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Trio Sentenced For Staking Out, Killing East Orange Victim: Prosecutor
Two men with long rap sheets were sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday, July 22, for killing Shawn Watford in East Orange in April 2020, authorities said.
Anthony Hagans, a 35-year-old Irvington resident and Clarence Johnson, a 38-year-old East Orange were sentenced after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter and unlawful possession of a handgun while their trial was ongoing, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said.
On April 13, 2020, Hagans and Johnson staked out Watford's apartment until he left to go visit his mother, Stephens said. As Watford was walking …
1 Man In Custody, Other At Large, Both Charged In Fatal East Orange Shooting
Two men have been charged with the killing of a 31-year-old East Orange man, authorities said.
A warrant was issued for the arrest of Clarence Johnson, 34, while Anthony Hagan, 31, was taken into custody in connection with the fatal April 13 shooting of Shawn Watford, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and East Orange Police Director Domingos Saldida said.
Watford was transported to University Hospital in Newark after the 1:22 p.m. incident near North Arlington Avenue and Williams Street. He died less than 30 minutes later at the hospital, authorities said.
Hagan…
