EAST BRUNSWICK — A man involved in a drunk-driving crash last year in East Brunswick was found guilty of injuring his passenger.
Franco Gencarelli, 48, of Long Valley, Morris County, was convicted of assault by auto, driving while intoxicated and driving while his license was suspended on Nov. 13, according to a statement released by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.
During a trial that began on Nov. 9, Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Lorraine Sult presented evidence and testimony showing that Gencarelli was intoxicated when he drove a 2004 BMW sport utility vehicle, crashed into a telephone stand, and injured his passenger on April 20, 2014.
The vehicle was owned by the passenger.
The passenger sustained injury to her left arm in the crash, which occurred at about 1:15 a.m. in the parking lot of a convenience store on Riva Avenue in East Brunswick, officials said. She was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where she was treated and released.
Gencarelli was charged after blood-alcohol testing showed a reading of 0.11 percent, Carey said.. The legal limit is 0.08 percent.
Gencarelli could be ordered to serve up to 18 months on each count when he is sentenced on Jan. 4 in New Brunswick by Superior Court Judge Alberto Rivas. The judge also could suspend his driving license for 10 years.