October 14 Morning News
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY HAS REPORTED A MASSIVE STREET TAKEOVER THAT BROUGHT TRAFFIC TO A HALT IN CLIFTON EARLY SUNDAY AS ABOUT 100 CARS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FLOODED RIVER ROAD NEAR ROUTE 21. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE DRIVERS WEARING SKI MASKS WERE STREET RACING, AND MANY OF THE VEHICLES WERE EITHER WITHOUT LICENSE PLATES OR HAD THEM COVERED UP. OFFICERS STEPPED IN TO BREAK UP THE GATHERING AND MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS. AMONG EVERYONE ARRESTED WERE 21 YEAR OLD, KHIRI SUMMERS AND 22 YEAR OLD, ERIK MENDEZ, BOTH OF MONMOUTH JUNCTION. POLICE SAY BOTH MEN ARE FACING WEAPONS CHARGES.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY HAS REPORTED AN OVERNIGHT CRASH TUESDAY HAS CLOSED ALL LANES ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF ROUTE 9 IN MANALAPAN. ACCORDING TO THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE CRASHED OCCURRED JUST AFTER 2 A.M. NORTH OF CRAIG ROAD. AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE COULD BE SEEN ON THE ROADWAY WITH SEVERE DAMAGE AS MULTIPLE FIRST RESPONDERS WORKED TO INVESTIGATE THE CRASH AND CLEAR THE ROAD OF DEBRIS. THE POLICE CLOSED THE SOUTHBOUND LANES TO TRAFFIC, DUE TO THE CRASH. THE NORTHBOUND LANES REMAINED OPEN, BUT TRAFFIC SLOWLY MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. THERE IS NO WORD ON THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH OR WHETHER ANYONE WAS INJURED. THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
PATCH REPORTED A CRANE OPERATOR WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HIS EQUIPMENT OVERTURNED AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE NEAR GARDEN STATE PLAZA IN PARAMUS MONDAY MORNING. POLICE RESPONDED AROUND 9AM TO THE MILL CREEK CONSTRUCTION SITE WHERE AN ALL TERRAIN CRANE HAD TIPPED ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE. ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF ROBERT GUIDETTI, THE MAN, A 42 YEAR OLD OPERATOR FROM CINNAMINSON, WAS PERFORMING MONTHLY MAINTENANCE ON THE CRANE WHEN IT WAS OVERTURNED. THE MAN CLIMBED OUT OF THE CAB ON HIS OWN BUT SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES. PARAMUS EMS TOOK HIM TO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. THE INCIDENT CAUSED A MINOR FUEL SPILL WHICH A TOWING COMPANY CLEANED UP USING ABSORBENT MATERIALS.
PATERSON PRESS REPORTED A PATERSON MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY FIRING A BULLET THAT STRUCK A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS VEHICLE MONDAY EVENING. POLICE SAID THE BUSINESS OWNER WAS DRIVING ON STRAIGHT STREET WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. THE DRIVER TURNED ONTO BROADWAY AND FOUND AN OFFICER NEAR THE PATERSON PUBLIC LIBRARY. WHILE SPEAKING TO THE OFFICER, THE BUSINESS OWNER SPOTTED THE SUSPECT NEARBY WHO WAS STILL HOLDING THE FIREARM. THE OFFICER ORDERED THE MAN TO DROP THE GUN. POLICE SAID HE COMPLIED AS ADDITIONAL OFFICERS ARRIVED. AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS 49 YEAR OLD EVERTON JAMES OF PATERSON. HE WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND WEAPONS OFFENSES. POLICE SAID JAMES AND THE BUSINESS OWNER HAD A LONG RUNNING DISPUTE THAT FLARED UP AGAIN MONDAY.