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Déjà Vu: Paterson Ex-Con Gets Life With No Parole For 30 Years For Shooting City Dad Of 6 Dead Déjà Vu: Paterson Ex-Con Gets Life With No Parole For 30 Years For Shooting City Dad Of 6 Dead
Déjà Vu: Paterson Ex-Con Gets Life With No Parole For 30 Years For Shooting City Dad Of 6 Dead UPDATE: A Paterson ex-con who was convicted of murder for the second time following a retrial was re-sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of a city father of six. Charles Grant must serve 30 years before he’ll be eligible for parole for killing Isaac "Blaze" Tucker, 40, in 2015 under the sentence imposed by Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed on Thursday, Dec. 15. Jurors in Paterson originally convicted Grant four years ago of gunning down Tucker. Grant was serving a life sentence for the killing when a state appeals court overturned the verdict, ruling that certain evidenc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Do-Over: Jury Again Convicts Newark Man Of Murdering Aspiring Police Officer In Lyndhurst Do-Over: Jury Again Convicts Newark Man Of Murdering Aspiring Police Officer In Lyndhurst
Do-Over: Jury Again Convicts Newark Man Of Murdering Aspiring Police Officer In Lyndhurst A Newark man who got a retrial after he was found guilty of killing an aspiring police officer in Lyndhurst was convicted again on Friday. The state Supreme Court had given Fernando Carrero a reprieve when it dismissed his original 2013 conviction. A new jury in state Superior Court in Hackensack found him guilty Friday of first-degree murder, hindering and weapons counts -- same as the first time -- following a three-week trial. All that’s left now is a scheduled March 30 sentencing, unless there is another appeal. Carrero was 17 when he gunned down 21-year-old Jose Hall in cold blood i…

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by Jerry DeMarco