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Ex-Husband Of Rhonj Star Sentenced For Stalking, Leading To Home Invasion: Prosecutor
Thomas Manzo, the ex-husband of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Dina Cantin, was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 8, after previously pleading guilty to stalking her and her then-fiancé now-husband David Cantin, leading to a 2017 home invasion, authorities said.
Manzo, a 59-year-old Franklin Lakes resident, pleaded guilty last October to stalking the couple in Holmdel between 2015 and 2019. James Mainello, a 57-year-old Bayonne resident, pleaded guilty to robbing and assaulting the same victims in May 2017, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said.
On Saturday, May 13, 201…
Home Invasion Convict Who Sold Fentanyl, Meth At Atlantic City Hotel Sentenced: Prosecutors
An Absecon man serving more than half a century for a violent home invasion was additionally sentenced for running a drug ring out of an Atlantic City hotel, authorities said.
Michael Hayes, 47, was given an eight-year state prison sentence on Tuesday, Nov. 12 for second-degree conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The sentence will run concurrently with the 60-year term he's serving for a September 2020 home invasion.
The drug charges stem from a Sunday, Dec. 16, 2020, search of Hayes’ secon…
Man Who Committed Armed Home Invasion In South Jersey Sentenced, Prosecutors Say
A Bridgeton man will spend several years in prison for his role in an armed home invasion, authorities said.
Malachi Edmonds, 26, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 2 to seven years in state prison, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said in a news release. He was previously convicted of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, fourth-degree trespass to a dwelling, and fourth-degree theft.
Bridgeton police responded to a report of two people with guns who entered a home on Spring Street at around 8:23 p.m. on Thursday, Apr. 27, 2023. The suspects…
Woman Sentenced For Using Son In Marijuana, Mushroom 'Business' On Jersey Shore: Prosecutors
A Somers Point woman will spend several years in prison after admitting to using her teen son to sell marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms through an unlicensed business promoted on Facebook, authorities said.
Donna Shiffler, 40, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 9 to five years in state prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. She pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Apr. 30 to first-degree employing a juvenile, first-degree possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, first-degree maintaining a production facility, and second-degree endangering the welfare of a…
Egg Harbor City Man Gets 30 Years For Attempted Murder, Armed Robbery, Prosecutor Says
A 34-year-old man from Egg Harbor City has been sentenced for attempted murder and first-degree robbery, authorities said.
Robert Harrell was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in state prison for attempted murder, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill.
Harrell also was sentenced to a consecutive 20-year sentence for the first-degree robbery charge.
Harrell, who was in possession of a knife, was identified as a suspect in two violent incidents over two days.
On Jan. 1, 2019, he was arrested for a stabbing during a robbery attempt, after a shooting, Shill said.
Harrell was…
Convicted Killer From Newark, 52, Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen For Dealing Heroin
A Newark career criminal who once shot and killed a Paterson man must spend the next 10 years in federal prison for dealing heroin.
Shawn Alexander, 52, has spent all but three of the past 27 years in custody, including three stints in state prison, records show.
His most serious conviction followed the cold-blooded killing of a Paterson man in 1994.
Alexander and a companion had been carjacked by Barry “Bistro” Chapman when they went looking for revenge, authorities said at the time.
Chapman had humiliated Alexander and Dwayne Poindexter, taking their BMW, along with cash and jewelry, au…
South Jersey Driver Gets 5 Years State Prison For DWI Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, 24
A Gloucester County, NJ, motorist who admits being drunk when he fatally hit a Philadelphia passenger who had just stepped out of his car, has been sentenced to five years in state prison, authorities said.
Jesus A. Leal-Corona, 49, of Monroeville, was driving on Route 77 in Elk Township on Sept. 27, 2019, when he struck Frankie L. Hensley, 24, of Philadelphia, police said.
Hensley was a passenger in a car involved in an earlier crash. He had stepped out of the car to check on the driver of the other vehicle, according to police.
Hensley was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Leal-Coron…
