El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en julio 27, 2025, Raul Luna-Perez, 43, of Red Bank, was charged with two counts of Vehicular Homicide and Assault by Auto in connection with a motor vehicle crash that occurred in Lakewood on July 26, 2025.
En julio 26, 2025, aproximadamente a 11:20 pm., Officers from the Lakewood Township Police Department responded to the intersection of Cross Street and Hearthstone Drive for a report of a motor vehicle crash with serious injuries. A subsequent investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit-Vehicular Homicide Squad, Lakewood Township Police and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, revealed that a Dodge Durango – being operated by Luna-Perez and containing two passengers – was traveling eastbound on Cross Street when it crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic and collided head on with a Nissan Sentra. The female driver of the Nissan Sentra was pronounced deceased at the scene. An 11 year-old female front seat passenger was transported to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood where she succumbed to her injuries. Another 11 year-old female passenger, who was seated in the rear of the vehicle, was likewise transported to Monmouth Medical Center and is listed in serious but stable condition. The two passengers of the Dodge Durango were transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) in Neptune for treatment of minor injuries and released.
First Responders at the scene detected that Luna-Perez showed signs of impairment. En desarrollo de la investigación, Luna-Perez was transported to JSUMC where a draw of his blood was obtained pursuant to a court-authorized warrant. Los resultados de la extracción de sangre siguen pendientes. Luna-Perez was transported to the Ocean County Jail where he is presently lodged pending a detention hearing.
El Fiscal Billhimer elogia a la Unidad de Delitos Mayores-Escuadrón de Homicidios Vehiculares de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Departamento de policía del municipio de Lakewood, Ocean County Sheriff’s office Crime Scene Investigation Unit and Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office for their collective assistance in this investigation.
Los cargos mencionados anteriormente son meras acusaciones y se recuerda a la prensa y al público que todos los acusados se presumen inocentes a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia..
RPC. 3.6(b)(6).