Troopers Charged After Escorting High-Speed Car Convoy

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-27/troopers-charged-after-escorting-high-speed-car-convoy.html

Two New Jersey state troopers were charged with tampering with records for allegedly altering the license plates of the cruisers they used to escort a high-speed caravan of sports cars down a highway in March.

Ex-State Police Sgt. Nadir Nassry, 47, is accused of leading the convoy and faces two counts of tampering with records, New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced today in Trenton, the state capital. Trooper Joseph Ventrella, 28, faces a single count of tampering.

Motorists reported two state-police cruisers on March 30 leading a pack of sports cars in a “Death Race” convoy at speeds of 100 miles (160 kilometers) an hour toward Atlantic City, according to complaints filed with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

The troopers “turned our highways into virtual speedways, placing countless motorists at risk,” Chiesa said today.