Federal prosecutors say two men are charged in New York with conspiring to commit money laundering by selling more than $1 million in bitcoins to users of the black market website Silk Road that let users buy illegal drugs anonymously. Authorities say Charlie Shrem was arrested Sunday at JFK Airport in New York while Robert Faiella was arrested Monday at his Cape Coral, Fla., residence. Prosecutors say in a release that Faiella sold bitcoins to users seeking to buy illegal drugs on the site through a Manhattan office.
A teenager, a 20-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man died in a three-vehicle collision on a busy New Jersey road Tuesday after the teenager lost control of his car and veered into oncoming traffic going the opposite way, authorities said.
A 25-year-old man injured in the 3:45 p.m. crash remains hospitalized in critical condition.
Prosecutors say Nicholas Dever, 19, of Freehold Borough, was behind the wheel of a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta traveling south on the Kosloski Road overpass at Route 33 when he lost control of his car, crossed the center line and smashed head-on into a 2006 Honda Pilot being driven by 50-year-old Thomas Koller, who was driving in a northbound lane.
The force of the impact forced both vehicles to rotate clockwise and the Honda went airborne, colliding with a 1994 Toyota Camry driven by the lone survivor of the accident. Authorities described the 25-year-old survivor's condition Wednesday as "extremely critical."
Keller, of Freehold, and Denver were both pronounced dead at the scene, along with 20-year-old Noelle DeLuccio, of Howell, who was riding in Dever's car.
Prosecutors say all of the victims were wearing seatbelts, and their air bags deployed.
Marc LeMieux, a first assistant prosecutor with the Monmouth County district attorney's office, said the tragic accident was a wake-up call.
"You have to pay attention every second you're behind that vehicle, because that vehicle can become a weapon at any point in time if you do not pay attention," he said at a briefing Tuesday.
The Monmouth County prosecutor's office asks anyone who witnessed the crash to call 732-522-8885.
