Lea Pringle | Homicide Watch Trentonhttp://trenton.homicidewatch.org/victims/lea-pringle/Latest news about Lea Pringleen-usFri, 15 Sep 2017 20:36:18 -0400Juvenile charged with hit-and-run vehicular homicide of Lea Pringle, 39http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/09/15/juvenile-charged-with-hit-and-run-vehicular-homicide-of-lea-pringle-39/<p>A 17-year-old unlicensed driver has been arrested in connection with the March 7 hit-and-run homicide of 39-year-old Lea Pringle.</p> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/Lea1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5377" src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/Lea1-162x300.jpg" alt="Lea Pringle (Facebook photo) " width="162" height="300" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/Lea1-162x300.jpg 162w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/Lea1.jpg 301w" sizes="(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Lea Pringle (Facebook photo)</p> <p>The teenage city girl was charged Thursday with death by auto and related offenses and remanded to the Middlesex County Juvenile Detention Center, according to Trenton Police, who said the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office will determine whether the defendant is tried as a juvenile or an adult.</p> <p>The unlicensed teen driver is accused of striking the pedestrian about 12:30 a.m. March 7 in the 600 block of North Olden Avenue, just outside of Benny’s bar. Pringle later died at the hospital. She was a Bucks County resident of Yardley, Pennsylvania.<span id="more-5919"></span></p> <p>Trenton Police Detective Craig Kirk and Detective Sgt. Bethesda Stokes are the investigating officers who solved the fatal hit-and-run case.</p> <p>According to the New Jersey State Police Uniform Crime Reporting Unit, vehicular homicides are considered manslaughter and are, therefore, not reported as a homicide statistic. <em>The Trentonian</em>, however, includes death by auto and justifiable police shootings in its yearly homicide count.</p> <p>The area where Pringle was struck is said to be rife with reckless or careless drivers who speed through the city’s East Trenton neighborhood. Several hours after the vehicular homicide incident occurred, a man who identified himself as the manager of Benny’s said motorists continually speed through the area, which consists of residential housing on both sides of the street, and regularly has several cars parked outside of homes.</p> <p>A city woman, Ivelisse Bassat, was arrested earlier this year on allegations she recklessly crashed into a pedestrian while driving drunk on the 600 block of North Olden Avenue. The 30-year-old male victim was struck about 2 a.m. March 5. The crash pinned the victim between two vehicles near Benny’s bar, causing his leg to be severed from his body. He suffered major injuries but survived.</p> <p><em>Staff writer Penny Ray contributed to this report.</em></p> Sulaiman Abdur-RahmanFri, 15 Sep 2017 20:36:18 -0400http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/09/15/juvenile-charged-with-hit-and-run-vehicular-homicide-of-lea-pringle-39/Lea PringlePedestrian killed in Trenton identifiedhttp://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/03/08/pedestrian-killed-in-trenton-identified/<a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-500x331.jpg" alt="Police guard the scene of a hit-and-run fatality Tuesday morning. (Penny Ray - Trentonian)" width="500" height="331" class="size-large wp-image-5360" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-500x331.jpg 500w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-300x199.jpg 300w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-768x509.jpg 768w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-800x530.jpg 800w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822.jpg 924w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Police guard the scene of a hit-and-run fatality Tuesday morning. (Penny Ray - Trentonian)</p> <p>The woman who was <a href="http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/03/07/pedestrian-killed-in-hit-and-run-crash-tuesday-morning/">killed by a hit-and-run driver</a> early Tuesday morning has been identified as 39-year-old Lea Pringle, of Yardley, Pennsylvania. <span id="more-5375"></span></p> <p>Pringle was hit in nearly the exact same spot where a man lost his leg earlier this week after an alleged drunk driver hit and pinned him between two cars.</p> <p>Officials say Pringle was struck by a motorist around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of North Olden Avenue, just outside of Benny’s bar. She later died at the hospital. </p> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/Lea1.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/Lea1-162x300.jpg" alt="Lea Pringle (Facebook photo) " width="162" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-5377" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/Lea1-162x300.jpg 162w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/Lea1.jpg 301w" sizes="(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Lea Pringle (Facebook photo)</p> <p>Based on evidence left at the scene, police believe the driver was in a silver Saturn with black pinstriping. Officials expect the car will have heavy front-end damage.</p> <p>A man who identified himself as the manager of Benny’s said motorists continually speed through the area, which consists of residential housing on both sides of the street, and regularly has several cars parked outside of homes. </p> <p>In fact, a man was entering his legally parked Chevy Camaro earlier this week when an alleged drunk driver struck him at a high rate of speed, pinning him between the two cars and <a href="http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20170306/mans-leg-severed-during-dwi-crash-in-trenton-cops">severing his left leg from his body</a>. </p> <p>Anyone with information about the driver that hit Pringle is asked to call police at 609-989-4155.</p> Penny RayWed, 08 Mar 2017 12:02:11 -0500http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/03/08/pedestrian-killed-in-trenton-identified/Lea PringlePedestrian killed where man lost leg in Trenton crashhttp://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/03/07/pedestrian-killed-in-hit-and-run-crash-tuesday-morning/<a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-500x331.jpg" alt="Police guard the scene of a hit-and-run fatality Tuesday morning. (Penny Ray - Trentonian)" width="500" height="331" class="size-large wp-image-5360" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-500x331.jpg 500w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-300x199.jpg 300w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-768x509.jpg 768w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822-800x530.jpg 800w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7822.jpg 924w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Police guard the scene of a hit-and-run fatality Tuesday morning. (Penny Ray - Trentonian)</p> <p><strong><a href="http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/03/08/pedestrian-killed-in-trenton-identified/">UPDATE: The victim has been identified as Lea Pringle, of Yardley, Pennsylvania.</a></strong></p> <p>The capital city has experienced a deadly 24-hour period. </p> <p>A 39-year-old woman from Pennsylvania was struck by a hit-and-run driver Tuesday morning and later died at the hospital. </p> <p>The accident happened in nearly the exact same spot where a man lost his leg Sunday morning after an alleged drunk driver hit and pinned him between two cars. <span id="more-5353"></span></p> <p>A man who identified himself as the manager of Benny's bar near the location of both accident scenes said, "They speed too much. The sign says 25 mph and they be doing 50 mph."</p> <p>Officials say Tuesday's hit-and-run happened around 12:30 a.m. in the 600 block of North Olden Avenue. </p> <p>Based on evidence left at the scene, police believe the driver was in a silver Saturn with black pinstriping. Officials expect the car will have heavy front-end damage. </p> <p>If the driver of the vehicle is apprehended, he or she will likely be charged with death by auto. </p> <p>According to the New Jersey State Police Uniform Crime Reporting Unit, vehicular homicides are considered manslaughter and are, therefore, not reported as a homicide statistic.</p> <p>The Trentonian, however, includes death by auto and justifiable police shootings in its yearly homicide count.</p> <p>Two serious automobile accidents have occurred outside of Benny's bar within the past three days. On Sunday morning, a 30-year-old man was standing outside of his car near Benny's, as if he was about to enter the vehicle, when Ivelisse Bassat allegedly sped through the area, lost control of her car and hit both the victim and his legally parked Chevy Camaro. The victim's left leg was severed from his body after being pinned between the two vehicles. </p> <p>Police were still guarding the site of the hit-and-run crash Tuesday afternoon, 12 hours after the accident. Perhaps the police presence also controlled the speed of traffic in the area. </p> <p>"They go too fast up and down that bridge," the bar manager said. </p> <p>So far this year, four people have been killed in the capital city. Monday night, 35-year-old <a href="http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/03/06/man-stabbed-to-death-in-trenton/">Christopher Johnson</a> from South Brunswick was stabbed to death inside a Brookville Commons apartment. His girlfriend <a href="http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/03/07/trenton-woman-arrested-in-brookville-commons-murder/">Briann Lindsey</a> was charged in connection with his murder. </p> <p>Anyone with information about the hit-and-run fatality is asked to call police at 609-989-4155.</p> <p>The victim's identity is being withheld pending family notification.</p> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7865.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7865-500x331.jpg" alt="A local resident says motorists continually speed across this bridge in the 600 block of North Olden Avenue. (Penny Ray - Trentonian)" width="500" height="331" class="size-large wp-image-5359" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7865-500x331.jpg 500w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7865-300x199.jpg 300w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7865-768x509.jpg 768w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7865-800x530.jpg 800w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/trenton/files/2017/03/rsz_dsc_7865.jpg 924w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A local resident says motorists continually speed across the bridge in the 600 block of North Olden Avenue. (Penny Ray - Trentonian)</p> <p><iframe src="http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/api/v1/homicides/165.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> Penny RayTue, 07 Mar 2017 11:21:28 -0500http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2017/03/07/pedestrian-killed-in-hit-and-run-crash-tuesday-morning/Lea Pringle