Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Role In Fatal Stratford Crash: Report

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A 40-year-old Bridgeport man was sentenced to 30 months in prison in connection with a fatal, 2022 crash in Stratford that killed a 26-year-old Waterbury man, the Connecticut Post reported.

Jamar Blackburn was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Reid to five years in prison, suspended after serving 30 months. Following his incarceration, Blackburn will be on probation for four years.

Blackburn reportedly had pleaded guilty to reckless driving, misconduct with a motor vehicle, and first-degree reckless endangerment for causing the Aug. 18, 2022 crash that killed Jason Fonseca-Kennedy.

Before the crash, Blackburn was accused of stealing an expensive watch from a victim in Milford. Blackburn had met the victim in a Walmart parking lot supposedly to buy the watch for nearly $12,000, but took the watch and fled by car, leaving the victim with an envelope filled with paper instead of cash, according to police.

The victim drove after Blackburn, who got onto I-95; Blackburn ended up crashing into Fonseca-Kennedy as Blackburn got off I-95 southbound at exit 31 in Stratford.

Blackburn reportedly received a 1-year prison sentence for the watch theft, and that term will run consecutively with the crash sentence.

Read the Connecticut Post story.