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Woodbine Man Indicted For Murder In Atlantic City On New Year's Day

A Cape May County man has been indicted after another man was stabbed in the neck and died in Atlantic City on New Year's Day, authorities said.

Atlantic City police

Atlantic City police

Photo Credit: Cecilia Levine

A grand jury indicted 30-year-old Vincent Oglesby of Woodbine on Tuesday, Feb. 27, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced in a news release. He was charged with first-degree murder and several weapons offenses.

Atlantic City police found 50-year-old Richard Vincent O'Brien III bleeding on the unit block of South California Avenue just after 6 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1. O'Brien was rushed to Atlantic City Regional Medical Center and died at the hospital.

Oglesby was arrested in Pleasantville at around 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 3. He was being held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility to wait for a trial. 

O'Brien was one of two men stabbed to death in Atlantic City on New Year's Day. Police found 22-year-old Nazir Cintron dead on the boardwalk at Michigan Avenue just after 7:30 a.m. 

Investigators have said the deaths of O'Brien and Cintron are not related. Another grand jury also indicted 23-year-old Gavin Guzman of Atlantic City on Tuesday, Feb. 27 in Cintron's death.

Police said anyone with information about O'Brien's killing or other serious crimes should call the major crimes unit for the county prosecutor's office at 609-909-7666. You can also file an anonymous tip at ACPO.tips.

You can also contact the Crime Stoppers of Atlantic County at 609-652-1234 or 1-800-658-8477 (TIPS).

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