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South Jersey Woman Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing: Prosecutor South Jersey Woman Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing: Prosecutor
South Jersey Woman Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing: Prosecutor A 33-year-old woman from South Jersey has pleaded guilty in connection with a fatal stabbing, authorities said. Rollie Ellis, of Pleasantville, pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Her plea calls for a sentence of 13 and one-half years in New Jersey State Prison, with eighty-five percent of the term to be served before parole eligibility pursuant to the No Early Release Act. Ellis originally pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in January 2020 and was sentenced in February 2020 to a 20-year te…

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by Jon Craig
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Atlantic County Man Convicted Of Shooting 2 Police Officers Loses Latest Appeal Atlantic County Man Convicted Of Shooting 2 Police Officers Loses Latest Appeal
Atlantic County Man Convicted Of Shooting 2 Police Officers Loses Latest Appeal A man sentenced to 85 years in prison for shooting two police officers in 2006 has lost his latest appeal. Christopher Blank, 42, has been appealing his case in State and Federal courts ever since 2008, when he was convicted of shooting Egg Harbor Township officers in a motor vehicle stop. In his latest appeal, Blank claimed that the trial judge -- Superior Court Judge Michael Donio -- denied him a fair trial by refusing the jury’s request, during deliberations, to remove a safety device attached to the gun used in the shooting, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. The U.S. 3rd …

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by Cecilia Levine