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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 …
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.
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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…