A jury found a New York state trooper guilty of manslaughter for the death of a Brooklyn girl in an Ulster County crash.
Christopher Baldner used his police car, traveling 130 mph, to ram a car occupied by 11-year-old Monica Goods and her three family members in December 2020 on Interstate 87, causing the car to flip and killing Goods.
Investigators say Baldner was on patrol along the New York State Thruway at the time of the crash and pulled over the Goods family for speeding. During the stop, Baldner deployed pepper spray into the car when the driver, Tristan Goods, sped away. Baldner then rammed into the family’s car…