked vehicle on Western Avenue and continue driving. When Khoudja arrived to where both vehicles were driving, he put on his police vehicle's overhead …
Friday, July 20, 2012
West Orange woman was nearly twice over the legal limit early Sunday morning, police said.
A West Orange resident was allegedly drunk when she drove the wrong way around the Green before turning the wrong way down Market Street, Morristown Police said. Stephanie Scagliozzi, 28, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, driving the wrong way on a one-way street and failure to produce proof of insurance. Officer Joseph Heuneman responded to a report of a vehicle going the wrong way around the Green Sunday at about 2:30 a.m. Heuneman conducted a motor vehicle stop and asked the driver, Scagliozzi, how many drinks she had that evening, police said. She first said "one glass of wine," police said. Later, during field sobriety tests, Scagliozzi said she had had "two glasses of wine," police said. While at the the police…
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Monday, July 2, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Morristown Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Police say a Montville man pulled over for suspected driving while intoxicated had a Blood Alcohol Content triple the legal limit allowed in New Jersey. Glen Gambal, 43, of Montville, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and failure to maintain a lane at 1:30 a.m. on June 21. Officer Adam Khoudja, in his report, noted Gambal's Audi SUV was unable to maintain a lane on Morris Street, even occasionally drifting over the double-yellow lines separating traffic direction. As his vehicle approached the Morris and Elm intersection, it slowed despite Gambal having a green light, according to the report. Khoudja activated his lights, but Gambal's vehicle continued driving until it reached the I-287 North …
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Morristown Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Police say a driver pulled over after being observed driving erratically in the area of Morris Street and Blachley Place later registered nearly triple the legal limit in a Blood Alcohol Content test. Jill Falgiano, 36, of Williamsville, NY, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving, failure to exhibit insurance, having an unregistered vehicle and failure to use a turn signal at 1:06 a.m. June 15 after a bystander told Officer Anthony O'Brien that he had seen a woman stumble to her car and believed she may be drunk. O'Brien proceeded to follow Falgiano's gray 2008 Infiniti sedan as it drove on Morris Street about half-a-car-length away from the vehicle in front of her, then make a sharp turn onto Blachley …
Friday, May 18, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Morristown Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Morristown police say a Morris Township resident was arrested after his vehicle hit a road safety sign and he was found with an open can of beer. Eliijah Pettiway, 63, of Livingston Road in Morris Township, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and having an open alcoholic beverage at 6:59 p.m. on May 4. Officer Deanna Dietrich was parked on Clyde Potts Drive when she observed Pettiway drive past, cross over the double-yellow lines and strike the "Yield to Pedestrians" sign, according to her report. When she approached Pettiway's vehicle, he seemed unaware as to why he was being stopped by police, according to the report. Dietrich saw an open can of Heineken Light beer in the vehicle's center console, …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Morristown Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Morristown police say a man brought in for alleged driving while intoxicated refused to submit to a breath test because, he said, he only had one lung. But, when police told George Fahme, 25, of Brooklyn, NY, they were going to add a charge of refusal to submit to a breath test to an already extensive list of charges, he told them he would "do it right this time," police said. Fahme was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, delaying/obstructing traffic, unclear plates, failure to wear a seatbelt, careless driving, refusal to submit to the test and failure to exhibit a driver's license at 2:15 a.m. on April 25. Officer Anthony O'Brien was driving through a Morristown Parking Authority lot when his path was blocked by a 2008 …
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Laura
8:36 pm on Friday, March 29, 2013
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