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FONDA A Montgomery County Court jury on Friday convicted a Johnstown man of criminally negligent homicide in the November 2018 death of a state trooper.
Court Chief Clerk Timothy Riley said Monday that Aaron M. Munise, 34, was found guilty of felony criminally negligent homicide in the death of Trooper Jeremy VanNostrand, 36, of Rotterdam.
Troopers said that on Nov. 27, 2018, at approximately 7:45 a.m., VanNostrand was reporting to work at the state police barracks in Fonda when he was involved in a motor vehicle crash on Route 5S in the town of Glen.
VanNostrand was stopped in the westbound lane of Route 5S, waiting to turn into the station in his personal vehicle, when he was rear-ended by a box truck driven by Munise of Johnstown, and pushed into oncoming traffic. His vehicle was then hit by a pickup truck traveling eastbound.
Jury convicts Johnstown man in trooper s death
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The casket is carried in to St. Gabriel The Archangel Roman Catholic Church for the funeral of Trooper Jeremy VanNostrand as family follows Monday Dec. 3, 2018 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of5The truck that was involved in the accident that took the life of New York State Police member Jeremy J. VanNostrand sits outside the Troop G Headquarters Wednesday Nov. 28, 2018 in Latham, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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4of5Trooper Jeremy VanNostrand died on Nov. 27, 2018, in a crash near the Fonda State Police barracks.State PoliceShow MoreShow Less