El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en diciembre 18, 2023, William Andújar, 52, de merlán, pled guilty to Aggravated Assault and Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol before the Honorable Kimarie Rahill, J.S.C., in connection with an incident that occurred in Berkeley Township on November 2, 2020. En el momento de su sentencia en febrero 23, 2024, el Estado buscará una pena de cinco años en la Prisión Estatal de Nueva Jersey – sujeto a los términos de la Ley de No Salida Temprana.
En noviembre 2, 2020, aproximadamente a 7:00 pm., Berkeley Township Police responded to a report of crash involving two motor vehicles in the area of West Pinewald Keswick Road. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and Berkeley Township Police Department revealed that Andujar, who was traveling westbound in a 2010 Honda CRV, crashed into a 2003 Hyundai Elantra operated by Susan Ewing, 44, del río South Toms, from behind. The impact forced both vehicles off the roadway into a wooded area. The victim, EM. Ewing, sustained serious bodily injuries as a consequence of Andujar crashing into her vehicle. EM. Ewing was flown to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune for treatment of those injuries. EM. Ewing was subsequently discharged and is still recovering from those injuries.
Andujar was likewise transported to Jersey Shore Medical Center following the crash, and a search warrant was obtained for a draw of his blood. Laboratory results from the blood draw – received by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office on November 23, 2020 – indicated that Andujar had a Blood Alcohol Concentration (bachillerato) de .18 percent at the time his blood was drawn. En el estado de Nueva Jersey, Se presume que un operador de un vehículo de motor está por encima del límite legal para fines de consumo de alcohol cuando su BAC es .08 o mayor. The laboratory results also revealed a significant quantity of Methadone in Andujar’s system.
En noviembre 24, 2020, Andujar was arrested by Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and South Toms River Police Department and charged with Assault by Automobile. The additional charge of Aggravated Assault was filed on December 8, 2020, as a result of further developments in the investigation. Andujar has been lodged in the Ocean County Jail since his arrest on November 24, 2020.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the diligent efforts of Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Robert Cassidy who is handling the case on behalf of the State, y elogia a la Unidad de Homicidios Vehiculares de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Unidad de Defensa de Víctimas y Testigos de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Departamento de policía del municipio de Berkeley, Departamento de policía del sur de Toms River, y la Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, for their collaborative efforts in connection with this investigation leading to Andujar’s guilty plea, y pronto su sentencia de prisión estatal.