South Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Vehicular Homicide In Pedestrian's Hit-Run Death: Prosecutor

A 25-year-old man from South Jersey has admitted to killing a pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash, authorities said.

Matthew Cademartori
Photo Credit: *Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office*

03/10/2023 5:15 p.m.

On Thursday, March 9, Matthew Cademartori, of Northfield, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in connection with the fatal 2021 crash in Absecon.

On Jan. 8, 2022, at 1:57 a.m., while operating a Ford F150 pickup traveling east on the White Horse Pike in Absecon, Cademartori struck Talmadge Franklin, 67, of Absecon. Cademartori fled the scene and did not report the accident to law enforcement, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Several hours later, Franklin died of injuries sustained in the accident.

An investigation revealed that minutes before the fatal accident, Cademartori left the Hi-Point Pub in Absecon, where he consumed several alcoholic beverages, the prosecutor said.

Cademartori will be sentenced on June 19.

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