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As weed is legalized, man who drove high and killed friend is cautionary tale, prosecutor says
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
A Union City man was sentenced this week to five years in prison for a deadly 2019 crash on the New Jersey Turnpike where he admitted that he had smoked weed and was driving recklessly, authorities said.
Johnalex Grullon, 21, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and assault by auto in exchange for the prison term he was sentenced to Wednesday, according to a statement from the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.
An investigation revealed that Grullon had two passengers in his Honda Accord on the afternoon of October 19, 2019 in Mansfield, when his car veered off the highway as they were returning from a trip to South Philadelphia to get cheesesteaks, the office said.
Published February 22, 2021 •
Updated on February 23, 2021 at 3:07 am
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A New Jersey man was held in the Burlington County Jail Monday after he was accused of fatally shooting his cousin during an argument.
The violence erupted Friday night inside the Pemberton Township home of Antwian Warthen, 29, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Police responded to a report of a man bleeding.
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A South Jersey man shot his cousin during an argument, then drove him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead over the weekend, authorities said.
Antwian Warthen, 29, apparently shot Horace Warthen at his home on the 400 block of Garden Avenue in Pemberton on Friday around 9:15 p.m., Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King said.
Antwian then drove Horace, of Brown Mills, to Capital Health at Deborah, where he was pronounced dead by a physician, authorities said.
Police found Antwian walking in a nearby neighborhood approximately 30 minutes later, and took him into custody for questioning. He was charged with murder and related weapons offenses, police said.