Murder
ARREST MADE IN JANUARY 1, 2019 FATAL SHOOTING OF PLEASANTVILLE MAN
MAYS LANDING – Following a five month-long joint investigation an arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of a 21 year-old Pleasantville man in Atlantic City, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. An Atlantic City man was arrested Friday for murder in connection to a homicide which occurred on January 1, 2019. Jamie …
PHILADELPHIA MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HIS BROTHER IN ATLANTIC CITY
MAYS LANDING – A 38 year-old Philadelphia man is charged with murder in the death of his younger brother that occurred on Tuesday at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On May 28, 2019, at approximately 3:10 p.m., Harrah’s Hotel security was contacted in reference to a …
ATLANTIC CITY MAN SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS IN 2016 SHOOTING DEATH OF 24 YEAR-OLD WOMAN
MAYS LANDING – An Atlantic City man was sentenced in the December 2016, shooting death of an Atlantic City woman, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Thursday morning, Judge Donna Taylor sentenced Joseph McCoy, 45, for the murder of Jacqueline Hoyle to a 50 year sentence in New Jersey State Prison pursuant to …
CHAMBERSBURG, PA MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN 5 YEAR-OLD HOMICIDE OF EHT WOMAN
MAYS LANDING – On Friday, April 26, 2019, members of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and the Township of Hamilton Police Department charged Timothy P. Wright, 39, of Chambersburg, PA, with Murder in relation to the 2014 strangulation death of 25 year-old Joyce Vanderhoff, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Wright was subsequently arrested …
GALLOWAY TWP MAN CONVICTED OF 2015 SHOOTING DEATH OF 31 YEAR-OLD MAN
MAYS LANDING –An Atlantic County jury has convicted Dennis Munoz of the murder in the fatal shooting of Michael Black, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Munoz, 40, was found guilty of the following charges: First degree Murder Second degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun Second degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful …
ATLANTIC CITY MAN CONVICTED OF 2016 SHOOTING DEATH OF 23 YEAR-OLD WOMAN
MAYS LANDING – An Atlantic County jury found Joseph McCoy guilty today in the shooting death of an Atlantic City woman that occurred on Dec. 20, 2016, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. McCoy, 45, was found guilty of the following charges: Count 1 – Murder Count 2 – Unlawful Possession of a Handgun …
ATLANTIC CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER, ATTEMPTED MURDER IN 2 SEPARATE SHOOTINGS
MAYS LANDING– An Atlantic City man has pleaded guilty to multiple charges in connection to two separate shootings in 2014 and 2015, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On March 28, 2019, Cornell Bradford, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of first degree Aggravated Manslaughter, two counts of first degree Witness Tampering, and one …
INVESTIGATION OF 34 YEAR-OLD UNSOLVED HOMICIDE OF “COOKS BOOKS” SUAREZ CONTINUES
MAYS LANDING- March 31, 2019, marks 34 years since local cabdriver and television host Raul “Cooks Books” Suarez was found stabbed to death on Route 30 in Absecon. The case remains unsolved, but investigatory work by law enforcement agencies continues every day on this case, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. Prosecutor Tyner refuses …
EHT MAN CONVICTED FOR MURDER OF MAN, ATTEMPTED MURDER OF WOMAN
MAYS LANDING– Nicholas A. Abbati was convicted by an Atlantic County jury on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 for the murder of Jahlil Hunter, the attempted murder of Ebony Harris and for third degree Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purpose, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at 9:23 p.m., …
2 MEN SENTENCED IN 2015 SHOOTING DEATH OF MAYS LANDING MAN
MAYS LANDING- Two men who were convicted in January of felony murder for the 2015, killing of a Mays Landing man were sentenced on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Maurice Burgess and Sterling Spence were each sentenced as follows: Felony Murder: 50 years in New Jersey state prison, subject …