Meth, Cocaine, AR-15: Jackson Man Learns Fate After Four Arrests, Prosecutor Says
A 51-year-old Jackson man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday, April 4 after pleading guilty to various drugs and weapons charges, authorities said.
Shawn Garrettson pleaded guilty in February to the weapons and drug charges, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
In December 2019, multiple jurisdictions executed a search warrant on Garrettson’s Jackson residence, Billhimer said. Detectives seized methamphetamine, marijuana, a sawed-off shotgun and large capacity ammunition magazines, Billhimer said.. Garretson was taken into custody and subsequently released, Billhime…
Murder-suicide: North Jersey Native Killed By Man With AR-15 Over Summer Break At UVM
A 22-year-old North Jersey native was killed by a man with an AR-15 who injured a second victim before fatally turning the gun on himself, authorities said.
Mikal Dixon, 27, broke into a Burlington, VT home, where he shot and killed 22-year-old Roxbury High School graduate Kayla Noonan around 2:20 a.m. Monday, July 25, Acting Police Chief Jon Murad said.
He also shot the surviving 22-year-old female victim twice, and she remains hospitalized in critical condition, Murad said.
Dixon, who knew both of his victims, tried breaking down a door at the apartment but couldn't get in, so he broke i…
Bucks County Man Who Posted Bail Three Times Sentenced In Drug, Gun Cases: DA
A 33-year-old Bucks County man was sentenced Tuesday, March 15, to 12 to 24 years in state prison for three arrests involving gun and drug offenses, two of which happened while he was out on bail, authorities said.
Austin V. Carter, of Northampton Township, posted bail in each of the three cases, before ultimately being captured in Atlantic City, NJ, and extradited to Bucks County on March 13, 2021, authorities said. His bail was revoked shortly after.
Carter pleaded guilty in January to two counts of prohibited possession of a firearm and one count each of receiving stolen proper…
