Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Sentenced To State Prison For Fatal Shooting Of Beachwood Man, 27 Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Sentenced To State Prison For Fatal Shooting Of Beachwood Man, 27
Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Sentenced To State Prison For Fatal Shooting Of Beachwood Man, 27 A 32-year-old Ocean County man has been sentenced to state prison for fatally shooting another man in South Toms River, authorities said Monday. Marcus Samuels, of South Toms River, previously pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of Willie Love, 27, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said in a release. Samuels was behind the wheel of a 2004 Dodge Nitro when he pulled up to a vehicle driven by Love, of Beachwood, and fatally shot him near the Community Medical Center on June 8, 2015, Billhimer said. Love was later pronounced dead at Commu…
Toms River Man Admits Robbing Local Bank Toms River Man Admits Robbing Local Bank
Toms River Man Admits Robbing Local Bank A Toms River man admitted robbing a local bank in 2019, authorities said Wednesday. Patrick Callahan, 47, passed a note to the teller at the Chase Bank on Route 37 around 3:30 p.m. Dec. 31, 2019, saying he had a gun and then left with $1,000, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Callahan was arrested without incident on Jan. 2, 2021, by officers of the Mount Laurel Police Department in Burlington County. He pleaded guilty to robbery before Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.  The State will be seeking a term of seven years New Jersey State…
DWI Union City Driver Gets 9 Years For Head-On Crash That Killed HUMC Nurse DWI Union City Driver Gets 9 Years For Head-On Crash That Killed HUMC Nurse
DWI Union City Driver Gets 9 Years For Head-On Crash That Killed Humc Nurse A Union City driver was sentenced to a plea-bargained nine years in state prison for a DWI crash that killed a popular Hackensack University Medical Center nurse in Jersey City last year, authorities said Thursday. Jonathan Ortiz-Guananga, 27, previously struck a deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to death by auto and assault by auto rather than go to trial for the early-morning May 5, 2019 crash on Paterson Plank Road that killed Adriana Riano of North Bergen. He was sentenced Thursday by Superior Court Judge Judge Patrick J. Arre to eight years in New Jersey state prison for one char…
17-Year-Old Gets Four Years In State Prison For Role In Brick High School Shooting 17-Year-Old Gets Four Years In State Prison For Role In Brick High School Shooting
17-Year-Old Gets Four Years In State Prison For Role In Brick High School Shooting A teenager from Brick Township was sentenced to four years in state prison  on Friday for his role in a shooting outside an Ocean County high school, authorities said. Luis Rivas, 17, pleaded guilty in March to the charge of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Rivas must serve 85 percent of the four-year sentence before being eligible for parole under the terms of the No Early Release Act,  Rivas entered his guilty plea on March 6 before Judge Wendel E. Daniels.  Rivas' voluntary waiver of Family Court jurisd…
Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes
Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes A retired Toms River Regional school district employee has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for sex crimes against two children, authorities said. William J. Herflicker, III, 57, was sentenced on Monday for crimes committed between 2005 and 2010, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Herflicker was convicted on Jan. 22 after a jury trial, the prosecutor said. Herflicker was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault, Billhimer said. Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski sentenced Herflicker to 15 years in state prison on each count to…
70-Year-Old Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Wayne, Pequannock Holdups 70-Year-Old Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Wayne, Pequannock Holdups
70-Year-Old Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Wayne, Pequannock Holdups A 70-year-old confessed bank robber from Little Falls was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for holding up banks four days apart in Wayne and Pequannock. Wayne detectives, with help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, captured Philip N. McGrantham as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used earlier that day in the Sept. 30 robbery last year of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. He was carrying the proceeds of the holdup at the time, authorities said. McGrantham struck a deal with prosecutors and admitted t…
Morris County Sex Offender Previously Convicted Of Assaulting Boys Gets 10 Years For Child Porn Morris County Sex Offender Previously Convicted Of Assaulting Boys Gets 10 Years For Child Porn
Morris County Sex Offender Previously Convicted Of Assaulting Boys Gets 10 Years For Child Porn A registered sex offender from Morris County who served time for sexually assaulting two boys is headed back to prison for uploading child porn. Under New Jersey’s No Early Release Act, Alexander Willadsen, 31, must serve 8½ years of a 10-year state prison sentence handed down Friday by Superior Court Judge David H. Ironson in Morristown before he'll be eligible for parole. Willadsen, who pleaded guilty last year to possessing child pornography, also will be subject to lifelong parole supervision and Megan’s Law registration. Willadsen, of Rockaway, previous served time…
Manchester Teenager Gets 18 Years In Prison For Killing His Mom Manchester Teenager Gets 18 Years In Prison For Killing His Mom
Manchester Teenager Gets 18 Years In Prison For Killing His Mom An 18-year-old from Ocean County was sentenced to 18 years in state prison for killing his mother, authorities said. Edgar Diaz of Manchester previously pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in Margarita Diaz's death last August, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. On Aug. 7, 2019, Toms River police were called to Deer Chase Professional Park for reports of an assault. Police arrived found an unresponsive female. Despite lifesaving efforts by first responders, the victim was pronounced dead at Community Medical Center, police said. Subsequent i…
Toms River Teen Admits Killing Mom In Front Of Younger Brother Toms River Teen Admits Killing Mom In Front Of Younger Brother
Toms River Teen Admits Killing Mom In Front Of Younger Brother UPDATE: A Toms River man admitted Friday that he killed his mother in front of his younger brother late last summer. Edgar Diaz, 18, of Manchester, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in Superior Court in Toms River in exchange for a 20-year prison term at a scheduled March 6 sentencing. He'll have to serve 17 years of that sentence before he'll be eligible for parole under New Jersey's No Early Release Act. Diaz stabbed Margarita Diaz with a knife and slammed her head into the pavement outside their parked vehicle in a medical office park last Aug. 7, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley…
Report: DWI Passaic County Driver Admits Running Over Friend At Strip Club Report: DWI Passaic County Driver Admits Running Over Friend At Strip Club
Report: DWI Passaic County Driver Admits Running Over Friend At Strip Club A 22-year-old woman from Pompton Lakes admitted that she ran over her friend in a Sussex County strip club parking lot, according to a published report. Jacqueline Lowe reportedly had a blood-alcohol level of .14 when she was arrested last October following the incident outside of the Bare Den on Route 206. Lowe pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court in Newton to second-degree aggravated assault and second-offense DWI, the NJHerald reports. In exchange, Lowe accepted what could be a maximum prison sentence of eight years -- in which case she wouldn't be eligible for parole for six years a…