{"id":149665,"date":"2026-06-30T15:31:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/exclusive-cop-allows-nfl-reporter-dianna-russini-to-name-drop-her-way-out-of-ticket-new-jersey\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:31:33","slug":"exclusive-cop-allows-nfl-reporter-dianna-russini-to-name-drop-her-way-out-of-ticket-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/exclusive-cop-allows-nfl-reporter-dianna-russini-to-name-drop-her-way-out-of-ticket-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Cop allows NFL reporter Dianna Russini to name drop her way out of ticket | New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(The Center Square) – Police body camera video obtained by The Center Square shows former NFL insider Dianna Russini namedropping her way out of a texting-while-driving ticket, possibly with her children in the car.<\/p>\n

Officer Felice\u00a0Bonanno told Russini that he watched her “obviously on your phone\u00a0for a while,” but he allowed\u00a0Russini to get off with a warning after she showed him text messages between her and the head coach of his favorite football team, the Minnesota Vikings.<\/p>\n

Messages between Russini and Vikings Head Coach Kevin O’Connell were blurred by the Ridgewood Police Department, presumably for privacy reasons.<\/p>\n

“I understand your job requires you to be on the phone a lot,” Bonanno said. “Just try to wait until you get home, okay? Keep me up to date on the Vikings, okay? Let me know if (O’Connell) gets a new quarterback, alright?”<\/p>\n

Russini also insulted the Vikings quarterback and told the officer she had also been texting Brian Daboll, former head coach of the New York Giants.<\/p>\n

Russini later bragged about getting out of the ticket during a podcast appearance,<\/strong><\/a> stating her children were in the car and claiming that it was her second violation in weeks. She said she knew it was wrong to text while driving, but she was in the middle of reporting a breaking NFL news story. Russini also appears to have exaggerated the story, falsely claiming she allowed the officer to FaceTime with his favorite NFL team’s head coach.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Ridgewood Police Department stated the officer “exercised his professional discretion and issued a verbal warning to Ms. Russini,” which is “consistent with Ridgewood Police Department policy and longstanding practice.”<\/p>\n

“Police officers are encouraged to use their judgment and, when appropriate, provide motorists with warnings as part of the Department’s commitment to fair, impartial and community-oriented policing,” wrote Capt. Glenn Ender of the Ridgewood Police Department.<\/p>\n

Records show Bonnano had been an officer with the department for approximately four months<\/strong><\/a> at the time of the traffic stop.<\/p>\n