New Jersey officer arrested for allegedly hitting pedestrian, then taking body home

A constabulary serviceman successful New Jersey has been accused of fatally hitting a pedestrian with his car, concisely taking the man's assemblage location with him to sermon what to bash with it, past returning the assemblage to the scene.

In a press release, acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said Newark constabulary serviceman Louis Santiago has been charged with reckless vehicular homicide, desecrating quality remains, tampering with carnal evidence, and different charges.

Stephens said that Santiago's rider Albert Guzman and his parent Annette Santiago were besides charged successful the Nov. 1 incident.

Prosecutors said Santiago, who was off-duty, was driving his Honda Accord erstwhile helium drifted into the enarthrosis striking 29-year-old Damian Z. Dymka.

According to the quality release, neither Santiago nor Guzman called 911 oregon helped render assistance to Dymka but returned to the country respective times earlier loading Dymka into the vehicle.

Stephens said they drove to Annette's location to sermon with Dymka earlier driving him backmost to the scene.

Santiago's father, a lieutenant with the Newark Police Department, called 911 to study that his lad had been successful an accident.

When officers arrived astatine the scene, they recovered Dymka dormant successful the backmost spot of Santiago's car, prosecutors said.

According to the quality release, each 3 suspects person been released with conditions.