Toms River Man Charged With DWI After 2 Hit-and-Runs

Toms River police arrested township resident Paulo Amorim, 31, of Salem Road after investigating a hit-and-run accident that occurred 6:30 a.m. Monday at Route 37 and Garfield Avenue, police said.   

He was later charged in a second hit-and-run accident in East Dover.

In the first accident, a Bayville man was stopped in his vehicle at a traffic light when it was struck from behind, said Police Chief Michael Mastronardy. The vehicle that hit him then fled, the chief said. 

With the assistance of a witness, Officer Daniel Ruiz located the suspect vehicle at Fischer Boulevard and Windsor Avenue a short time later, said Mastronardy.

Amorim was charged with leaving the scene of the Route 37 accident, as well as with a second hit-and-run accident at at Garfield and Delaware avenues in the East Dover section of the township. 

Mastronardy said Amorim's 2013 Toyota struck a 1994 Ford Explorer on Garfield Avenue, then fled the scene.

Amorim was charged with DWI, leaving the scene of an accident, reckless driving and a criminal charge of possession of the drug Suboxone without a prescription.