Vincent Battiloro is an alleged teen killer from New Jersey who has been charged with the murders of two teen girls Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas.
According to police reports Vincent Battiloro would drive into the two teen girls at seventy miles per hour killing the two seventeen year old girls
Initially it was thought that this was an accident and Vincent Battiloro would initially be arrested and then released from police however two days later he would be rearrested and charged with the deadly hit and run
Apparently before the fatal hit and run Vincent Battiloro had been stalking Maria Niotis for some time. The alleged teen killer had even livestreamed several times talking about people setting him up for child p*rn and that a teen girl was causing him legal trouble. Battiloro talked about seeking vengence.
Vincent Battiloro would livestream after he was released talking about how sorry he was for the families of Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas in an event he called an accident
Vincent Battiloro now faces charges of murder and an assortment of traffic charges. Battilor who is seventeen years old will now wait and see if he will face the charges in an adult court or a family court
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Vincent Battiloro, the self-professed “nice kid” from Garwood charged with murdering two Cranford High School students by running them over, was allegedly driving 70 mph on the quiet residential street at the time of the crash.
That’s nearly three times the street’s 25 mph speed limit, according to a speeding ticket given by Cranford Police.
And then he apparently went on social media hours after the 5:26 p.m. Sept. 29 incident to acknowledge their deaths and wished his sincerest condolences to the girls “lost in that tragic accident,” according to a transcript of the livestream on YouTube
“I’m a nice kid. I’m 17 years old with a good family by my side, and these allegations have been ruining everything. It is a shame,” he said.
The video, which has since been taken down, and the 15 traffic tickets given to him by police, are the latest developments in the tragedy that has shocked these normally peaceful Central Jersey towns.
The online furor and speculation also led Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro, a Cranford resident, to release a statement saying the Garwood teen was a relative, but not his son.
‘My sincerest condolences’
In the YouTube livestream, Battiloro said he’s been bullied and ridiculed over false allegations and called for more to done to address mental health in New Jersey, including requesting that the state’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, focus on that issue.
“I do wish my sincerest condolences to those two girls that were the victims of an absolute senseless tragedy, and my heart goes out to their families at this time,” he said.
Cranford High School students Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas, both 17, were struck by a black Jeep while riding e-bikes at the time and location on the traffic tickets. They were taken to a nearby hospital where both girls died.
In a neighboring town, unfortunately, two girls were killed in a hit-and-run crash,” Battiloro said in the livestream the day after the fatal crash.
He didn’t say whether he knew the girls or was involved in the crash.
His statements were met by hundreds of comments from followers. Some questioned why he allegedly ran over the girls and how could he be playing video games and streaming after two innocent lives were lost.
But Battiloro said he doesn’t need negativity in his livestream.
He said there had been a lot of misinformation on the internet, but he wished his sincerest condolences to the girls “lost in that tragic accident.”
He said it was an unfortunate situation and there was more to the story that will come out and he will explain in greater detail.
No accident
In a statement to FOX 5 New York, the families of Maria and Isabella said the crash was no accident and alleged Battiloro had been planning the attack for months.
Family and neighbors have told media outlets Maria had a restraining order against him because he allegedly had been harassing her. Her uncle posted a statement on Facebook that the driver had allegedly followed his niece to her home for months and the police were notified, but nothing was done.
The community has rallied around the victims’ families, creating a memorial of flowers, balloons and candles at the crash scene and holding a candlelight vigil to honor the teens.
More than $135,000 has been raised for their funeral expenses with services for both girls scheduled over the next few days before they are interred at a Westfield cemetery.
70 mph
The speeding ticket issued to Battiloro by Cranford Police Department Traffic Bureau Detective Corey LoForte alleged the teen was driving the 2021 black Jeep station wagon at 70 mph on Burnside Avenue at the time of the crash.
Battiloro was additionally charged with failure to possess insurance card, failure to possess registration, failure to possess a driver’s license, leaving the scene of an accident with injury, failure to report an accident, failure to show a license after an accident, unsafe lane change, improper passing, careless driving, reckless driving, abandoning a motor vehicle, delaying traffic, obstructing passage of other vehicles and improper display of license plates.
Because Battiloro is 17 years old, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office has not released his name.
However, the names of 17-year-olds charged with traffic offenses are public record and the time and location on the 15 tickets match the time and location of the fatal crash.
The prosecutor’s office has not announced whether it will move in Union County Superior Court to have the case transferred from the Family Division, where juvenile crimes are tried, to the Criminal Division where he would be tried as an adult.
The penalty for first-degree murder is 30 years to life in New Jersey. Anyone convicted of murder must spend 30 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole.
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The 17-year-old suspect in an alleged hit-and-run murder was detained and questioned by law enforcement officers shortly after two teen girls were killed, but was released and not arrested until Wednesday, officials said.
Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas were killed on Monday while riding an electric bike when an unnamed 17-year-old male allegedly hit them both at around 5:26 p.m., according to the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.
The two girls, both 17, were pronounced dead after arriving at area hospitals.
The driver of the car, from Garwood, New Jersey, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Police said the suspect was driving a 2021 black Jeep Compass at the time of the crash.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Union County Prosecutor’s Office Public Information Officer Lauren Farinas said that the suspect was detained on Monday for questioning, but released.
“Shortly after the incident on Monday, Sept. 29, the suspect was detained and questioned by law enforcement officers. The suspect was subsequently released pending further investigation. Officers then arrested the suspect on Wednesday morning, Oct. 1, after complaints were approved for two counts of first-degree murder,” Farinas wrote.
The 17-year-old is currently in custody, she added.
In a statement provided to FOX 5, the families claim the suspect had been planning the alleged murders for months.
The families of the two girls said “a coward of a man, who had been plotting this attack against Maria for months, carried out this horrific act, taking not only her life but also Isabella’s.”
“He is not insane, he is competent and meditated,” they said. “It is now vital that the truth be shared: this was not an e-bike accident, and it was not a hit-and-run. This was murder in the first degree.”
During a news conference on Thursday night, Niotis’ mother said that her loss has been “a silence that echoes louder than anything.”
“I will miss you every single day for the rest of my life,” she said.
One neighbor said the suspect was parked outside one of the girl’s homes for months and wasn’t stopped by school administrators or police.
“He’s been parked outside her house for three months now. He was never stopped,” a neighbor said, FOX 5 reported.
“She made complaints and nothing was done,” family friend Tammy Carbajal told CBS. “It’s just a tragedy. It’s just a tragedy.”
While the suspect hasn’t been named, Westfield, New Jersey, Police Chief Christopher Battiloro wrote in a lengthy statement that he’s related to the individual accused of mowing down the two girls.
“While social media has made it known that the accused is related to me, he is not my son and not a member of my immediate family. I want to be clear, as loud and as firm as possible, that in NO WAY do my wife, children or I condone, defend or excuse the actions that caused this terrible and tragic loss of life,” Battiloro said. “As a result of this tragic incident, I lost a neighbor – a beautiful, charismatic young lady named Isabella Salas, who I have watched grow up since the day I moved to Cranford.”
