A Caldwell barber who admitted to hitting a 57-year-old woman with his car, then leaving her in the street where she died will serve no jail time if he completes the terms of a pre-trial intervention program, a state court judge has decided.
Angelo Lotrecchiano, 83, of West Caldwell, pleaded guilty Thursday to a second-degree felony of leaving the scene of a crash and causing bodily injury, authorities said. Sharon Marcia Thomas, of Rock Tavern, New York, was killed Jan. 16 when another vehicle ran her over after Lotrecchiano left her in the roadway, according to authorities.
Over the objections of Thomas’ family members, Superior Court Judge Mark S. Ali accepted Lotrecchiano’s plea and placed him into the pre-trial intervention, or PTI, program for three years. PTI is an alternative to prison reserved for first-time offenders.
“It is not justice, and I don’t expect it to solve the pain of those that love Sharon Thomas,” Ali said, according to a court recording…