Off-duty Sayreville police sergeant charged with DWI, assault by auto in Old Bridge

A police sergeant with the Sayreville Police Department is facing criminal charges stemming from a motor vehicle incident, which left another person in critical condition.

Jeffrey Kutz, 57, of Marlboro, was off-duty at the time of the incident, which occurred on Route 9 south near Old Texas Road on Dec. 18, according to information provided by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Old Bridge Police Chief William Volkert.

Kutz is charged with driving while intoxicated and assault by auto, a third degree offense.

The victim was airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, and was in critical condition as of press time.

The prosecutor’s office did not disclose further details of the incident.

The investigation, which is active and continuing, is being conducted by Officer Henry Penley of the Old Bridge Police Department in conjunction with the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

Kutz is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 24 at the Middlesex County Courthouse.

Anyone with information is asked to call Penley at 732-721-5600, or Detective Donald Heck of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745- 8842.