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Prosecutor: Man Who Torched Lakewood Home With 3 People Inside Charged with Attempted Murder Prosecutor: Man Who Torched Lakewood Home With 3 People Inside Charged with Attempted Murder
Prosecutor: Man Who Torched Lakewood Home With 3 People Inside Charged with Attempted Murder A Jersey Shore man set a Lakewood home ablaze with three people inside, said authorities who charged him with attempted murder. U.S. Marshals captured Jamal Preston, 25, of Egg Harbor Township on Monday and turned him over to local authorities to be charged with four counts of aggravated arson in the Aug. 22 fire on Park Place, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said Monday. The occupants got out safely after the 2:30 a.m. blaze spread to the second floor and attic, responders said at the time. Billhimer said his Major Crime Unit-Arson Squad investigated along with the Ocean Coun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Brick Man Faces 4 Years In Prison For Possession Of Cocaine, Painkillers Brick Man Faces 4 Years In Prison For Possession Of Cocaine, Painkillers
Brick Man Faces 4 Years In Prison For Possession Of Cocaine, Painkillers A Brick Township man faces at least four years in prison on multiple drug charges including possession of cocaine and painkillers, authorities said. Carlos Sanchez, 40, of Brick pled guilty to possession of multiple drugs with intent to distribute on Friday, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Prosecutors recommend that Sanchez be sentenced to nine years in New Jersey State Prison when he is sentenced on June 19, with a fifty-four month period of parole ineligibility. That means he would have to serve four years and six months in prison before becoming eligible for par…

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by Jon Craig