Thursday, February 14, 2013
Shivangi Patel sentenced to one year probation for hit and run at South Brunswick High School that sent a 14-year-old student to the hospital.
A South Brunswick woman charged last year following a hit and run at South Brunswick High School was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty last month. Shivangi Patel, 20, of Monmouth Junction, pleaded guilty to one count of endangering an injured victim, and also pleaded guilty to a motor vehicle offense of failure to yield to a pedestrian, according to court records. Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Joseph Paone sentenced Patel on Jan. 24 to serve probation for one year. Patel will also lose her driver's license for three months, must serve 15 days of community service, and was ordered by the judge to "stay in school," according to court records. Patel, a student at Rutgers University, drove to SBHS on the morning of April 13…
Monday, August 27, 2012
Shivangi Patel was indicted on charges of leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injury, endangering an injured victim, and assault by auto.
A township woman and her father were indicted on Aug. 21 in connection to a hit and run at South Brunswick High School earlier this year. A Middlesex County grand jury returned the indictment charging Shivangi Patel, 19, on charges of leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injury, endangering an injured victim, and assault by auto. The first two charges are third-degree crimes and assault by auto is a fourth-degree crime. Shivangi's father Rajesh Patel, 51, is charged with hindering the apprehension of his daughter, which is a fourth-degree crime. Patel, a student at Rutgers University, drove to SBHS on the morning of April 13 to conduct classroom observations for her college course work. At about 7:25 a.m., police said …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
South Brunswick Police charged the father of the driver today in last week's hit and run at South Brunswick High School that sent a 14-year-old student to the hospital.
South Brunswick Police have charged the father of the driver in connection to a hit and run in the parking lot of South Brunswick High School last week. Rajesh Patel, 51, the father of Shivangi Patel, was charged with fourth-degree hindering apprehension by attempting to conceal the vehicle and the driver from police. Rajesh Patel was also issued a summons for failure to report an accident and for concealing evidence. He surrendered at South Brunswick Police Headquarters earlier this afternoon and was released pending his first court appearance. Shivangi Patel was also issued an additional summons for speeding. *** 6 a.m. The ongoing investigation into the hit and run at South Brunswick High School last week is expected to yield additional…
Win Some
9:04 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
This is just victim mentality. I am non-Caucasian. The two times I have been in an accident in SB, the other party was white and the cops correctly ticketed the other person without any issue. The other time I was in an accident was in PA, and the other party was white and clearly at fault. However, the cop decided it was "nobody's fault" and left it at that - I dont know if race mattered but it … more ›