Ex-Convict Sentenced For Illegal Firearms In South Jersey Ex-Convict Sentenced For Illegal Firearms In South Jersey
Ex-Convict Sentenced For Illegal Firearms In South Jersey A 31-year-old ex-convict from Pleasantville has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for possessing a firearms, authorities said. Rasul Palmer will have to serve the whole sentence without parole eligibility, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Palmer had pleaded guilty to certain person not to possess firearms, the prosecutor said. On May 24, 2022, Pleasantville police were requested to assist with the service of a temporary restraining order on Palmer, the prosecutor said. The subject of the restraining order described the weapon at th…
Atlantic City Man Sentenced For Illegal Possession Of Handgun: Prosecutor Atlantic City Man Sentenced For Illegal Possession Of Handgun: Prosecutor
Atlantic City Man Sentenced For Illegal Possession Of Handgun: Prosecutor An Atlantic City man has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for unlawful possession of a handgun, authorities said. John Stevens, 21, was sentenced on Thursday, July 13, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Stevens must serve three and one-half years before being eligible for parole, the prosecutor said. The sentence is to run concurrent to a three-and-one-half-year sentence Stevens received in March of this year, also for unlawfully possessing a handgun, the prosecutor said. On Jan. 10, Stevens and a co-defendant, Carlos Garcia-Perez, were …
Trenton Woman Sentenced In Crash That Killed Police Officer: Prosecutor Trenton Woman Sentenced In Crash That Killed Police Officer: Prosecutor
Trenton Woman Sentenced In Crash That Killed Police Officer: Prosecutor A 31-year-old woman from Trenton has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for a crash that killed a New Jersey Human Services Department police officer, authorities said. Taquaysha M. Bell, 31, was sentenced Thursday, July 13 for the June 19, 2020 vehicular homicide in which 53-year-old  Michael Luko, Sr. was killed while off-duty, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Luko was driving home from work at the time of the head-on crash. Bell was driving west on the White Horse Pike in Mays Landing. Bell was also sentenced to five years New Jersey S…
Man Sentenced In Atlantic City Shooting: Prosecutor Man Sentenced In Atlantic City Shooting: Prosecutor
Man Sentenced In Atlantic City Shooting: Prosecutor A 19-year-old Atlantic City man has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison in connection with a shooting, authorities said. Ivan Tinitigan was charged with second-degree aggravated assault and weapons offenses, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On Jan. 13, 2023, at approximately 2 p.m., Tinitigan twice shot at the victim near Ventnor Avenue in Atlantic City, the prosecutor said. The victim sustained a single gunshot wound to the lower leg. Through surveillance footage, witness interviews, and cell tower analysis, investigators identified…
Motorcyclist Sentenced In Fatal South Jersey Crash: Prosecutor Motorcyclist Sentenced In Fatal South Jersey Crash: Prosecutor
Motorcyclist Sentenced In Fatal South Jersey Crash: Prosecutor A motorcyclist driving with a suspended license was sentenced to four years New Jersey State Prison in connection with a fatal crash. Matthew Gittens, 38, of Mays Landing, was sentenced Friday, July 7 in a crash that killed his passenger, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On May 18, 2019, Gittens was operating a motorcycle near the exit 12 entrance ramp on the Atlantic City Expressway. Witnesses observed Gittens driving the motorcycle at a high rate of speed with a passenger. Upon entering the Expressway, Gittens lost control of his motorcycle and hit a …
Mercer County Man Sentenced In Fatal High-Speed DWI Crash: Prosecutor Mercer County Man Sentenced In Fatal High-Speed DWI Crash: Prosecutor
Mercer County Man Sentenced In Fatal High-Speed DWI Crash: Prosecutor A 28-year-old man from Mercer County has been sentenced to six years in New Jersey State Prison for a fatal DWI crash authorities said. Egrevel Vasquez-Garcia, of Hightstown, was charged with aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide, and assault by auto, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. On June 28, 2022, at approximately 11:50 p.m., on Route 130 in North Brunswick Township a 2016 Toyota Highlander driven by Vasquez-Garcia struck a Jeep Patriot driven by Levelt Alexis, Jr. at a high rate of speed causing Alexis’ death, Ciccone said. …
AT LONG LAST: Fort Lee Bar Owner’s Killer Returned To NJ After 30 Years AT LONG LAST: Fort Lee Bar Owner’s Killer Returned To NJ After 30 Years
AT Long Last: Fort Lee Bar Owner’s Killer Returned To NJ After 30 Years Justice may have been delayed, but it isn't being denied to loved ones of a Bergen County businessman who was tortured, robbed and savagely slain in his Hudson River apartment three decades ago. Jimmy Polites began the night of Aug. 4, 1994 with friends at the tavern he co-owned in Fort Lee. Hours later he was bound to a chair and hanged with an electrical cord in his Edgewater townhouse. It has taken nearly 30 years for his killer to finally pay. Thomas Christopher James was released from a New York State prison late this week after serving 28 years for murdering a reputed Long Island mo…
South Jersey Man Sentenced In Road Rage Death South Jersey Man Sentenced In Road Rage Death
South Jersey Man Sentenced In Road Rage Death A South Jersey man convicted of slashing a driver to death during a road rage incident has been sentenced to 24 years in New Jersey State Prison. Everett E. Moore Jr., 59, of Clayton, was convicted in February for the 2018 slaying of Joseph Pirri, 32, of Blackwood. Moore, originally charged with murder, was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter. A jury also found Moore guilty of two weapons offenses after a trial that began Jan. 3. Moore attacked Pirri in March 7, 2018, as he sat in his car on Tanyard Road near Mail Avenue in Deptford, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Off…
South Jersey Woman Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing: Prosecutor South Jersey Woman Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing: Prosecutor
South Jersey Woman Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing: Prosecutor A 33-year-old woman from South Jersey has pleaded guilty in connection with a fatal stabbing, authorities said. Rollie Ellis, of Pleasantville, pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Her plea calls for a sentence of 13 and one-half years in New Jersey State Prison, with eighty-five percent of the term to be served before parole eligibility pursuant to the No Early Release Act. Ellis originally pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in January 2020 and was sentenced in February 2020 to a 20-year te…
South Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Sexual Assault Of Girl: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Sexual Assault Of Girl: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Sexual Assault Of Girl: Prosecutor A 33-year-old man from South Jersey has admitted to sexually assaulting a girl when she was 14, authorities said. Taron Thomas, of Ocean View, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree sexual assault on a minor on Tuesday, June 27, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. His plea calls for a sentence of 10 years in New Jersey State Prison, with 85% to be served before parole eligibility. Thomas admitted during his plea that in April 2021, he committed an act of sexual penetration of the 14-year-old girl at a home in  Galloway Township, the prosecuto…
Philadelphia Man Sentenced In Fatal Stabbing Of GF In Hard Rock Hotel Room: Prosecutor Philadelphia Man Sentenced In Fatal Stabbing Of GF In Hard Rock Hotel Room: Prosecutor
Philadelphia Man Sentenced In Fatal Stabbing Of GF In Hard Rock Hotel Room: Prosecutor A 61-year-old man from Philadelphia has been sentenced to 20 years in New Jersey State Prison in connection with a fatal stabbing at an Atlantic City hotel, authorities said. Frankie E. Lane must serve 85 percent of the sentence under the No Early Release Act, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On June 11, 2021, Atlantic City Police responded to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City for a report of a woman suffering from multiple stab wounds. The victim was found dead in a hotel room with a sheet covering her body and a knife on top of the sheet,…
Atlantic City Man, 72, Gets 40 Years State Prison For Murdering Ex-GF: Prosecutor Atlantic City Man, 72, Gets 40 Years State Prison For Murdering Ex-GF: Prosecutor
Atlantic City Man, 72, Gets 40 Years State Prison For Murdering Ex-GF: Prosecutor A 72-year-old man from Atlantic City will spend the rest of his life in prison, authorities said. Maximo Santiago was sentenced to 40 years in New Jersey State Prison for murdering an ex-girlfriend, they said. Santiago was convicted in the shooting death of 32-year-old Marketa Thorpe on Belfield Avenue in 2020. The 40-year sentence is subject to the No Early Release Act, meaning Santiago must serve 85% before becoming eligible for parole, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. During his Friday, June 23 sentencing, the Court noted that Santiago is a dangerous…