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by Robert Moran Published Nov. 19, 2025, 9:47 p.m. ET

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday identified Jose M. Martinez, 42, of Lindenwold, as the man killed in a crash caused after another man allegedly fled from police in West Deptford Township early last week.

Prosecutors also identified the police officer, West Deptford Police Patrolman Conor Goggin, involved in the attempted stop and the man, George Linard, 28, of Waltham Cross, a town north of London, England, who allegedly caused the crash. Linard initially had been identified by authorities with a different name.

On the evening of Nov. 9 , Goggin was driving a marked police vehicle when he turned on his emergency lights in an attempt to stop a vehicle,

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