This section is based on data provided to Pascack Press weekly by neighborhood police departments. Due to pending court appearances and other variations, the following information shall be read in ‘press time’ context.
Flicked ash from sunroof, now has drug charges
A Brooklyn man police stopped the afternoon of Jan. 8 on Chestnut Ridge Road faces drug charges and saw his car impounded after an investigation.
Police reported they noticed the car after the driver flicked what appeared to be ash from a lit cigarette out of the sunroof, then make an improper signal and abrupt move toward the Acme lot.
It was there that police stopped and spoke with him.
In all, the 22-year-old received summonses for possession of a controlled dangerous substance (Xanax), possession of a controlled dangerous substance (marijuana under 50 grams), possession of drug paraphernalia, and under the influence of controlled dangerous substance, all answerable at Pascack Joint Municipal Court; and traffic summonses for driving while under the influence of liquor and/or drugs, littering from a moving vehicle, failure to signal, obstruction of view (air freshener hanging from rearview mirror), and driving a motor vehicle while in possession of narcotics.
At the time he was stopped he said he was on his lunch break and going to the Acme to buy a drink. Asked if he normally smokes marijuana on his lunch break and then goes back to work high, he reportedly said, “Honestly, yeah.”
His brother came to the police station to pick him up.
Corvette driver was weaving, had had ‘some’ drinks
A Pompton Lakes man, 40, has to answer at Pascack Joint Municipal Court over a summons for driving while intoxicated at an incident just before 1 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2018.
According to the police report, officers noticed the red Corvette on Broadway as its license plate lamp was out and it was weaving, at times riding the double yellow line and at other times taking lanes abruptly.
Police stopped the car, approached from the driver’s side, and immediately smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from within.
The driver had bloodshot watery eyes, spoke slowly and with slurred speech, and had fumbling gestures. He appeared confused about where his paperwork was even after he was holding it.
He was unable to satisfactorily complete field tests. He admitted to having had drinks but could not estimate how many beyond “Some.”
Police arrested the driver and brought him to headquarters. There, he insisted he would give breath samples only with his attorney present, despite being informed that he has no such legal right.
He was given the following summonses: Operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, maintenance of lamps, refusal to submit to chemical test, careless driving, and consent to take samples of breath.
A family friend came to collect him.