{"id":14155,"date":"2023-12-29T09:10:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T09:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=14155"},"modified":"2023-12-29T09:10:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T09:10:57","slug":"long-branch-man-indicted-for-armed-home-invasion-vehicular-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=14155","title":{"rendered":"Long Branch Man Indicted For Armed Home Invasion, Vehicular Homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BRANCH, NJ \u2014 A Long Branch man who broke into a home earlier this year, armed with a gun and demanding money from the homeowners, has now been indicted on a laundry list of serious crimes, including felony murder.<\/p>\n<p>Altonia Williams, 46, was indicted Friday on charges of felony murder, vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter after he fled from police in that incident and caused a car crash, killing his female car passenger.<\/p>\n<p>The incident unfolded shortly before 4 a.m. on Aug. 14, a Monday: Long Branch Police were dispatched to Narragansett Avenue for a report of an armed home invasion.<\/p>\n<section class=\"styles_SubscribeForm__0dj5n\">\n<h2 class=\"styles_SubscribeForm__title__F_olP\">Find out what&#x27;s happening in Long Branch-Eatontownwith free, real-time updates from Patch.<\/h2>\n<p>Williams did not know the victims, said police.<\/p>\n<p>The caller was awoken in the middle of the night and discovered a man in their living room armed with a gun, demanding money. Police responded to the area and located a white BMW driving away from the scene.<\/p>\n<section class=\"styles_SubscribeForm__0dj5n\">\n<h2 class=\"styles_SubscribeForm__title__F_olP\">Find out what&#x27;s happening in Long Branch-Eatontownwith free, real-time updates from Patch.<\/h2>\n<p>Long Branch Police ordered the driver (Williams) to stop. However, he fled, said police.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes later, another Long Branch police officer saw the BMW driving towards him at a high rate of speed. The BMW collided with the patrol car in the area of MacArthur and Elmwood avenues in Long Branch.<\/p>\n<p>A woman, 38, in the front passenger seat of the BMW was seriously injured. She was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where she was pronounced dead at approximately 7:12 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the vehicle, identified as Williams, fled the vehicle after the crash and was found hiding in a bush with a loaded handgun. Police say Williams\u2019s license was suspended and he was intoxicated at the time of the crash as a result of ingesting marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>The Long Branch police officer was also injured; he was treated and later released.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Dec. 22 Williams was indicted on the following charges:<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='' title=''><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_HTMLContent__LDG2k SubscribeCTABlurb_SubscribeCTABlurb__M_Azu\">\n<hr\/>\n<p>Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox.<!-- --> Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BRANCH, NJ \u2014 A Long Branch man who broke into a home earlier this year, armed with a gun and demanding money from the homeowners, has now been indicted on a laundry list of serious crimes, including felony murder. 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