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Hillside Getaway Driver Convicted In Fatal Drive-By Newark Shooting Learns Fate: Prosecutor Hillside Getaway Driver Convicted In Fatal Drive-By Newark Shooting Learns Fate: Prosecutor
Hillside Getaway Driver Convicted In Fatal Drive-By Newark Shooting Learns Fate: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Hillside man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday, Feb. 14 after being convicted of first degree murder in the fatal shooting late 2021, authorities said. Justen Couram  was found guilty last November for the death of Quamir Nelson in Newark in December 2021,  Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said. Nelson was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle on Pomona Avenue near the intersection of Aldine Street, Stephens said. During the investigation, a vehicle registered to Couram was identified in surveillance footage as transporting the un…

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Hillside Resident Convicted Of Killing Man After Multiple Drive-By Shootings: Prosecutor Hillside Resident Convicted Of Killing Man After Multiple Drive-By Shootings: Prosecutor
Hillside Resident Convicted Of Killing Man After Multiple Drive-By Shootings: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Hillside man was convicted of first-degree murder on Friday, Nov. 1.  for shooting and eventually killing Quamir Nelson in two different drive-by shootings i 2021. On April 7, 2021, Nelson was sitting in his car when he was shot and critically injured by Justen Couram on the 200 block of Pomona Avenue, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said. Minutes after the shooting, a vehicle driven by Couram and occupied by three other individuals was stopped by Newark police, Stephens said. Officers discovered a weapon that was later determined to have been used in t…

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by Sam Barron