Wanted in Pennsylvania, he was found after a minor accident outside a QuickChek.
A minor accident outside a New Jersey convenience store led police to a fugitive wanted for a deadly crash two years ago in Pennsylvania.
Brian Petix (Courtesy photo) Brian Petix, 33, is awaiting extradition on charges of vehicular homicide and a slew of related counts from a 2014 wreck in Monroe County that killed his passenger.
The Easton man was arrested Nov. 19 after an accident about 9:40 p.m. in the QuickChek parking lot off Route 57 in Warren County, according to Washington Township police. Officers found he was wanted by Pennsylvania State Police.
On Nov. 10, 2014, Petix was allegedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree in Chestnuthill Township, according to previous reports and charges filed against him in Pennsylvania. Petix was wearing a seat belt, however his passenger, 22-year-old Saylorsburg resident Casey Ann Hoffman, was not and died of her injuries.
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The pair had pleaded guilty earlier that summer to assaulting a man outside a Nazareth bar after finding it was closed while they were on a six-pack run.
In last weekend's minor accident outside QuickChek, Petix's passenger was also arrested. Katrina Pantuso, 26, of Phillipsburg, is charged with tampering with evidence, hindering apprehension, possession of hypodermic needles and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Pantuso was sent to the county jail and has since posted $5,000 bail, according to online records.
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