Summit, NJ
Police & Fire
DUI Driver Wrecks Route 78 Memorial For Trooper Killed By Car In Summit, Police Say DUI Driver Wrecks Route 78 Memorial For Trooper Killed By Car In Summit, Police Say
DUI Driver Wrecks Route 78 Memorial For Trooper Killed By Car In Summit, Police Say A 38-year-old man is facing charges after police say he wrecked a roadside memorial for a fallen trooper along Route 78 last month while driving under the influence. David Neufield, of Berkeley Heights, was found inside of the vehicle that had struck the memorial for NJSP Trooper Thomas Hanratty at milepost 46.8 in Summit around 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, State Police said. Arriving troopers saw Summit firefighters conducting first-aid on Neufield, who was taken to a nearby hospital before he was arrested and charged with various drug offenses, including DUI. Police also said drugs were foun…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Worker Hit In Head By Backhoe, Killed While Demolishing Home: Scotch Plains PD Worker Hit In Head By Backhoe, Killed While Demolishing Home: Scotch Plains PD
Worker Hit In Head By Backhoe, Killed While Demolishing Home: Scotch Plains PD A man died after he was struck with the bucket of a backhoe while demolishing a home in Scotch Plains on the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 12, authorities said. Officers responded to the scene at 3:30 p.m. and located the victim who had severe head trauma, Scotch Plains police said in a release. An NJ State Police medical choppter was requested to the scene, landing at Scotch Plains Fanwood High School, but the man was transported to Overlook Hospital in Summit via Union County Ambulance, police said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. His name is being withheld pending next o…

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by Sam Barron
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Summit Man Busted Attempting Home Break-In To Take SUV Summit Man Busted Attempting Home Break-In To Take SUV
Summit Man Busted Attempting Home Break-In To Take SUV A 28-year-old Summit man was arrested and charged on Sunday, Aug. 4 after he attempted multiple times to break into a residence in an attempt to steal a car, police said. At 3:27 p.m., a woman reported a man, later identified as Rene Gustavo Hernandez broke a portion of her fence before attempting to gain entry to her locked 2019 Subaru Forester parked outside her residence, Summit police said in a release. Hernandez was unsuccessful and then opened the front storm door to the residence, at which point the woman observed him entering the house, police said. The woman then utilized the inter…

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by Sam Barron
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Cars Stolen In Summit While Family Slept Recovered: Police Cars Stolen In Summit While Family Slept Recovered: Police
Cars Stolen In Summit While Family Slept Recovered: Police Two stolen vehicles stolen from residence in Summit on Saturday, Aug. 3 have been recovered, authorities said. At 11:53 a.m. officers responded to a report of two vehicles stolen from a residence on Llewellyn Road that were taken overnight, Summit Police said in a release. Two suspects entered the residence through an unlocked first floor front window before proceeding to the kitchen, where they removed three key fobs while the family slept upstairs, police said. The suspects took a 2021 Grey Porsche Taycan and a 2019 Mercedes Benz 6-Series, police said. The vehicles were found thanks to a …

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by Sam Barron
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Woman Struck By Vehicle Driven By 85-Year-Old Man: Summit Police Woman Struck By Vehicle Driven By 85-Year-Old Man: Summit Police
Woman Struck By Vehicle Driven By 85-Year-Old Man: Summit Police A 73-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle in Summit on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 31, authorities said. At 12:45 p.m., the woman was crossing the alleyway at the entrance to the Tier Garage at 426 Springfield Ave. when she was struck by a 2021 Jeep Cherokee driven by an 85-year-old man who was traveling east on Springfield Avenue and turned right into the alleyway leading to the garage, Summit police said in a release. The driver told police as he made the turn, he looked ahead to several parking spaces and did not see the woman before he struck her, officers said. The woman wa…

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by Sam Barron
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
North Jersey Officer Suffers Partial Blindness, Paralysis After Brain Surgery, Campaign Says North Jersey Officer Suffers Partial Blindness, Paralysis After Brain Surgery, Campaign Says
North Jersey Officer Suffers Partial Blindness, Paralysis After Brain Surgery, Campaign Says Brian Werthmann is in the fight for his life and the community is coming together to help. Werthmann, a sergeant in the Summit Police Department, recently underwent an 8-hour surgery to remove a large acoustic neuroma from his brain.  While surgeons were able to successfully remove the tumor from his brain, Werthmann has experienced complications including paralysis on the left side of his body, partial blindness and the inability to walk without assistance. A fundraiser has been created by the Summit PBA to assist Werthmann, his wife Cristina and their two daughters. As of Wedne…

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by Sam Barron
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Teacher Who Posed As Woman To Lure 70 Boys Into Sending Him Nudes Gets 17½ Years: Feds NJ Teacher Who Posed As Woman To Lure 70 Boys Into Sending Him Nudes Gets 17½ Years: Feds
NJ Teacher Who Posed As Woman To Lure 70 Boys Into Sending Him Nudes Gets 17½ Years: Feds UPDATE: It's a measure of how despicably and disgustingly a former Union County grade-school teacher and youth soccer coach from Morristown abused dozens of boys he'd met online that a plea bargain got him "only" 17½ years in federal prison. Steven Brooks, 37, must serve at least 85% of the negotiated sentence handed down in federal court in Newark on Thursday, April 18, for posing as a woman to lure at least 70 underage boys into sending him nude photos and videos. That means he'll be in his early 50s before he'll be eligible to experience freedom again. FBI agents who investigated Brooks…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
License Permanently Stripped From NJ Doc Who Let 20-Year-Old ER Patient Die License Permanently Stripped From NJ Doc Who Let 20-Year-Old ER Patient Die
License Permanently Stripped From NJ Doc Who Let 20-Year-Old ER Patient Die UPDATE: An ER doctor had her medical license permanently revoked by the state of New Jersey for allowing a 20-year-old patient to die on her watch and then trying to cover it up, authorities said. Shar Kennett, 66, of Wayne was on duty in the emergency room at Overlook Medical Center in Summit when the patient was brought in with urgent "respiratory distress" on June 29, 2017, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Kennett failed to examine him and didn't order any diagnostics, "despite his parents' urgent requests for assistance," Platkin said on Thursday, April 18. The patient died in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
First-Time NJ Mom Dies After Delivering 'Miracle Baby,' Husband Breaks Down On TikTok First-Time NJ Mom Dies After Delivering 'Miracle Baby,' Husband Breaks Down On TikTok
First-Time NJ Mom Dies After Delivering 'Miracle Baby,' Husband Breaks Down On TikTok Melissa De Miranda-Quinones always wanted a baby, her husband Matt Quinones said. The Union couple had struggled to conceive before 34-year-old Melissa got pregnant in Fall 2023. Tragedy struck the family on Wednesday, April 10, though when Melissa began to experience trouble breathing and soon went into cardiac arrest.  Doctors were able to deliver baby girl Mia at 31 weeks, but Melissa passed away at Overlook Medical Center, leaving Matt broken hearted. "Melissa was the most amazing woman," Matt said in a TikTok video that had 365K views as of press time. "She was a perfect person.…

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by Sam Barron
Elizabeth, NJ
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Summit Supports 'Superhero Sam's' Fight Against Leukemia Summit Supports 'Superhero Sam's' Fight Against Leukemia
Summit Supports 'Superhero Sam's' Fight Against Leukemia Sam Davydov is just five years old, but is already in the fight of his life. The Summit five-year-old was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia last week, right before his sixth birthday. A fundraiser has been created to assist his family with the financial burden of treatment and allow his parents, Yan and Katie to take time off work to be by his side. As of Monday, March 4, more than $95,000 has been raised.  Please pray for our little superhero, Sam Davydov, a kindergarten student in my class. Sam has the most loving parents,... Posted by Alissa Mauro Rust on Friday, …

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by Sam Barron
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Train In Morristown Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Train In Morristown
Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Train In Morristown A pedestrian was fatally struck by a train Wednesday evening, Jan. 31 in Morristown, NJ Transit officials said. The pedestrian was struck around 6:10 p.m. just west of the Morristown station by Morris & Essex Line train 6666, which left Dover at 5:50 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive at Penn Station New York at 7:14 p.m., an NJ Transit spokesperson said. There were no injuries reported to the approximately 30 customers or the crew on board.  Morris & Essex line rail service was temporarily suspended in both directions between Dover and Summit but has since resumed. New Jer…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Man Fatally Struck By Train In North Jersey: NJ Transit Man Fatally Struck By Train In North Jersey: NJ Transit
Man Fatally Struck By Train In North Jersey: NJ Transit A man was killed after he was struck by an NJ Transit train near Murray Hill Station in New Providence early Wednesday morning, Dec. 27, authorities said. At 5:05 a.m., a Gladstone Branch train en route to Hoboken, fatally struck an adult male pedestrian, NJ Transit officials said. There were no injuries to the people on board the train, NJ Transit said. Gladstone Branch service is currently suspended in both directions between Murray Hill and Summit, NJ Transit said. Rail tickets and passes are being cross honored by private carrier buses, NJ Transit said.  New Jersey Transit police …

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by Sam Barron