'Yeah, I Hit Him', Toms River Man Says In Massachusetts Avenue Hit-And-Run: Documents

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Toms River man accused in a September hit-and-run told police he knew he had hit the man, when they arrested him days later, according to court documents.

Stacy Jordan, 60, was arrested Sept. 27, six days after the hit-and-run on Massachusetts Avenue that severely injured Lance Carter, 28, also of Toms River, authorities said.

Carter was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune with a broken arm, a broken leg, a broken jaw, a collapsed lung and facial fractures, along with damage to his carotid artery, according to the probable cause affidavit filed in the case.

Carter was hit at 9:38 p.m. as he walked along Massachusetts Avenue near Mobile Lane on Sept. 21, and authorities announced they were searching for a blue Volkswagen sedan with front-end damage.

Police found Jordan when Patrolman William Hutton saw a blue Volkswagen sedan with front-end damage as he was crossing Robbins Street near Washington Street during a walking patrol on Sept. 27, the affidavit said.

The car had a smashed windshield in a circular shape on the driver's side, and a damaged mirror on the driver's side door, according to the affidavit.

Hutton asked the driver, later identified as Jordan, if he was OK and Jordan said he was attending a job fair in the area, the affidavit said. Jordan then kept going on Washington Street, the affidavit said.

Hutton knew Toms River police and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office were searching for a Volkswagen Passat, and continued to keep watch on the vehicle, which was parked in a parking lot near the Ocean County Jail.

After Hutton confirmed the description of the vehicle being sought, he saw Jordan walking away from the parking lot and approached him and told Jordan police were investigating the Sept. 21 hit-and-run, the affidavit said.

"At that time Jordan made a spontaneous utterance to the effect of, yeah, I hit that guy," the affidavit said.

Jordan was read his Miranda rights and after acknowledging them, Jordan repeated that the guy — Carter — was standing in the middle of the road and he hit him, then panicked and drove off, the affidavit said.

Jordan later told police he was on his way to a Chinese food restaurant in Lakewood and as he turned on to Massachusetts Avenue from Cox Cro Road he saw Carter in the middle of the road just before he hit him, according to the affidavit.

Jordan said Carter was dressed all in black and he could not see him, but he did not stop or get out to check on the man, instead going straight home.

Jordan has been charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in serious bodily injury to another person, authorities said. He was released from the Ocean County Jail in Toms River pending trial.