Drunk driver who killed pedestrian in 2023 hit-and-run sentenced to six years
A 29-year-old Hackettstown man pleaded guilty to second-degree death by auto and received a six-year state prison term.
A man who drove drunk and killed a pedestrian in a 2023 hit-and-run crash in Warren County was sentenced Tuesday to six years in state prison, authorities said.
Jefferson A. Chimbo-Pelaez, 29, of Hackettstown, previously pleaded guilty to second-degree death by auto, according to a statement from the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office.