Man Jailed 4 Months After Fatal Lakewood Hit-And-Run

LAKEWOOD, NJ — A Lakewood man has been arrested and charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a Baltimore man back in November.

Mashon Wilson, 29, of Lakewood, was arrested Wednesday, nearly four months after the crash on West County Line Road in Lakewood that killed Yechiel Yitzchak Finegold, 20 of Baltimore, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.

Finegold was the front-seat passenger in a 2019 Chevrolet Suburban that smashed into a tree along West County Line Road near Cedar Row about 7:20 a.m. on Nov.. 25, 2018, on Sunday, Lakewood Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith said at the time. Finegold suffered grave injuries and was taken to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, but he died a short time later, Staffordsmith said.

Wilson was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident and causing a death while driving with a suspended license.

David Abayev, 21, of Lakewood, who was driving the Suburban, suffered critical injuries in the crash but survived, prosecutors said.

Investigators learned the Suburban, which was headed east on West County Line Road, had come in contact with a 2018 Nissan Sentra before leaving the road and hitting the tree. The Nissan fled, but police traced the car to a Lakewood home.

At the home they found Wilson and two other people, Shayna Lee, 49, and Iyanna Hall, 30, both of Lakewood. Lee and Hall told police Lee was the driver of the Nissan in question, and had left the scene of the accident.

The investigation revealed Wilson was, in fact, the driver of the vehicle, and that Lee and Hall had given false statements to the police. Lee and Hall both were charged with hindering the apprehension of another, prosecutors said.

Wilson is being held in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.

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