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Drunken Boater Charged In Deadly Summer Atlantic City Crash: Prosecutor Drunken Boater Charged In Deadly Summer Atlantic City Crash: Prosecutor
Drunken Boater Charged In Deadly Summer Atlantic City Crash: Prosecutor An Atlantic City man is facing charges after a boat crash killed a woman last summer, authorities said. Jeffrey Jastrzembski, 53, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 11, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 16. He has been charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the crash on Saturday, Aug. 12. Prosecutors said Jastrzembski was driving a boat in the Intracoastal Waterway near the Albany Avenue bridge just after 5 p.m. He's accused of speeding towards the docks and making a sharp left turn. Norma Michaels, 79, of Atlantic City, was hit by Jastrzembski's …

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Morris County Man, 18, Charged In Deadly Toms River Boating Crash Morris County Man, 18, Charged In Deadly Toms River Boating Crash
Morris County Man, 18, Charged In Deadly Toms River Boating Crash A Morris County man has been charged in connection with the Barnegat Bay boat crash that killed a 19-year-old passenger and injured four others in June, state police said. Juan A. Fernandez II, 18, struck Intracoastal Waterway Marker #26 head-on while operating a 2014 Bennington Pontoon boat just before 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 13, state police said. After meeting Toms River police and first responders at Antiqua Avenue following the crash, Fernandez allegedly stated that there had been six people on board. However, a follow-up investigation showed that there had actually been nine occupa…

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by Valerie Musson
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Scholarship Fund Launched In Honor Of Morris County Man, 19, Killed In Jersey Shore Boat Crash Scholarship Fund Launched In Honor Of Morris County Man, 19, Killed In Jersey Shore Boat Crash
Scholarship Fund Launched In Honor Of Morris County Man, 19, Killed In Jersey Shore Boat Crash The graduating classmates of the 19-year-old Morris County man killed in a Jersey Shore boat crash have created a scholarship fund dedicated to honoring their late friend and peer. Corey Molinari, of Whippany, was thrown from a pontoon boat after the vessel struck a marker near the Route 37 bridge in Barnegat Bay around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. He was airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center with serious injuries and later died. Four others suffered non life-threatening injuries in the crash. A GoFundMe launched collectively by the Whippany Park Class of 2020 has raised mo…

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by Valerie Musson