Philadelphia man sentenced in fatal hit-and-run of skateboarder
A Philadelphia man received a state prison sentence today for a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a Bristol Township skateboarder two years ago.
Tajair Anthony Delbridge, 26, was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller to three to six years in state prison, followed by seven years of probation, after pleading guilty to accidents involving death or personal injury, hindering apprehension or prosecution, tampering with physical evidence, and criminal solicitation to commit false reports.
During the emotional sentencing hearing, the mother and sister of the victim, 28-year-old Joel Moreau, delivered impact statements detailing their profound loss. Moreau’s mother painfully recounted the agonizing struggle to comprehend how someone could strike a person and heartlessly leave them to die on the road.
Assistant District Attorney Andrew Bukowski also shared impact statements from other family members and friends, including a heartbreaking message from Moreau’s father, who expressed his grief, declaring, “my heart is broken and will never be unbroken.”
Joel Moreau was lovingly remembered by his family and friends as a tender and generous soul, a life senselessly cut short.
