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Karen L. Borkowski

September 22, 2017 · Long Branch, Monmouth County

Details as recorded

Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]

Name as recorded
Karen L. Borkowski
Age as recorded
60
Gender as recorded
Female
Race as reported
European-American/White
Date of the injury resulting in death
September 22, 2017
Location as recorded
Long Branch, Monmouth CountyOcean Boulevard and South Broadway Long Branch NJ 07740 Monmouth
Highest level of force as recorded
Vehicle

Where the dataset places it

The location Fatal Encounters recorded for this death: Long Branch, Monmouth County

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Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Long Branch 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.

Off-duty Long Branch police officer Jake Pascucci, 28, was driving a 2016 Jeep Cherokee southbound on Ocean Boulevard when he hit Karen Borkowski at the Broadway intersection as she crossed the road around 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 22, police said. Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey said criminal charges are being considered.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2017/10/off-duty_long_branch_cop_who_fatally_hit_woman_iss.html (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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This is one of 36 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2017, and one of 17 it holds for Monmouth County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Karen L. Borkowski died on September 22, 2017 in Long Branch, Monmouth 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 "Long Branch 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 Long Branch, Monmouth County, on September 22, 2017. The address as recorded is Ocean Boulevard and South Broadway Long Branch NJ 07740 Monmouth.

Sources

  1. [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 8228. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩