TOMS RIVER — Mark Carey, Jr., 21, of South Amboy, pled guilty to knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death of another, in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred last year in the area of Route 35 South and Bay Avenue in Brick Township, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer.
According to a press release from the prosecutor’s office at the time of his sentencing on June 13, the state will be seeking a term of six years in New Jersey State Prison.
On Jan. 13, 2024, at approximately 9:15 a.m., officers from the Brick Township Police Department responded to the area of Route 35 South and Bay Avenue for a hit-and-run collision involving a pedestrian.
Responding officers discovered that a vehicle had struck a woman, later identified as Julia Sutton, 56, of Weehawken, in the shoulder of the roadway and then the driver fled the scene.
Sutton was taken to Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center in Brick Township, where she was pronounced dead.
An investigation conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit- Vehicular Homicide Squad, Brick Township Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, determined that the vehicle that struck and killed the victim was a 1999 Ford Explorer registered to Carey.
Further investigation identified Carey as the driver of the Ford Explorer at the time of the crash that resulted in Sutton’s death.
Carey was taken into custody at his home in South Amboy without incident and then processed at Brick Township police headquarters. Carey was transported to the Ocean County Jail, and subsequently released as a consequence of New Jersey bail reform.
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