N.J. siblings propose new restraining order laws after fatal hit-and-run

A petition to lower the age for a restraining order in New Jersey is picking up steam a week after two teenage girls were killed in a hit-and-run.

A 17-year-old suspect was charged with two counts of murder after the crash in Cranford. He was allegedly stalking one of the girls and her family had made multiple complaints to police, according to friends and neighbors of the girls.

“There definitely should have been something more that could have protected them”

Like the rest of the Cranford community, Charlotte Groll and her brother, Cooper, were heartbroken by the senseless deaths of 17-year-olds Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas on Sept. 29.

“It’s heartbreaking for the families and we don’t want any other families to go through what their families are going through right now,” Charlotte said…

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