Prosecution

39 YEAR-OLD PHILADELPHIA MAN MUST SERVE NEARLY 80 YEARS IN PRISON FOR 2019 FATAL SHOOTING IN ATLANTIC CITY
MAYS LANDING- A Philadelphia man, sentenced Tuesday, must serve nearly 80 years in New Jersey state prison before he is eligible for parole for the January 2019, fatal shooting of a 21 year-old man, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. On Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, Judge W. Todd Miller, J.S.C., sentenced defendant Avery Bracey …

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH: MEET MARIA SOSA, ACPO’S FIRST BILINGUAL VICTIM WITNESS ADVOCATE
MAYS LANDING- Each year, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office observes HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH and recognizes and honors the dedicated members of our staff and their Hispanic roots and history. This month, ACPO shared the stories of some of our staff members and their Hispanic ancestry. Meet ACPO’S first bilingual Victim Witness Advocate, Maria Sosa. During …

JURY CONVICTS MARGATE MAN OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY POSSESSION & DISTRIBUTION
MAYS LANDING- A 40 year-old Margate man was found guilty Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, on child pornography charges by an Atlantic County jury, following 2-day trial before Judge Donna Taylor, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. Robert Ferry was charged on April 19, 2019, following a year long investigation. The investigation involved a device originating …

MAN CHARGED IN 03′ SEXUAL ASSAULT OF 5 YR-OLD GALLOWAY GIRL AFTER BEING CHARGED LAST WEEK IN 96′ SEXUAL ASSAULT OF BRIGANTINE GIRL, 10
MAYS LANDING- An Egg Harbor City man faces new charges by Galloway Township Police for the sexual assault of a 5 year-old girl in 2003, after he was charged last week by the Brigantine Police Department and the New Jersey State Police with the sexual assault of a 10 year-old Brigantine girl in connection to …

ATLANTIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE MOVES TO DETAIN MAN CHARGED IN SEXUAL ASSAULT OF 10 YEAR-OLD GIRL IN BRIGANTINE 25 YEARS AGO
MAYS LANDING— The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office will move to detain an Egg Harbor City man who was arrested and charged last week with the sexual assault of a 10 year-old girl inside her Brigantine home 25 years ago, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. Last week, the New Jersey State Police and Brigantine …

4 WIDENER LAW SCHOOL GRADS SWORN-IN AS ACPO ASST. PROSECUTORS
MAYS LANDING— On Thursday, September 9, 2021, four graduates of Widener University Delaware Law School were sworn in as Assistant Prosecutors at the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. Paige Cramer, Alyssa Gilboy, Jessica Marie O’Hearn and Shelby Scheffler were sworn in as ACPO Assistant Prosecutors on Thursday morning by …

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 …

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF BOY, 8
MAYS LANDING- An Atlantic City man has pleaded guilty to the aggravated sexual assault of an 8 year-old boy, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. Deandre Johnson, 24, pleaded guilty to first degree Aggravated Sexual Assault on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, before Judge Donna Taylor. During the plea hearing, Johnson admitted to performing 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 …

ACPO WELCOMES ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR MEGAN MOORE
MAYS LANDING- On July 6, 2021, Megan Moore was sworn in by Honorable Bernard Delury, Jr. P.J. Cr., as an ACPO Assistant Prosecutor, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Assistant Prosecutor Moore is a 2017 graduate of the Beasley School of Law at Temple University and she previously served as an Appellate Judicial Law …