Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset
Robert Peloquin Jr.
June 18, 2006 · Mount Olive, Warren County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Robert Peloquin Jr.
- Age as recorded
- 39
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- European-American/White
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- June 18, 2006
- Location as recorded
- Mount Olive, Warren CountySandshore Road Mount Olive NJ 07840 Warren
- 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: Hackettstown 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.
Police spotted Robert Peloquin Jr. in a stolen pickup in Hackettstown, gave chase after he raced to Route 46, and ended their pursuit when he slammed into a tree on a Budd Lake road and was killed, police said.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1STmGo99Fo9ZDLGAgyp2ANk4OG2YzVxLULQcAVZOTCtA/edit?usp=sharing (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 22 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2006, and one of 12 it holds for Warren 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 Robert Peloquin Jr. died on June 18, 2006 in Mount Olive, Warren 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 "Hackettstown 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 Mount Olive, Warren County, on June 18, 2006. The address as recorded is Sandshore Road Mount Olive NJ 07840 Warren.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 24884. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩