Welcome to Arrest Stories. A seventeen-year-old YouTuber with a large social media following allegedly drove seventy miles per hour through a residential neighborhood, intentionally striking and killing two teenage girls on e-bikes before livestreaming about the incident hours later.
Here's what may have happened according to official reports.
On Wednesday evening at five twenty-six PM in Cranford, Vincent Battiloro allegedly drove his SUV at seventy miles per hour through a twenty-five mile per hour zone, intentionally striking Maria Niotis and Isabella Rose Salas as they rode e-bikes. Police say Battiloro abandoned his vehicle immediately after the collision.
Court documents reveal Battiloro had allegedly been fixated on Maria for months, parking outside her family home and refusing to leave. Just one week before the deadly crash, he reportedly ordered pizzas to Maria's house as a prank.
In a disturbing twenty-two-minute YouTube livestream posted before his arrest, Battiloro allegedly shared rambling commentary about needing vengeance against one of the victims while playing baseball video games and discussing sports and politics.
Even more shocking, Battiloro returned to YouTube the night after the crash, telling viewers, "What's going on everybody? We're back with another stream and this one is going to be a little different from the previous ones."
During questioning, Battiloro maintained his innocence, stating "I've been bullied, ridiculed and stuff over false allegations. I'm a nice kid. I'm seventeen years old with a good family by my side, and these allegations have been ruining everything."
Battiloro was initially detained Wednesday evening and released pending investigation. Following what authorities called "a comprehensive and extensive investigation," he was arrested the next morning.
In a statement, Battiloro's father said, "I want to be clear that in NO WAY do my wife, children or I condone, defend, or excuse the actions that caused this terrible and tragic loss of life."
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