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Damian Dymka

Former Newark Cop Gets Five Years For Vehicular Homicide, Attempted Coverup Former Newark Cop Gets Five Years For Vehicular Homicide, Attempted Coverup
Former Newark Cop Gets Five Years For Vehicular Homicide, Attempted Coverup Louis Santiago, a 26-year-old Bloomfield resident and former Newark police officer, was sentenced to five years in prison for fatally striking a pedestrian while driving drunk and then driving home with the victim's body in his car, authorities said. Santiago had previously pled guilty to reckless vehicular homicide, desecrating human remains and driving under the influence in the death of Damian Dymka, a 29-year-old Garfield resident, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. On Nov. 1, 2021, at 3 a.m., Santiago, who was off duty and intoxicated, was traveling nort…
Police Seek Info In Garden State Parkway Crash That Killed North Jersey Nurse Police Seek Info In Garden State Parkway Crash That Killed North Jersey Nurse
Police Seek Info In Garden State Parkway Crash That Killed North Jersey Nurse New Jersey State Police are seeking the public's help with an investigation into a Garden State Parkway crash that killed a nurse from Bergen County early Monday morning. Damian Dymka, 29, of Garfield, was walking on the shoulder of the northbound side when he was struck by a Honda Accord shortly before 3 a.m. near milepost 151 in Bloomfield, New Jersey State Police said. The driver of the Honda, a 25-year-old resident of Bloomfield, was not injured. On Wednesday, loved ones set up a GoFundMe page for Dymka's funeral, remembering him as a kind soul who worked as a nurse before and during t…
29-Year-Old North Jersey Man Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway 29-Year-Old North Jersey Man Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway
29-Year-Old North Jersey Man Struck, Killed On Garden State Parkway A 29-year-old man from Garfield was struck and killed by a car on the Garden State Parkway early Monday morning, authorities said. Damian Dymka was walking in the shoulder of the northbound side when he was struck by a Honda Accord around 4:25 a.m. near milepost 151 in Bloomfield, New Jersey State Police said. The driver of the Honda, a 25-year-old resident of Bloomfield, was not injured. The accident remains under investigation.