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Hotel Homicide: Bergen County Man Gets 25 Years Behind Bars

A 32-year-old Bergenfield man was sentenced to 25 years in state prison for stabbing a man at a hotel in Elizabeth in 2022.

Javan Johnson stabbed 37-year-old Marlon Pantin at the Country Inn & Suites, authorities said.

Javan Johnson stabbed 37-year-old Marlon Pantin at the Country Inn & Suites, authorities said.

 Photo Credit: Marlon Pantin Facebook photo/Essex County Jail
Sam Barron

The sentence for aggravated manslaughter was handed down to Javan Johnson on Thursday, May 25 by Judge Thomas Isenhour, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said.

In March 2022, Elizabeth Police responded to the Country Inn and Suites and found Marlon Pantin critically injured from being stabbed, Daniel said. The man was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Daniel said. 

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