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Authorities: East Orange Man Was Twice Legal Limit In Crash That Cost Passenger His Leg
An East Orange man's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when he crashed into a tree causing his 19-year-old passenger to have one of her legs amputated, authorities said Friday.
Charles D. Sloan, Jr., 33, was charged with second-degree assault by auto causing serious bodily injury while intoxicated within 1,000 feet of school property, fourth degree assault by auto, and fourth degree causing serious bodily injury while driving on a suspended license, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said in a joint release.
Sloan was driving with a suspended lice…
Shotgun Blast That Killed Cliffside Park Woman, 18, 'Likely Accidental,' Authorities Say
UPDATE: Investigators believe that it was "likely accidental" that an 18-year-old Cliffside Park woman fired the shotgun blast that killed her in the basement of her boyfriend's Paramus home over the weekend, authorities said Monday.
Faith Youngling knew the gun was loaded, they noted -- however, they aren't convinced that she intentionally shot herself.
According to responders, Youngling clearly had been intoxicated when Kenneth Pinte, 21, claimed he gave her the weapon and told her the safety was on.
Investigators, in turn, charged him with reckless manslaughter, hindering and weapons c…