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Vehicular Homicide

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Red Bank Teen Sentenced in M'Town Road Death

Adam Sofio, 19, was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in a fatal 2011 crash that killed his friend Paul Bradley.

A Red Bank teen who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and assault in the 2011 road death of a close friend was sentenced six years in a New Jersey State Prison Thursday, Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. announced. Adam Sofio, 19, pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide and third-degree assault by auto in February, nearly a year after his reckless drunk driving resulted in the death of Middletown resident Paul T. Bradley, 18, and the serious bodily injury of John F. Vogel, 19, also of Middletown. At his plea hearing, Sofio admitted to consuming a substantial amount of alcohol and operating a vehicle at more than three times the posted 25 mile per hour speed limit on Cooper Road in Middletown. An investigation …

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Red Bank Teen Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Homicide and Fatal Cooper Road Crash Kills Middletown Teen

eileen

7:16 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012

Didn't say anything about him. I asked you to stop lying about the Bradley's. They did not condone underage drinking and you know it.   more ›

Monday, May 9, 2011

Driver in M'town Fatal Cooper Road Accident Faces Criminal Charges

Charges are subject to No Early Release Act

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Monday, May 9, 2011

The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office released the following statement in connection with the fatal Feb. 27 accident on Cooper Road, Middletown: The driver of the car involved in the fatal accident on Cooper Road, Middletown, has been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide and several other charges for which he could face decades in prison. On May 9, Adam Sofio, 18 of Red Bank, New Jersey was arrested and charged with Vehicular Homicide within a 1000 feet of a school zone and Assault by Auto within a 1000 feet of a school zone, in connection with a motor vehicle collision that occurred on February 27, 2011 in Middletown, New Jersey.  Sofio voluntarily surrendered before the Honorable Thomas F. Scully, P.J.Cr.  Judge Scully set bail…

Eileen

12:44 pm on Monday, September 12, 2011

Paul Bradley paid with his life. Adam Sofio will still have his, even if he goes to jail for five or ten years. What was Paul's crime? Doesn't Adam have a debt to repay? There are no winners here - both of the families and the community lose.   more ›

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