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Killer Who Waited On Victim's NJ Porch To Shoot Him Convicted: Prosecutor Killer Who Waited On Victim's NJ Porch To Shoot Him Convicted: Prosecutor
Killer Who Waited On Victim's NJ Porch To Shoot Him Convicted: Prosecutor A 55-year-old North Carolina resident was convicted in the June 2021 shooting death of Renown Wilson, a 55-year-old Orange resident, authorities said. James Height was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter in the first degree on Wednesday, August 9 following a two-week trial in Essex County Superior Court, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Height was also convicted on several weapons charges, Stephens said. Height shot Wilson with a .32 revolver inside Wilson's Orange home, Stephens said. Height died a week later, Stephens said. Video footage shows Height walk…

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by Sam Barron
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South Jersey Mom Learns Her Fate After Suffocating Baby 'Getting In Way Of Affair' South Jersey Mom Learns Her Fate After Suffocating Baby 'Getting In Way Of Affair'
South Jersey Mom Learns Her Fate After Suffocating Baby 'Getting In Way Of Affair' A New Jersey mom of three has learned her fate after being convicted of suffocating her toddler who prosecutors say she killed in part for interfering with her affair. Heather Reynolds, 45, of Sicklerville, was sentenced by Judge Gwendolyn Blue on Tuesday, Nov. 15 to life in prison without parole for the murder of her 17-month-old son Axel on May 10, 2018, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay announced. Heather Reynolds and baby AxelHeather Knecht Reynolds Heather ReynoldsFacebook/ Heather Knecht Reynolds The judge also sentenced Reynolds to a concurrent 8-year prison term for …

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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DEJA VU: Paterson Man Again Convicted Of Murdering Dad Of 6 Who Planned To Open New Restaurant DEJA VU: Paterson Man Again Convicted Of Murdering Dad Of 6 Who Planned To Open New Restaurant
Deja VU: Paterson Man Again Convicted Of Murdering Dad Of 6 Who Planned To Open New Restaurant A Paterson man was convicted of murder for the second time in the shooting death of a city man in 2015. Jurors in Paterson originally convicted Charles Grant four years ago of gunning down Isaac "Blaze" Tucker, a 40-year-old father of six, after they’d walked a few blocks together from a city liquor store. Grant was serving a life sentence for the killing when a state appeals court overturned the verdict -- ruling that certain evidence shouldn't have been presented at his trial -- and sent the case back to Paterson earlier this year. Jurors this time deliberated for roughly a day and a ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco