Freehold Township man found guilty on all counts for fatal crash that killed motorcyclist
As I expected, the trial of a Freehold Township man charged with vehicular homicide, aggravated manslaughter, eluding police, and other charges in connection with a drunk driving crash which took the life of a motorcyclist ended in a guilty verdict by the jury. As I discussed in my previous articles about this case, this was a very difficult trial for the Defendant to win. His defense strategy was based on the fact that the other driver, the victim in this case, was also drunk at the time of the accident and that, but for the fact that the motorcyclist was drunk, the accident could have been avoided. However, it was very difficult for the defense to get around the fact that the Defendant was drunk and running from the police at a very high rate of speed when the accident occurred. I think with a different set of circumstances such as both parties were drunk and the Defendant was not running from the police, we may have seen a different result here. The Defendant is facing life in prison based on the jury verdict. The prior plea offer was 15 years with 85% which means the Defendant would have served about 13 years in jail. Now, the Defendant is facing a lot more time in state prison.
