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Alexis Damian Pabon
August 3, 2018 · Basking Ridge, Somerset County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Alexis Damian Pabon
- Age as recorded
- 14
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- African-American/Black
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- August 3, 2018
- Location as recorded
- Basking Ridge, Somerset CountyMartinsville Road Basking Ridge NJ 07920 Somerset
- Highest level of force as recorded
- Vehicle
Where the dataset places it
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Agencies as recorded
Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Warren Police Department
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The source's account
Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.
Warren police responded to a report of suspicious persons around 1 a.m. When they arrived, they saw a vehicle leaving the area, but the car took off at a high rate of speed, police said. While on Martinsville Road in Bernards Township, the vehicle left the road, overturned and rolled, striking a utility pole. Alexis Pabon, 14, of Newark was killed. The second juvenile, a 17-year-old from Newark, ran away from the crash on foot but was captured a short distance away. The 17-year old was charged with 2nd degree Death by Auto, 2nd degree Eluding, 2nd degree Knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash, 3rd degree Motor Vehicle Theft and 3rd degree Unlawful Taking a Means of Conveyance.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://patch.com/new-jersey/warren/teen-charged-death-minor-after-crashing-stolen-warren-car (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 29 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2018, and one of 11 it holds for Somerset County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Alexis Damian Pabon died on August 3, 2018 in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, with "Vehicle" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.
Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?
The record's agency field reads "Warren Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.
Where did this happen?
The record places the death in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, on August 3, 2018. The address as recorded is Martinsville Road Basking Ridge NJ 07920 Somerset.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 6648. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩