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Police Announce Arrest in Upper Hit and Run Case

A police sketch of a man

A New Jersey State Police sketch of the suspect.

By Herald Staff

UPDATE: The driver and pedestrian have been identified in reporting by the Herald. Click here to read the latest. 
UPPER TOWNSHIP – New Jersey State Police announced Jan. 3 that they made an arrest in a hit and run case, where an 80-year-old woman was allegedly left to die on the side of the road after being hit by a car. 
The accident occurred at 6:28 p.m., Dec. 29, at the intersection of Stagecoach Road and Brewhause Lane, police said. Police have not yet released the identity of the victim.
State cops asked for help from the public, after the driver fled the scene. They released a police sketch and a description of the offender and his vehicle, based on witness accounts. 
Five days after the accident, they announced they had a suspect in custody. Officers did not announce the name of the defendant and a request for the arrest records in the case was not immediately answered. 
Police said witnesses described the involved vehicle as a silver/gray SUV, “possibly a Jeep Cherokee,” which had one or two bumper stickers with “OC” on them.
Police said witnesses described the driver as a white male, with glasses, in his 50’s, between about five-feet 10-inches to six-feet two-inches tall, 220-250 pounds, with short gray and brown balding hair.
The sketch was released a day later. More information on the charges and the defendant will be released when the information is provided to the newspaper by police. 

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