Monday, December 10, 2012
Robert Bianchi is handling the prosecution of Vanessa Brown, charged with killing Ralph Politi Jr. in alleged DWI crash in May.
The Morris County prosecutor has announced he is assuming the prosecution of another high-profile case, even though his five-year term was up in June. Vanessa Brown, a Parsippany resident charged with manslaughter for allegedly killing an elected Board of Education official from East Hanover in a DWI crash in May, will be prosecuted by Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi himself, according to a report by The Star-Ledger. Bianchi told a judge Monday he is assuming the prosecution of the case after the assistant prosecutor who had been handling the case left for a job with a private firm. According to the report, Bianchi told the judge he has managed the prosecution from the start, has been in touch with the family of Ralph Politi Jr., …
Monday, October 1, 2012
He also said he plans to challenge contention his client ingested cocaine prior to accident that killed East Hanover businessman and community leader.
Discrepancies have been found in toxicology results for a Parsippany woman accused of killing an East Hanover man with her car in May, according to the attorney representing her. Gerald Saluti brought up a difference in the blood alcohol content of two results at status conference for his client, Vanessa E. Brown, on Monday morning at the Morris County Courthouse in Morristown. Saluti also said on Monday he planned to challenge the prosecution's contention that Brown had ingested cocaine, while the prosecution said it has information that Brown had been involved in another accident prior to the fatal crash. Brown, 32, is facing charges of aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide for her alleged role in the May 5 death of Ralph Politi…
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Vanessa Brown is charged with aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the May death of East Hanover business owner Ralph Politi Jr.
The Monday court appearance for a Parsippany woman accused of being drunk and under the influence of cocaine when she killed an East Hanover man with her car last May has been moved to Oct. 1, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. Vanessa Brown, 32, has pled not guilty to charges of aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the killing of Ralph Politi Jr., an East Hanover business owner and community leader. The woman is being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of $400,000 bail. If found guilty on both charges, Brown could receive a 40-year sentence. Newark-based attorney Gerald Saluti, who represents Brown, told Patch that the court date will amount to a status conference, in which the presiding…
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Parsippany resident Vanessa Brown has pled not guilty to aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges.
Toxicology results have revealed a Parsippany woman accused of killing an East Hanover man with her car in May had ingested cocaine earlier that day, according to Morris County Assistant Prosecutor Kelley Lavery. The Daily Record reported that Lavery shared the results of tests at an arraignment held Tuesday in Superior Court in Morristown. According to the prosecutor's office, cocaine was found in blood samples taken from 32-year-old Vanessa E. Brown, who pled not guilty to charges of aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide. If found guilty on both charges, Brown could receive a sentence of as much as 40 years behind bars. The woman is accused of killing Ralph Politi Jr., a business owner and community leader, as he stood outside …
Friday, July 6, 2012
Parsippany resident Vanessa Brown could get up to 40 years behind bars.
Indictments were handed down Thursday against a Parsippany resident believed to have been drunk when she struck and killed an East Hanover man with her car in May, the Daily Record reported. A Morris County grand jury issued indictments against 32-year-old Vanessa E. Brown on charges of aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide. The charges stem from the May 5 accident that killed Ralph Politi Jr., 49, a businessman who served on the Hanover Park Regional High School Board of Education. If found guilty on both charges, Brown could receive a sentence of as much as 40 years behind bars. The defendant is accused of mowing down Politi as he stood outside of his business All Jersey Garage Door at 30 Ridgedale Ave. in East Hanover. Brown …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Ralph Politi Jr., struck by alleged drunk driver from Parsippany, touched lives of many.
Hundreds came to St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in East Hanover Friday morning for the funeral mass of Ralph Politi Jr., so many that the sanctuary could not hold them all. Many watched a simulcast of the service in adjacent rooms or downstairs. Others stood outside of the church, listening to the audio on huge speakers. Wherever one was, the public display of sadness was apparent as people shared hugs or wiped away tears at the sudden, inexplicable loss of a person who by all accounts worked hard, played hard and gave all he had for his family, his friends and his town. Politi, 49, was killed outside his auto parts business at 30 Ridgedale Ave. Saturday after being struck by an alleged drunk driver. Parsippany resident Vanessa Brown, 32…
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Parsippany resident told authorities East Hanover man pulled out in front of her vehicle.
A business security camera's footage contradicts the account a Parsippany woman accused of being drunk when she struck and killed an East Hanover man gave to authorities immediately after the incident, an assistant Morris County prosecutor contended in court Tuesday morning. According to Assistant Prosecutor Kelley Lavery, footage from the camera shows Vanessa E. Brown driving southbound on Ridgedale Avenue in the left-hand lane and suddenly veering into the right lane and into Ralph Politi Jr., who was not in a vehicle. Her car continued another 88 feet when it crashed into nearby parked cars, Lavery said. "There was no indication of turn signalling," Lavery told Judge Salem Ahto. "There was no braking." The surveillance tape contradicts …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Parsippany resident charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, bail increased.
A Parsippany woman who was allegedly drunk when she struck and killed an East Hanover man before crashing into parked cars over the weekend now faces a first-degree aggravated manslaughter charge, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said Monday. Vanessa E. Brown, 32, had been charged on Sunday with second-degree vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving, failure to maintain her lane, driving with unsafe tires and driving an unregistered vehicle. Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi has replaced the vehicular homicide charge with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, which carries up to a 30-year sentence, according to Capt. Jeffrey Paul, a spokesman for Bianchi. "Based upon the available investigative …
The Good Guy
12:59 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
I really honestly wonder what it will take for people to realize that if you drink, even 1 drink, you MUST NOT drive. My thought is that cars should be fitted with an breathalyzer that monitors the driver's breath and if it exceeds the legal amount, the vehicle doesn't start. Get rid of the ridiculous TPMS systems and add this instead. Maybe than there wouldn't be useless deaths and accidents … more ›