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Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing NJ Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Local Creek Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing NJ Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Local Creek
Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing NJ Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Local Creek A 21-year-old Lodi man who viciously stabbed a Cresskill woman dozens of times in her home before crudely dumping her body in a county park -- with help from the victim’s 14-year-old daughter -- must live into his 60s before he'll taste freedom again. Nicolas Coirazza struck a deal with prosecutors that still resulted in a 50-year state prison sentence on Friday, Feb. 18 for the brutal slaying and desecration of Divna Roasaco in June 2020. Coirazza initially rejected a 45-year plea offer from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and appeared ready to go to trial in Superior Court in Hacke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Man Gets 5 Years State Prison On Weapons Charge: Prosecutor Atlantic City Man Gets 5 Years State Prison On Weapons Charge: Prosecutor
Atlantic City Man Gets 5 Years State Prison On Weapons Charge: Prosecutor An Atlantic City man was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison on a weapons charge, authorities said. Kenneth Butts, 42, must serve three and one-half years before being eligible for parole for second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. On Dec. 19, 2021, officers of the Atlantic City Police Department were called to a residence for a report of a man with a handgun, according to the prosecutor Officers said they observed Butts throw a handgun to the ground. The handgun was a Hi-Point CF 380 Caliber, authorit…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Drug Dealer Gets 8 Years Prison For Customer's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Prosecutor Says NJ Drug Dealer Gets 8 Years Prison For Customer's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Prosecutor Says
NJ Drug Dealer Gets 8 Years Prison For Customer's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Prosecutor Says A 30-year-old Trenton drug dealer has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey state prison for the death of a 22-year-old Burlington County woman who fatally overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin, authorities said. Daquan Marshall, 30, of Trenton, must serve more than six years and nine months before he is eligible for parole, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said.  Marshall pleaded guilty in September to first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death, he said. “Drug dealers know that selling fentanyl can be deadly to any given customer from any given dose, and we int…

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by Jon Craig