A Tenafly Police officer was monitoring traffic for speeders on Route 9W Wednesday at approximately 1:30 am when he noticed a Toyota sedan travelling slowly with no headlights. When the officer pulled out, the car sped up and attempted to evade the officer. Officers from Cresskill, Alpine, and other departments took part in the pursuit […]

The Tormey Law Firm successfully argued to have a client’s DWI charge dismissed on Monday on the basis that the State’s evidence was insufficient to proceed. In a somewhat rare case, our client was charged under New Jersey’s DWI statute after her friend was pulled over while driving our client’s vehicle. Our client was asleep in the passenger seat […]

Since a 2008 executive order prohibited certain plea bargains for teen drivers who had been issued traffic summonses, there has been a general misconception that all plea bargains are disallowed. Thankfully for young New Jersey drivers and their parents, that is not the case. In 2008, then New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram issued an executive order disallowing […]

Driving While Intoxicated and Assault by Auto charges have been filed against newly hired Garfield police officer Patrick R. Sajewicz, 22, according to a joint statement released by the Morris County Prosecutor and Chester Borough Police Chief on Wednesday. On October 15, Mr. Sajewicz was driving his 2014 Infinity when he allegedly lost control of […]

Thomas Rinaldi, 64, was driving his pickup truck on September 9 when he allegedly made a sharp turn across oncoming traffic and caused a Suffern man to fall off his bicycle and strike his head. The collision occurred at approximately 4:37 p.m. at the intersection of Ramapo Valley Road and North Railroad Avenue in Mahwah. […]

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