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In Memory of Ocean Gate PD Officer Jason Marles |
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An Ocean Gate police officer who just finished his shift after working a special anti-drunken driving detail was killed early Thursday when a man later charged with driving drunk crashed into his vehicle on the Garden State Parkway. The officer, Jason C. Marles, 32, had worked the drunken-driving patrol from midnight to 3 a.m., said Sgt. Julian Castellanos, spokesman for the State Police. Leaving work, Marles was still in uniform and driving his 1995 Jeep Cherokee northbound in the right lane near mile marker 83.3 when a 2010 BMW X7 struck him from behind, Castellanos said. The accident was reported 22 minutes after Marles shift ended, he said. The officer was pronounced dead at the scene, said Castellanos. Authorities said the driver of the BMW sport-utility vehicle, Erick P. Uzcategui, 31, of Manchester has been charged with vehicular homicide and drunken driving. He was being held Thursday night in the Ocean County Jail, here, in lieu of $250,000 bail. ...view more
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