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20-Year-Old Admits To Shooting Man In Head On Atlantic City Boardwalk: Prosecutors 20-Year-Old Admits To Shooting Man In Head On Atlantic City Boardwalk: Prosecutors
20-Year-Old Admits To Shooting Man In Head On Atlantic City Boardwalk: Prosecutors An Atlantic City man admitted to shooting another man on the boardwalk early in the morning, authorities said. Wesley Briscoe, 20, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 21 to second-degree aggravated assault, fourth-degree pointing a firearm, and fourth-degree hindering his own apprehension. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced the plea in a news release on Friday, Feb. 23. A 20-year-old man was shot in the head on the Atlantic City Boardwalk at around 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2022. Investigators said surveillance video and witnesses confirmed Briscoe was the shoo…
Man Gets 30 Years For Strangling Jersey Shore Woman During Argument Over Cocaine Man Gets 30 Years For Strangling Jersey Shore Woman During Argument Over Cocaine
Man Gets 30 Years For Strangling Jersey Shore Woman During Argument Over Cocaine A Monmouth County man who admitted to killing a woman in his Long Branch home has been sentenced to 30 years in New Jersey State Prison, authorities said. Christopher "Chato" Aparicio-Reyes, 28, must serve at least 25 years of his sentence prior to the possibility of parole under the provisions of New Jersey’s No Early Release Act, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. The 40-year-old victim reportedly stole cocaine and a $50 bill from Aparicio-Reyes as he snorted, sparking an argument and fatal beating, according to earlier news accounts…
DONE AND DONE: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder DONE AND DONE: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder
Done AND Done: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder UPDATE: Two Hudson County men who killed a Fairview pot dealer during an armed robbery at his home were sentenced to a plea-bargained 30 years each in state prison. Carlos Burgos of Jersey City and Raul Torres of North Bergen, both 23, must each serve 25½ years behind bars before they'll be eligible for parole under the terms of their respective plea agreements. The plot's mastermind, Lexie Burke, 24, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter last year in the June 2019 shooting death of David Duque-Soto. He's scheduled for sentencing on June 23, Bergen County Prosecutor Ma…
Ocean Township Man Gets Life In Prison For Murder, Arson Ocean Township Man Gets Life In Prison For Murder, Arson
Ocean Township Man Gets Life In Prison For Murder, Arson A Monmouth County man who murdered a family friend in 2019 and then set her home on fire has been sentenced to life in prison, authorities said. Ronald J. Teschner, 53, was sentenced Tuesday, Feb. 7 in connection with the death of 65-year-old Jacqueline C. Terrulli. Shortly after 7:30 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 12, 2019, firefighters and other first responders rushed to a home on Wickapecko Drive in Ocean Township that was engulfed in flames.  Once the fire was put out, a joint investigation by members of the Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Bureau and Foren…
Atlantic County Man Convicted Of Strangling 25-Year-Old Woman Atlantic County Man Convicted Of Strangling 25-Year-Old Woman
Atlantic County Man Convicted Of Strangling 25-Year-Old Woman A jury convicted Timothy Wright, 42, on Wednesday, Nov. 2 for first-degree murder. Wright was found guilty of strangulating 25-year-old Joyce Vanderhoff on Feb. 13, 2014, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Vanderhoff’s naked body was found on the side of Weymouth Road in Hamilton Township the following morning.  Timothy Wright was arrested in 2019 in Pennsylvania and extradited to New Jersey to stand trial. The two-and-a-half-week-long trial began on Oct. 17, 2022.  Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 16, 2022. Wright faces a minimum of …
NJ Man Learns His Fate For Beating Parents Dead, Covering Bodies With Laundry: Report NJ Man Learns His Fate For Beating Parents Dead, Covering Bodies With Laundry: Report
NJ Man Learns His Fate For Beating Parents Dead, Covering Bodies With Laundry: Report A 34-year-old man from Gloucester County has been sentenced to 80 years in New Jersey state prison for beating his parents to death and then covering their bodies with laundry, NJ Advance Media reports.  Ryan E. Coles, 34, was convicted in March on two murder counts in the 2016 killings of Edward M. Coles Jr., 58, and Rosemarie Coles, 55, in their West Deptford home, the outlet said. Superior Court Judge Mary Beth Kramer sentenced Coles to two consecutive 40-year terms in prison for the two murder counts, with a requirement that he serve 85 percent of that time before he is eligible fo…
Jersey Shore Man Gets 6 Years Prison For Fatal Crash While Loading Furniture: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Gets 6 Years Prison For Fatal Crash While Loading Furniture: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Gets 6 Years Prison For Fatal Crash While Loading Furniture: Prosecutor A 63-year-old man from the Jersey Shore has been sentenced to six years in state prison for leaving the scene of a fatal crash, authorities said. Kevin Noonan, of Manchester, was sentenced on Friday, April 1, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The hit-and-run crash on April 13, 2021, killed Jack Gotfried, 69, of Whiting, after Noonan loaded furniture onto his pickup truck, the prosecutor said. Additionally, Superior Court Judge Lisa A. Puglisi suspended Noonan’s driving privileges for two years and fined him $2,500 on his previously entered guilt…
Ex-NJ Child Protection Worker Sentenced To 20+ Years For Making Porn Of Young Boy In His Care Ex-NJ Child Protection Worker Sentenced To 20+ Years For Making Porn Of Young Boy In His Care
Ex-NJ Child Protection Worker Sentenced To 20+ Years For Making Porn Of Young Boy In His Care A former New Jersey child protection worker was sentenced Tuesday to more than 20 years in federal prison – just about all which he’ll have to serve – for recording pornographic images of an underage boy in his care. Kayan Frazier, 29, of Somers Point, also posed as a woman online to solicit similar images from boys, federal authorities said. Frazier had joined the state Department of Child Protection and Permanency after he was fired as a substitute teacher in an Atlantic City school following an investigation of what authorities said was questionable conduct with male students. It was un…
Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen
Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen UPDATE: Former Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 30 days in federal prison, 11 months of house arrest and 200 hours of community for scamming donors out of $86,000 that he told them was going to a youth basketball team. Frank Gilliam, 49, used the money on fancy clothes, expensive meals, and trips that were “completely unrelated to the operation of a youth basketball team,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachel A. Honig said. “I stand before this court a fractured human being,” Gilliam told U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez via videoconference in Camde…