By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, January 9, 1991
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A 32-year-old Englewood man is to be arraigned today on charges of driving the car that fatally injured a Hackensack man shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve, officials said.
Jose Jaramillo of Howland Avenue was arrested in Teaneck about 10:30 p.m. Monday and charged with causing death by auto, reckless driving, and leaving the scene of an accident, said Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy.
Jaramillo, who was in the Bergen County Jail Tuesday on $25,000 bail, was arrested in connection with the Dec. 31 hit-and-run death of Jarvis Stephenson, 39, of 194 Krone Place.
On the night of his death, Stephenson was working at American Legion Post 58 in Englewood, where he was a member. At about 11:40 p.m., he told friends at the club he was going home to check on his ill wife and that he would be back.
The victim was struck as he crossed Forest Avenue in front of the club. Stephenson died less than two hours later in Englewood Hospital.
Fahy commended the Englewood Police Department for its work in tracking down Jaramillo. But neither Capt. C. Kenneth Tinsely, commander of the city detective bureau, nor Lt. Charles Dillon, head of the traffic bureau, would reveal any information about the investigation.
The fatal-accident unit of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office had been investigating the accident with the Englewood police and on Monday released a description of the car they said killed Stephenson: a 1977 silver-gray Caprice Classic.
Before the arrest, Englewood police told Teaneck police that they had seen the car at a Chestnut Street address in Teaneck and had prepared a search warrant for the vehicle, said Teaneck Capt. Gary S. Fiedler.
If convicted on the charges, Jaramillo faces up to five years in prison and fines totaling $9,000, Fahy said.
Staff Writer David Voreacos contributed to this report.
Keywords: ENGLEWOOD; MOTOR VEHICLE; ACCIDENT; DEATH
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