Crime & Safety

Mt. Ephraim Man Pleads Guilty in Haddon Twp. Hit-and-Run

Timothy Polijczuk was driving on suspended license when he struck and killed 67-year-old Joyce Putmon, according to officials.

A 51-year-old Mount Ephraim man pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing anΒ elderly woman with his pickup truckΒ in a fatal hit-and-run on the Black Horse Pike in March.

Timothy Polijczuk is expected to be sentenced to six years in state prison, according to a statement from the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. His formal sentencing will be January 10.

Polijczuk was driving on a suspended licenseΒ whenΒ he hit 67-year-old Joyce Putmon of BlackwoodΒ as she crossed the Black Horse Pike in Haddon Township on March 3.

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Putmon was going from the Audubon Shopping Center to the bus stop when she was struck.

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