Fatal Boating Crash Leads To Indictment Of AC Man

54 year old Jeffrey M. Jastrzembski from Atlantic City was indicted for first-degree Aggravated Manslaughter by an Atlantic County Grand Jury in connection with a fatal boating crash on August 12, 2023.
The boating crash occurred on the Intercoastal Waterway in Atlantic City, in the area of the Albany
Avenue Bridge, at approximately 5:14 P.M. It is alleged that Jastrzembski accelerated the boat
he was operating forward at a high rate of speed in the direction of the docks and made an
aggressive turn port-side causing the boat’s propeller to strike and kill Norma Michaels, 70, also
from Atlantic City.
Follow-up investigation determined that Jastrzembski had a BAC between 0.19% and 0.23% at
the time of the crash.