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Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors
Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors A Lindenwold man will spend up to nine decades in prison after helping lure another man into a Mount Laurel hotel room and killing him, authorities said. Jawaad Ali, 33, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 27 to 90 years in state prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release. He was convicted of murder in the killing of 31-year-old Samer Alhalayqa of Camden on Friday, May 8, 2020. Investigators said Ali, Anthony Sermond-Guyton of Clayton, and Asia Boone of Camden lured Alhalayqa to the Fairfield Inn on Century Parkway to rob him.&n…

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by Chris Spiker
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Special Education Teacher Sexually Touched 14 Students In South Jersey: Prosecutor Special Education Teacher Sexually Touched 14 Students In South Jersey: Prosecutor
Special Education Teacher Sexually Touched 14 Students In South Jersey: Prosecutor A special education teacher who was charged last year with sexually touching seven children has been charged with touching an additional seven students, authorities said. Vincent Root, 59, of Philadelphia, a teacher at Chatsworth Elementary School, has been charged with 14 counts of sexual assault and 14 counts of child endangerment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw The investigation began in September 2023 after a student accused Root of touching him inappropriately during previous school years, the prosecutor said. The investigation revealed that the victi…

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by Jon Craig