Man Who Killed Bergen County Valedictorian Sentenced To Prison: Report

The man accused of fatally striking and killing a former Paramus High School valedictorian in 2012 was sentenced to prison Thursday, The Record reported.

Philip Cise, 51, was sentenced to three to six years in state prison with four years of supervised probation, the report states.

Cise pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while under the influence of painkillers in July when he hit 20-year-old Gabrielle Reuveni as she was jogging near her parents’ vacation home in the Poconos in July 2012.

Witnesses say the pickup Cise was driving swerved for no apparent reason, and struck Reuveni.

Cise has a long history of mental illness and criminal offenses,