STOW CREEK TWP. — A man was left with a broken jaw after he was assaulted outside his home on Stow Creek Road home Saturday night.
As she watched Norman Kacewich get airlifted to Cooper University hospital, his wife, Lynette, thought she would never see her husband again.
“I was scared to death,” she said.
The Kacewichs were in their home when they saw a car driving slowly down the road just before 9 p.m., shining a light at houses and fields along the way.
She said that deer spotting, though illegal, is common in the area, but they were worried that the goats they keep on their property might be mistaken for deer.
“You see them driving down the road at night shining lights,” she said. “But usually when you go outside they just move along.”
The spotters came closer and Lynette Kacewich said her husband went outside to tell them to get off his property.
“He went out to write down their plate numbers,” she said.
When he confronted the spotters, they exchanged words and Kacewich ended up getting assaulted, being hit several times by the spotters, according to State Police Spokesman Sgt. Brian Polite.
Kacewich told police there was three young men in the car and the two in the front got out when he confronted them.
Lynette Kacewich said her husband was walking back to the house when he was hit in the back of the head with a tire iron.
Once on the ground, the spotters then began stomping Norman’s head, according to his wife.
“He has a footprint on his face,” she said.
The spotters got back in the car and drove away.
Lynette, who is confined to a wheelchair, had a hard time seeing what was happening from the house due to the darkness, but said she saw some cars pass along a few minutes after her husband went outside.
She said the cars looked like they were moving to avoid something on the side of the road. Perhaps a dead animal she thought. The cars were actually trying to avoid her husband, who was laying unconscious on the side of the road.
With no idea what was going on, Lynette Kacewich became frightened and locked the door.
“I just started screaming out the door,” she said. Her husband had been gone for some time and was nowhere in sight.
Kacewich regained his senses and made his way back to the house.
“He came in and was bloody,” his wife said. He was very disoriented, and for a moment, he thought he had been hit by a car.
He was able to call police and provide a basic description of what happened once a trooper arrived.
A helicopter arrived to take him to Cooper. His wife said the whole street was lit up.
Norman Kacewich is resting at home according to his wife. His jaw had to be wired shut and he is recovering from a concussion.
“He’s pretty sore,” his wife said. She, however, is confident that he will make a full recovery.
He was only able to provide a description of one of the men, according to his wife.
The case remains under investigation, according to Polite.
Anyone with information on this crime are urged to contact detectives at the Bridgeton State Police Station at 856-451-0101.
As she watched Norman Kacewich get airlifted to Cooper University hospital, his wife, Lynette, thought she would never see her husband again.
“I was scared to death,” she said.
The Kacewichs were in their home when they saw a car driving slowly down the road just before 9 p.m., shining a light at houses and fields along the way.
She said that deer spotting, though illegal, is common in the area, but they were worried that the goats they keep on their property might be mistaken for deer.
“You see them driving down the road at night shining lights,” she said. “But usually when you go outside they just move along.”
The spotters came closer and Lynette Kacewich said her husband went outside to tell them to get off his property.
“He went out to write down their plate numbers,” she said.
When he confronted the spotters, they exchanged words and Kacewich ended up getting assaulted, being hit several times by the spotters, according to State Police Spokesman Sgt. Brian Polite.
Kacewich told police there was three young men in the car and the two in the front got out when he confronted them.
Lynette Kacewich said her husband was walking back to the house when he was hit in the back of the head with a tire iron.
Once on the ground, the spotters then began stomping Norman’s head, according to his wife.
“He has a footprint on his face,” she said.
The spotters got back in the car and drove away.
Lynette, who is confined to a wheelchair, had a hard time seeing what was happening from the house due to the darkness, but said she saw some cars pass along a few minutes after her husband went outside.
She said the cars looked like they were moving to avoid something on the side of the road. Perhaps a dead animal she thought. The cars were actually trying to avoid her husband, who was laying unconscious on the side of the road.
With no idea what was going on, Lynette Kacewich became frightened and locked the door.
“I just started screaming out the door,” she said. Her husband had been gone for some time and was nowhere in sight.
Kacewich regained his senses and made his way back to the house.
“He came in and was bloody,” his wife said. He was very disoriented, and for a moment, he thought he had been hit by a car.
He was able to call police and provide a basic description of what happened once a trooper arrived.
A helicopter arrived to take him to Cooper. His wife said the whole street was lit up.
Norman Kacewich is resting at home according to his wife. His jaw had to be wired shut and he is recovering from a concussion.
“He’s pretty sore,” his wife said. She, however, is confident that he will make a full recovery.
He was only able to provide a description of one of the men, according to his wife.
The case remains under investigation, according to Polite.
Anyone with information on this crime are urged to contact detectives at the Bridgeton State Police Station at 856-451-0101.