Tag Archives: hit-and-run

Prosecutor: Authorities Seek Witnesses to Pedestrian Hit & Run

Authorities are seeking the public’s assistance in finding a driver who may have been involved in a Dec. 27, 2022 motor-vehicle crash with a pedestrian in Manalapan, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.

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Prosecutor: Man Charged with Attempted Murder in Pedestrian Hit-and-Run of Cop

A Middlesex County man has been arrested and charged in connection with a Monday hit-and-run incident that left an off-duty Aberdeen police officer hospitalized earlier this week, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Wednesday.    

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Prosecutor: 85-Year-Old Gets 10 Years for 2018 Fatal Hit-and-Run

An 85-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty to the aggravated manslaughter of a man he struck and killed with his vehicle in 2018, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Tuesday. 

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Prosecutor: Woman Charged in March Hit-And-Run

A 36-year-old woman has been charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision with serious bodily injury after she allegedly struck and critically injured a 77-year-old Matawan resident in early March, leaving her on the roadside, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said on Friday.

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Prosecutor: Authorities Seeking Witnesses to Hit & Run

Authorities are seeking assistance from the public in the investigation of a Tuesday evening hit-and-run motor vehicle collision in Matawan that left a 77-year-old borough woman in critical condition, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said on Wednesday.

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Prosecutor: 82-Year-Old Charged with Murder in Fatal Hit-and-Run

An 82-year old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a male pedestrian who was struck and killed during a hit and run incident on Friday evening in Asbury Park, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.

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Area Woman Pleads Guilty to 2015 Fatal Hit-and-Run

From the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office … 

A Middletown woman pleaded guilty Friday to leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident and endangering the welfare of her juvenile passengers, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.

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Police: Hit & Run Results in Cocaine, Weapons Bust

What started out as a hit-and-run accident in Middletown on Sunday ended in the arrest of two area people on weapons and cocaine possession charges as well as the unlawful taking of a vehicle.

The incident unfolded as police responded to a motor vehicle crash on Route 36 shortly after 8  a.m. to find that one vehicle had fled from the scene, according to a press release from Middletown police.

After locating the vehicle and launching an investigation, officers Bernie Chenoweth and Robert McNair arrested the driver and passenger, the release said.

The driver, Stevie A. Rocha-Hughes, 30, of Portland Avenue in Highlands was charged with: taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent, unlawful possession of a handgun and various motor vehicle charges related to the incident, police said.

Her bail was set $ 5,000 with no 10 percent allowed. She was transported to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution.

The passenger, Clifton J. Hughes, 38, of Portland Avenue in Highlands, was charged with possession of cocaine, police said.

His bail was set at $2,500 with no 10 percent option. He was also committed to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution.