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PA Dad Watched As Driver Who Drank 12 Beers Killed Hearing-Impaired 11-Year-Old Daughter
A Pennsylvania man has been charged in the tragic death of 11‑year‑old Roxanne Alexis Bonnoni, a hearing‑impaired girl described as “a light” in her Harrison Township community, authorities announced. Jeffrey Alan Glowatski, 65, is accused of drinking 12 beers on Aug. 20, 2024, before striking Roxanne as she played outside her home, according to the criminal complaint. Glowatski began drinking at 2:45 p.m.; after leaving a second bar around 7:15 p.m., he crashed into Roxanne within minutes—his speech reportedly slurred, and he refused sobriety tests. Investigators later obtained a blood samp…
Toms River, NJ
Breaking News
Family Pushes For Harsher Drunk Driving Penalties After Toms River Work Zone Death
Allen Adams spent his life making New Jersey's roads safer. On Thursday, July 31, the 50-year-old construction worker from Lumberton was killed in a Toms River work zone after being struck by an alleged drunk driver, according to his family and authorities in Ocean County. Adams was hit around 1 a.m. on Route 9 near Raymond Avenue, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. He was rushed to Community Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Douglas Smith, 51, of Toms River, showed signs of impairment at the scene and was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless drivi…
Salem, NJ
Breaking News
Salem Scooter Rider Critical After Struck By Millville DWI Driver: Bridgeton PD
A 57-year-old Salem resident is in critical condition after they were struck by a drunk driver in Bridgeton on Monday, Aug. 11, authorities said. At 8:39 p.m., officers responded to Route 49 and S. East Avenue after a vehicle operated by Emanuel Perez-Garcia, a 32-year-old Millville resident, struck the person on a motorized scooter, Bridgeton police said. The crash caused the scooterist to be thrown from the vehicle and lose consciousness, police said. The scooter rider was transported to a nearby hospital and is in critical condition, police said. Garcia was charged with DWI and is bein…
Southeast-Brewster, NY
Breaking News
Drunk Driver Caught With 4-Year-Old Child In Truck In Brewster, Police Say
A Westchester man is accused of driving drunk in Putnam County with a young child in the vehicle, police said. The incident happened around 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10, when a trooper stopped a Ford F-350 on Main Street in Brewster for multiple traffic violations, New York State Police announced on Monday, Aug. 11. Police said the driver, 36-year-old Erasmo Garcia of Valhalla, showed signs of intoxication and failed standardized field sobriety tests. A 4-year-old child was in the truck at the time, authorities added. Garcia was then arrested and taken to the Brewster barracks, where…
Woodbridge, VA
Breaking News
Woodbridge Woman Gets Second DWI In 5 Years After Overturning Car With Child Inside: Police
A Virginia woman is behind bars after police say she was drunk when she crashed with her 5-year-old child in the car, overturning the vehicle and sending both to the hospital. The crash happened at around 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, in the 15400 block of Weldin Drive in Woodbridge, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators say Woodbridge resident Amy Catherine Baker, 36, struck a parked car, causing her own vehicle to overturn, leaving her and the boy trapped inside. Both Baker and the child had to be extracted from the wreckage by emergency crews, with minor in…
Branchburg, NJ
Breaking News
DWI Driver Crashes Into Branchburg Home: Police
A 50-year-old Somerville man was arrested for drunk driving after he crashed his car into a home in Branchburg on Monday morning, Aug. 4. At 9:29 a.m., officers responded to a residence on Hillcrest Drive after a white pick-up truck crashed into the first floor of a residential home, Branchburg police said. The driver, Eric Wilson, was able to self-extricate, police said. Wilson had a laceration to his head and was treated on scene, police said. A person inside the residence on the second floor was not injured, police said. While officers spoke with Wilson, they observed he may be un…
Lakewood, NJ
Breaking News
ICE Place Detainer On Undocumented DUI Driver Charged In Lakewood Double Fatal: Feds
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed a detainer on a 43-year-old man charged with killing a New Jersey mother and her 11-year-old daughter in a drunk driving, head-on crash last month, the agency said. Raul Luna-Perez, 43, of Red Bank, entered the U.S. illegally at an unknown date and location. The agency said he had multiple prior arrests, including: June 25, 2023, by Red Bank Police for simple domestic violence. March 20, 2025, and April 17, 2025, for DUI, also by Red Bank Police. Raul Luna-Perez Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Records show he was b…
La Plata, MD
Obituaries
Mom Killed In Head-On La Plata DUI Crash; Girl Left To Face Life Without Her, Family Says
It was a crash that ended two lives in an instant — and changed another forever. On Saturday, July 26, police say 29-year-old Teeona Huggins was killed in a devastating head-on collision along the 9900 block of Charles Street (MD Rt. 6) in La Plata. Emergency responders arrived shortly before 7:30 p.m. that night to find the black 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis crushed, its occupants trapped inside. According to La Plata Police, Huggins and a 31-year-old woman from Seat Pleasant were both pronounced dead at the scene. A third woman, 31, also from DC, was airlifted to the University of Ma…
Valley Stream, NY
Breaking News
Drunk Driver Killed Cousin, Injured Passenger In Long Island Crash, DA Says
A 22-year-old Long Island man is accused of driving drunk and crashing into a tree, killing his cousin and seriously injuring another passenger. Brian Lopez-Cruz, of Woodmere, was indicted on aggravated vehicular homicide and related charges in Nassau County Court on Monday, Aug. 4, in connection with a fatal crash in Rockville Centre in September 2023. The crash happened around 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17. According to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Lopez-Cruz was speeding southbound on Peninsula Boulevard when he lost control of the car, veered off the road, and slammed…
Stafford, VA
Breaking News
Rented Tesla Leads To New DUI For Stafford Man, Sheriff Says
He couldn’t keep his rented Tesla on the road — and now he’s back in jail. A Stafford man with a history of drunk driving is behind bars again after deputies say he was busted behind the wheel of a rented Tesla while under the influence. Daryn Dozier, 29, was spotted swerving southbound on Richmond Highway around 9:53 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. When the white Tesla nearly ran off Bells Hill Road, First Sergeant M.L. Jacobeen initiated a traffic stop with Deputy W.E. Trainor backing him up. The car wasn’t the problem — it was the driver. Do…
Stafford, VA
Breaking News
Drunk Virginia Man Steals Truck From Stafford Wawa, Blames 'Quite A Few' Beers: Sheriff
A Stafford man made one too many bad decisions before sunrise — starting with stealing a stranger’s truck and ending with his second DUI in a decade, according to the sheriff’s office. William Sullivan, 35, was arrested on Saturday, Aug. 2, after deputies found him drunk and in possession of a stolen vehicle, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said. It all started just after 4 a.m. at the Wawa on Butler Road, where a customer ran in for coffee and came out to find his truck missing — stolen in the time it took to grab a cup of joe. Deputies reviewed security footage and saw another custo…
Stafford, VA
Breaking News
VA Man Ignored Friends, Hit Tequila — Then Hit Tree Twice Fleeing Deputies: Sheriff
A Virginia man downing tequila shots at a bar and claiming he was having “a bad night” made things a whole lot worse for himself, deputies say. German Alfaro, 23, of Woodbridge, is accused of getting wasted at Buffalo Mo’s early Friday, Aug. 1, before crashing his beat-up Honda Civic — not once, but twice — while leading Stafford County deputies on a bizarre drunk-driving chase. It started around 2:10 a.m., when deputies were called to the bar on Wicomico Drive for a report of an intoxicated driver who had already driven into some bushes. When a sergeant showed up, they spotted the Civic — …
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