Murder

MAN ARRESTED IN PUERTO RICO & CHARGED WITH MURDER IN FATAL SHOOTING IN A.C. LAST MONTH
MAYS LANDING—After more than a month-long homicide investigation, involving multiple local law enforcement agencies and additional assistance from agencies in Texas and Puerto Rico, a 25 year-old man has been arrested in Puerto Rico and charged in the fatal shooting of a man in Atlantic City on Aug. 1, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill …

2 MEN INDICTED ON MURDER, WEAPONS CHARGES FOR 2013 FATAL SHOOTING
MAYS LANDING- An Atlantic County Grand Jury has indicted two men on murder and weapons charges in the 2013 fatal shooting of 21 year-old William Clegg, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. Abdul Bailey, 29, and 27 year-old Austin Clark of Bridgeton have been indicted on the following charges: 1. Murder 2. Conspiracy to …

PHILADELPHIA MAN CONVICTED IN FATAL 2019 SHOOTING IN A.C.
MAYS LANDING- After a six-day trial before Judge W. Todd Miller an Atlantic County jury convicted a Philadelphia man for the January 2019, fatal shooting of a 21 year-old man, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. On Aug., 27, 2021, a jury returned a guilty verdict against Avery Bracey, 39, on the following counts: …

18 YEAR-OLD MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER, 2 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER IN PLEASANTVILLE SHOOTING
PLEASANTVILLE- An 18 year-old Pleasantville man is charged in the fatal shooting of a 26 year-old man and wounding two other 18 year-old men in Pleasantville on April 8, 2021, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. Karim Rice, 18, of Pleasantville is charged with the following offenses: · Murder · 2 counts of Attempted …

PHILADELPHIA MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER IN FATAL SHOOTING OF 25 YEAR-OLD PLEASANTVILLE MAN
MAYS LANDING- An Atlantic County Grand Jury has handed up an indictment against a 40 year-old Philadelphia man for murder and weapons charges in the May 1, 2020, fatal shooting of a Pleasantville man, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. The indictment was delivered on Aug. 10, 2021, and includes the following charges: 1st …

BRIGANTINE MAN INDICTED WITH MURDER OF 30 YEAR-OLD WIFE
MAYS LANDING- A 37 year-old man has been indicted with first degree Murder in the death of his wife in Aug. 2020, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, an Atlantic County Grand Jury returned an indictment for first degree Murder against Robert Declementi, 37, of Brigantine. Brigantine Police received …

70 YEAR-OLD MAN INDICTED ON FIRST DEGREE MURDER, WEAPONS CHARGES IN 2020 FATAL SHOOTING
MAYS LANDING – A 70 year-old man is charged with murder in the 2020 fatal shooting of 32 year-old Marketa E. Thorpe of Atlantic City, following a neighborhood dispute, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Maximo Santiago, 70, is indicted on the following offenses: · First degree Murder · Second degree Possession of a …

2 MEN INDICTED ON FELONY MURDER CHARGE FOR JANUARY 2020 FATAL SHOOTING OF ARTURO BARRERA III
MAYS LANDING- An Atlantic County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against two men who were charged for the fatal shooting in January 2020, of 24 year-old Arturo Barrera III, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Leonard B. Ludwigsen Jr., 26, of Egg Harbor Township is indicted on the following offenses in the killing …

PHILADELPHIA MAN WANTED ON MURDER CHARGE FOR FATAL STABBING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT ACPO
ATLANTIC CITY— Frankie E. Lane, 59, who was wanted on murder and weapons charges in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend Sharon Whaley, turned himself in to detectives without incident last night at the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. “I want to thank all of the law enforcement agencies …

NJ APPELLATE DIVISION AFFIRMS CONVICTION OF FERDINAND AUGELLO IN 2018 MURDER TRIAL OF APRIL KAUFFMAN
MAYS LANDING— On April 20, 2021, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division unanimously affirmed the conviction and all evidentiary rulings made by Judge Bernard E. DeLury in the 2018 murder trial of Ferdinand ‘Freddy’ Augello, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. The unanimous decision by Judges Gilson, Moynihan, and Gummer unanimously affirmed the …