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Rockaway Woman Gets 5 Years Behind Bars For DWI Crash That Killed Friend, 22 Rockaway Woman Gets 5 Years Behind Bars For DWI Crash That Killed Friend, 22
Rockaway Woman Gets 5 Years Behind Bars For DWI Crash That Killed Friend, 22 A 22-year-old Rockaway woman was sentenced to five years in state prison with no parole in connection with a February crash that left her friend dead. Samantha Viscardi last month pleaded guilty to second degree reckless vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. Viscardi, who formerly worked at BMW of Morristown, had been drinking at two bars and was using her cellphone when she crashed her car near 435 Green Pond Road, with 22-year-old Kimberly Boyle in the front passenger seat, according to the police report. Boyle died of brai…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Report: Rockaway Driver In Crash That Killed Friend, 22, Had Been Drinking, Was On Phone Report: Rockaway Driver In Crash That Killed Friend, 22, Had Been Drinking, Was On Phone
Report: Rockaway Driver In Crash That Killed Friend, 22, Had Been Drinking, Was On Phone A Rockaway woman had been drinking at two bars and was using her cellphone when she got into a crash last month that killed her friend, according to a police report.  Samantha Viscardi, 22, crashed her car off Green Pond Road on Feb. 2 after going to two bars, according to a police report obtained by NJ.com. Responding officers found her "swaying and staggering with bloodshot eyes” and the smell of alcohol on her breath, the police report says, adding that she claimed to have drunk wine and booze at two bars. “She recalled (using) her cellphone and losing control of her…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Charges Upgraded After Victim In Rockaway Crash Dies Charges Upgraded After Victim In Rockaway Crash Dies
Charges Upgraded After Victim In Rockaway Crash Dies Charges against a Rockaway woman were upgraded after the passenger in her car died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash, authorities said. Samantha Viscardi, 22, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that crashed near Green Pond Road on Feb. 2, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Rockaway Police Chief Martin McPardland, Jr. said in a joint release. The passenger in the vehicle was critically injured after Viscardi's vehicle went into a guardrail, closing the area around 4:30 p.m., according to multiple reports. Viscardi was initially charged with assault by auto b…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PROSECUTOR: Rockaway Woman Charged With Assault By Auto, Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries PROSECUTOR: Rockaway Woman Charged With Assault By Auto, Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries
Prosecutor: Rockaway Woman Charged With Assault By Auto, Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries A 22-year-old Rockaway woman was charged with assault by auto after her one passenger sustained "serious bodily injuries" in a crash over the weekend, authorities said. Samantha Viscardi was arrested and charged with the third-degree crime following the Feb. 2, single-car crash near Green Pond Road, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Rockaway Police Chief Martin McPardland, Jr. said in a joint release. Viscardi's vehicle went into a guardrail, closing the area from approximately 4:50 to 6:45 p.m., the Daily Record reports. Viscardi is an employee of BMW Morristown and a Roxbury …

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by Cecilia Levine