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Drugged Driver Takes Plea In Route 23 Gas Station Crash That Killed Dad, Teenage Son, Attendant
UPDATE: A drug-addicted Sussex County driver who killed a father, son and gas station attendant in a horrific crash on Route 23 in Wayne two years ago will be sentenced to a minimum of 25½ years without parole after pleading guilty Friday to three counts of aggravated manslaughter, authorities said.
Jason Vanderee, 29, told a state judge in Paterson that he’d used heroin and fentanyl in combination with other drugs when he blacked out behind the wheel on Feb. 19, 2019.
Jon Warbeck, a former Carlstadt firefighter from Fair Lawn and his 17-year-old son, Luke, of Lincoln Park, had stopped for…
Pennsylvania Woman Named 'Tesla' Dragged Man In Attempted Carjacking, Police Say
With a name like "Tesla," cars might be a passion, because this York woman with a name like the car brand has repeatedly been arrested following car related incidents.
Tesla Marie Wetzel, 25, of the 1st block of Massa Drive in Windsor, has been arrested after she attempted to take a man's car and dragged him while trying to flee, according to Upper Allen police.
This is not the first time Wetzel has made headlines, in Aug. 2019, she fled from state police during a traffic stop at speeds greater than 80 MPH along Route 74 in Chanceford Township.
The then 23-year-old, drove into a corn…
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Monmouth County Woman, 19, Who Hit, Killed Man In Crosswalk While High On Weed Gets 4 Years
A 19-year-old Monmouth County woman was sentenced to four years behind bars for killing a pedestrian with her car while high on marijuana, authorities said.
Amy Amkhanitsky, of Morganville, struck and killed Richard Lockwood III, 69, of Old Bridge, who was attempting to cross Route 34 in a crosswalk near Anchor Boulevard on Feb. 5, 2020, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said.
Lockwood suffered from serious blunt force trauma and was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead later that evening.
A follow-up investigation determined that Amkhanitsky was high on mariju…
