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DEVELOPING NEWS: Newark man charged in Nov. 30 hit-and-run in Kearny: KPD

4 December 2018
Kevin A. Canessa Jr. | Editor & Broadcaster
Simoes in a file photo from this past summer.

The man who turned himself in to the Kearny Police Department last night as the driver responsible for a Nov. 30 hit-and-run involving a Franklin School student on Bergen Avenue, Kearny, has been identified as David D. Simoes, 38, of Newark.

 
Kearny police Capt. Timothy Wagner says Simoes was charged last night with the fourth-degree crime of being Involved in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury while driving with a suspended license (N.J.S.A. 2C:40-22b) and the traffic charge of driving with a suspended license (N.J.S.A. 39:3-40e).
Simoes was released on summonses after he was booked — without bail — pending a Central Judicial Processing court appearance on Dec. 17 at the Hudson County Courthouse in Jersey City.
 
Wagner says: “Additional charges are pending since the accident is still under investigation.”
On Nov. 30, at around 8:05 a.m., it is alleged Simoes struck a juvenile — a student at Franklin School — on Bergen Avenue near Davis Avenue, and did not stop following the incident. Simoes was driving westbound on Bergen toward Kearny Avenue.
 
We will update this story as soon as information becomes available.

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Kevin A. Canessa Jr. is the editor of and broadcaster at The Observer, an organization he has served since 2006. He is responsible for the editorial content of the newspaper and website, the production of the e-Newspaper, writing several stories per week (including the weekly editorial), conducting live broadcasts on social media channels such as YouTube, Facebook, and X, including a weekly recap of the news — and much more behind the scenes. Between 2006 and 2008, he introduced the newspaper to its first-ever blog — which included podcasts, audio and video. Originally from Jersey City, Kevin lived in Kearny until 2004, lived in Port St. Lucie. Florida, for four years until February 2016 and in March of that year, he moved back to Kearny to return to The Observer full time. Click Here to send Kevin an email.