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Woman Who Shot Man During Motel Robbery Learns Fate: Morris County Prosecutor
A 25-year-old Irvington resident was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday, Feb. 21, after shooting a man during a 2023 robbery in Roxbury, costing him his leg, authorities said.
Auraceli Maldonado admitted to shooting Selwyn Torres at the Roxbury Motel on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, pleading guilty to robbery and aggravated assault, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Roxbury Police Chief Matthew Holland said.
Torres had planned to met with someone at the motel, authorities said. Surveillance video captured a Honda Accord with New York re…
Two Indicted In Roxbury Motel Shooting That Cost Man Leg: Prosecutor
Two people have been indicted in connection with the shooting of a man at the Roxbury Motel last October, authorities said.
Auraceli Maldonado, a 24-year-old Irvington resident and Jean Omar Rockson, a 33-year-old Orange resident, were charged with three counts of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, aggravated assault and multiple weapons offenses, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said.
On Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 8:54 p.m., police responded to the motel on Route 36 and found Selwyn Torres, 36, suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg, said Carroll alongside Chief of Dete…