El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en marzo 8, 2024, la Honorable Kimarie Rahill, J.S.C., sentenciado Guillermo Andújar, 52, de merlán, a cuatro años de prisión estatal de Nueva Jersey (NJSP) as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to Aggravated Assault in connection with an incident that occurred in Berkeley Township on November 2, 2020. La sentencia está sujeta a los términos de la Ley de Prohibición de Liberación Temprana (NERA), meaning that Andujar will be required to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence before he may be considered for parole eligibility. Además, Judge Rahill imposed a consecutive sentence of one year NJSP relative to a violation of probation. Andujar pled guilty to both charges before Judge Rahill on December 18, 2023.
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 Major Crime Unit-Vehicular Homicide Squad and Berkeley Township Police Department revealed that Andujar, que viajaba hacia el oeste en un 2010 Honda CRV, se estrelló contra un 2003 Hyundai Elantra operado por 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. Posteriormente, Ewing fue dado de alta y todavía se está recuperando de esas lesiones..
Andújar también fue transportado al Jersey Shore Medical Center luego del accidente., and a search warrant was obtained for a draw of his blood. Laboratory results from the blood draw – recibido por la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean en noviembre 23, 2020 – indicó que Andújar tenía un nivel de alcoholemia (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 Major Crime Unit-Vehicular Homicide Squad 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 handled the case on behalf of the State, and commends the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit -Vehicular Homicide Squad, 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 ahora su sentencia de prisión estatal.