Get Over Your "Stu-phobia" – Remember Carlee

Recently there was a severe thunderstorm that dumped rain on thousands of people watching a fireworks display at Manalapan Day. There was outrage raised on another message board – who’s responsible – mayhem – people’s lives in jeopardy.

Recently Verizon cut off phone service to da Manalapan Police, for what Verizon told Manalapan Police was due to lack of payment. Chief Stu Brown, whose reputation is well beyond reproach was placed in an “Inquisition-like” setting with attack dogs at da ready. There was outrage over da way Brown was treated, and rightly so.

Unfortunately, flying well below da radar screen because da Manalapan Township Committee hasn’t been involved – and they should be – is da sentencing of those who had involvement in da death of a wonderful teenager named Carlee Wines.

Wines was a student at da University of Connecticut, a freshman. She simply walked across da street, and her life was taken by a guy who didn’t even bother to stop to help her as she lay dying. He instead drove off, leaving her to die.

Now in his defense he did make a phone call immediately after hitting Wines with his SUV, but it wasn’t to da police – it was to his parents - that is - after his girlfriend told him to keep driving and get out of the area. Obviously, there’s a peach of a girl any parent would like to have their son bring home to meet his parents.

Then of course, you have da parents of da guy who took Wines’ young life. Instead of telling their son to do da right thing, they instead gave him advice on where to have his car fixed to conceal da crime. Obviously, da apple didn’t fall too far from da tree.

If you think these folks don’t belong under some jail somewhere, what may be worse is da court proceedings.

First, da girlfriend who told da killer to flee. She was sentenced to up to just 6 months in prison for acting as an accomplice. Her sentencing has been postponed – and how much you want to bet she doesn’t get da “max?”

Then, you have da parents.

"Mr. Alvino told (the friends) that he loves his son very much and wanted to do what was best to protect him," the police affidavit filed in Superior Court in Connecticut said. Donna Alvino said "she would do everything in her power to protect her son and that money was no object," the affidavit said. "Mrs. Alvino told them that she had a mechanic friend from home who will fix the car and have it detailed so that no one would be able to tell that it was involved in the incident."

For helping their son conceal a murder, they had to pay a fine! Apparently it was determined by some judge and prosecutor that young Carlee’s life was worth about $4,000 dollars, because that was the fine given to them!

Meanwhile, da Long Island punk who hit Carlee, and instead of calling 9-1-1 called his girlfriend for escape advice and his parents for car cleaning options received not a 37-year sentence – but a 37 MONTH sentence! Oh, daTruthSquad wonders if Mr. Murderer can get out early for good behavior?

One has to seriously question where justice was on this one. Did justice take a lunch break? Did it take da day off to watch a Mets game? Was it doled out by da Manalapan Legal Dream team?

DaTruth is, daTruthSquad, like other TruthTellers have mentioned, want to see some outrage from da Manalapan Township Committee. You'll spend well over $100,000 to sue a former town official you don't like in an attempt to recoup $10,500. You'll try to blame da police chief because you were out to lunch at da time Verizon clipped da phones off. It's looking more & more that da Gang of Three has a problem with anyone named "Stu" - but they should be thinking about someone named "Carlee."

Here’s an idea – pass a resolution renaming da municipal court room in honor of Carlee Wines. At least this way maybe when a Manalapan judge dispenses justice, it will be handled better than what da Wines’ family and friends have had to endure. Pass a town government resolution expressing outrage at da judge’s decisions – sign it – and then send it to them! Even better, use da land designated for da Village and turn it into a garbage dump, and name it after da judges. This way we can all look at da trash and know what kind of justice they handed out, and da politically-connected "No MegaMall" boys & girls won't get da stores & eateries they don't want.

Yes, it’s true Manalapan has its share of problems, from Verizon-gate, to “Da Township of Manalapan vs Da Mosked Man,” to government investigations over da Village, to Andy Boy’s Freehold-gate, a 28% tax increase followed up by a 14% tax hike, “Field-of-Nightmares-gate,” and whatever and whoever is allowing houses to sprout like weeds in a certain part of town near a certain Village that can’t get built because some politically-tied-in folks would rather see a Mega-Mega-Mall on da other side of Manalapan’s border that won’t give Manalapan a dime but will give Manalapan Route 9-like traffic.

Yes, Manalapan has its unfair share of problems. However, if we don’t honor Carlee and don’t make some noise regarding the parking ticket-like sentences being handed out to those who harmed her, you can add this as another problem facing Manalapan.

It's time Manalapan's Gang of Three put their "Stu-phobia" aside and think about a young girl whose name was Carlee. And that’s daTruth.