Man Sentenced For 2021 New Year's Day Stabbing At South Jersey Park, Prosecutors Say

A Ventnor City man will spend several years in prison after stabbing a man in Absecon on New Year's Day nearly four years ago, authorities said.

William Clanton, 24, of Ventnor City, NJ.
Photo Credit: *Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office*

Chris Spiker

11/07/2024 2:41 p.m.

William Clanton, 24, was sentenced on Thursday, Nov. 7 to three years in state prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. He was convicted of third-degree aggravated assault.

Absecon police responded to a stabbing at the South Jersey Field Of Dreams baseball park on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Officers found a man with four stab wounds to his head, throat, arm, and stomach.

The victim was rushed to the hospital and survived his injuries. Clanton was found with two knives in the park.

Investigators said Clanton admitted to stabbing the man during a fight.

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