Suspended Newark Police Officer Jovanny Crespo took the stand Thursday for the first time at his trial. He is accused of shooting two men, including one fatally, after a police chase in 2019. DougWilliamsTV reports.
-- Suspended Newark Police Officer Jovanny Crespo took the stand Thursday for the first time at his trial. He is accused of shooting two men, including one fatally, after a police chase in 2019.
CBS2 was in the courtroom on Thursday as defense attorney Patrick Toscano focused his questioning on Crespo's response and how he diffused a dangerous situation by using force when necessary.Toscano asked,"What did you do?" and Crespo answered,"Stopped a threat.
Essex County Assistant Prosecutor Alex Albu asked Crespo,"You only shoot at the driver of a moving vehicle if there is an imminent danger or no other means to avert the danger. correct?"Crespo shot into the vehicle at three different locations after initially stopping it for speeding. It was late at night and the windows of the car he shot at were tinted, but Crespo said he could still see a gun inside, due to the combination of street and police lights.
Albu asked,"Are you saying that that's no longer the true version? And that you were shooting at the driver as well?"
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