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Horses Fall From Moving Trailer on NYC Highway
Two horses fell from a moving trailer on a Staten Island Expressway Sunday but managed to escape with just a few cuts and bruises, authorities say. The animals were on a trailer that somehow broke open as it moved along the southbound West Shore Expressway, near exit 3 at Englewood Avenue, as intermittent rain pounded the five boroughs, according to…
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Horses Fall From Moving Trailer on Staten Island Highway
Two horses fell from a moving trailer on the West Shore Expressway Sunday but managed to escape with just a few cuts and bruises.
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Overturned Tractor-Trailer Blocks 5 Lanes of Traffic on NJ Turnpike, Near Goethals Bridge
An overturned tractor-trailer truck is blocking five lanes of traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike, officials say.
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Tons of Sand Spill All Over Staten Island Highway
A Staten Island highway suddenly and unexpectedly turned in to a beach Friday morning, after a sand truck overturned and spilled its load.
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Ex-New Jersey Cop Gets Maximum Prison Sentence in Wrong-Way Crash That Killed 2 Friends
A former New Jersey police officer convicted of causing a wrong-way crash that killed a fellow officer and another friend has been sentenced to up to 25 years in prison, the maximum for his crimes.
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Former New Jersey Cop Found Guilty of All Charges in Deadly Wrong-Way Crash
A former New Jersey police officer has been found guilty of all charges, including the top count of aggravated vehicular homicide, in a drunken driving crash that killed a fellow cop and another man two years ago.
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NY Summations Start in Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Trial of NJ Cop
The lawyer for a New Jersey police officer charged in a drunken driving crash that killed a fellow Linden police officer and another man two years ago says his client wasn’t drunk.
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Ex-Cop Charged in Deadly Crash Says He Spoke to God
The former New Jersey police officer on trial in New York for a deadly wrong-way crash after a night of drinking said Friday he’s talked to God and hopes to help others.
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Strip Club Visits at Issue in Trial of Cop Driving in Deadly Wrong-Way Crash
A prosecutor and lawyer for a former New Jersey police officer charged with a drunken driving crash that killed a fellow officer and another man are arguing over whether his past strip club visits should be considered as evidence.
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Ex-Cop Charged in Deadly Wrong-Way Crash Declines Deal, Faces April Trial
A former New Jersey police officer charged in a fatal wrong-way crash on Staten Island in 2015 will face a jury in a few weeks, more than two years after the wreck.
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Jitney Bus Flips on Garden State Parkway, Causing Traffic Delays
A Jitney bus flipped over on the northbound Garden State Parkway near the Colonia Service area in Woodbridge Thursday morning, blocking two left lanes of the busy highway as emergency crews responded.
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Cop in Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Could Get 21 Years in Plea Deal
The attorney for a former New Jersey police officer charged with a drunken driving crash that killed a fellow officer and another man says he could face as much as 21 years in prison if he agrees to a plea deal. Pedro Abad’s lawyer says he’ll seek a sentence of five to 15 years if that plea happens. Prosecutors will…
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Judge Allows Blood-Alcohol Test in Case Against Ex-Cop in Deadly Wrong-Way Crash
A federal judge has denied a defense request to suppress the blood-alcohol test results of a former New Jersey police officer charged in a fatal wrong-way crash on Staten Island last year.
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Linden Police Department Deficient in Disciplining Cop in Deadly Crash: Prosecutor
The Linden Police Department in New Jersey was deficient in disciplining a police officer arrested twice on drunken-driving charges before he was charged a third time after a 2015 crash that killed a fellow officer and another passenger, a prosecutor said Friday.
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Cop to Be Tested for Date-Rape Drug After Deadly Wrong-Way Crash: Lawyer
A lawyer says a blood sample for a suspended New Jersey police officer charged with driving drunk will be tested for the date-rape drug following a March crash that killed two people.
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NJ Cop in Fatal Wrong-Way Crash May Have Been Drugged, Defense Attorney Says
A lawyer for an off-duty New Jersey police officer charged with driving drunk said Thursday his client may have been drugged at a strip club before a wrong-way crash in New York City that killed two passengers.
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NJ Cop in Fatal Staten Island Crash Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter
The New Jersey police officer who law enforcement sources say had a blood alcohol content three times the legal limit when he hit a tractor-trailer head-on on a Staten Island highway, killing a fellow officer and a friend and critically injuring a third cop, turned himself in to police on Monday morning ahead of a scheduled court appearance.
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Lawyer: New Jersey Cop to Plead Not Guilty to Anticipated Charges in Deadly Crash
A New Jersey police officer will likely face vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter charges in a wrong-way off-duty crash that killed a fellow officer and another friend in New York, his lawyer said, and the attorney said his client plans to plead not guilty.
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NJ Cop in Fatal Wrong-Way NYC Crash to Face Criminal Charges: Sources
The New Jersey police officer who law enforcement sources say had a blood alcohol content three times the legal limit when he hit a tractor-trailer head-on on a Staten Island highway, killing a fellow officer and a friend and critically injuring a third cop, will face criminal charges, sources familiar with the matter say.