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Man Seen Leaving Route 17 Hotel With 'Shotgun' Had Loaded BB Rifle: Police
A report of a man walking out of a Route 17 hotel with what appeared to be a shotgun led to the arrest of an Indiana man on Monday, Aug. 31, authorities said.
Eric M. Smith, 42, of Elkhart, IN, was arrested at the Home2 Suites by Hilton on Route 17 South in Hasbrouck Heights, Hasbrouck Heights Police Capt. John Behr said.
Officers Perez, Thibault, Connors, and Detective Olivo were called to the hotel around 4:19 p.m. on a report of a man walking out of the lobby with a shotgun, Behr said.
Officers arrived and spotted Smith in the parking lot, Behr said. Further investigation determined the…
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police
A PNC vice president was killed when his SUV veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, went down an embankment, and struck a tree early Tuesday, Sept. 1, state police said and public records show.
Christopher M. Ruane, 55, of Canonsburg, was driving a 2020 Acura MDX west on Interstate 76 in Fannett Township, Franklin County, around 5:20 a.m. when the crash happened near mile marker 195.9, according to an updated Pennsylvania State Police release.
Ruane was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when the Acura veered off the roadway, traveled down an embankment, and struck a tree, police said. He …
Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (Update)
A correctional sergeant, his wife, and their two children were killed when their car plunged about 60 feet down a steep embankment on Saturday, Aug. 29, state police said.
Pennsylvania State Troopers were called around 10:16 a.m. to the area of 1365 Rock Mountain Drive in Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, where first responders found the sedan down the embankment.
Peter Thatcher, 45, and Sandra Thatcher, 45, both of Tunkhannock, police said, died in the crash along with their 11-year-old son, Noah, and 10-year-old daughter, Layla. Public records, their school, and their church later iden…
Westfield Roofer Impaled By Railing In Fall, Airlifted To Hospital: Friends
A New Jersey business owner suffered life-threatening injuries when he fell from a roof and landed on a railing that impaled him through his side over the weekend, according to authorities and a fundraiser launched by a longtime friend.
Stavros Makris, 24, of Westfield, fell from the roof of a home on the 300 block of Wychwood Road around 1:34 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said.
Makris, a roofing contractor, had apparently been inspecting the roof to prepare a quote for repairs when he fell onto the pointed metal edge of a staircase railing, Battiloro …
