Prosecution

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 …

MAN CONVICTED FOR THE SHOOTING OF 2 EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICERS DENIED HIS LATEST APPEAL
MAYS LANDING- Christopher Blank who was sentenced to 85 years in prison for the shooting of two Egg Harbor Township police officers during a 2006 motor vehicle stop has been denied his latest appeal by the United States 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in a written opinion issued on March 30, 2020. In 2008, an …

NJ SUPREME COURT RULES SOMERS POINT MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER WAS NOT STRIPPED OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR PRIVATE COUNSEL
MAYS LANDING- The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a Somers Point man whose request was denied for a new attorney was not stripped of a constitutional right. Luis Maisonet who was convicted of murder in December 2017, filed a direct appeal on April 10, 2018, and argued among other issues, that his constitutional …

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: MEET ACPO’S NEWEST CHIEF ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR COURTNEY CITTADINI
MAYS LANDING- Chief Assistant Prosecutor Courtney Cittadini received an undergraduate degree from Rutgers College in 1995. She would then graduate from Rutgers Law School – Camden in 2002. After graduating from law school, Chief Assistant Prosecutor Cittadini clerked for the Honorable Francine Axelrad, J.A.D. In 2003, she began her career at the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s …

PLEASANTVILLE WOMAN GUILTY OF THEFT CHARGES IN FIRST NJ JURY TRIAL SINCE START OF COVD-19 PANDEMIC
MAYS LANDING – A Pleasantville woman was convicted of theft charges this afternoon during the first jury trial to begin in New Jersey since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. A jury returned a guilty verdict against Tianna D. Williams, 23, on counts of Uttering Falsely Made Documents and …

TEENAGER WAIVED UP FROM JUVENILE COURT IN NOV. 2018 SHOOTING DEATH OF VENTNOR MAN
MAYS LANDING- An 18 year-old man who was 16 at the time of the fatal shooting of Sunil Edla has been waived up from juvenile court and detained on murder, carjacking, robbery and weapons charges, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Angelo Delgado is charged with the following: 2C:11-3a(1), Murder 1st degree 2C:11-3a(3), Felony …

ACPO ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR HARRIGAN IS GRANTED REINSTATEMENT OF CONVICTION IN 2013 ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE
MAYS LANDING – After petitioning the New Jersey Supreme Court, ACPO Assistant Prosecutor Melinda Harrigan was granted a reversal and the reinstatement of a conviction in the matter of the STATE vs. Qushawn Jones, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. In 2013, Quashawn K. Jones was indicted on a ten count indictment, which included …

ABSECON MAN ALSO CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER IN CRASH THAT KILLED GALLOWAY WOMAN
MAYS LANDING- Based on further investigation, charges have been upgraded to aggravated manslaughter against a 38 year-old Absecon man in connection to a fatal accident where a woman was killed in Galloway on Monday, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Keneet Camacho is charged with the following: One count of Aggravated Manslaughter One count …

EHT MAN CONVICTED IN FATAL FEBRUARY 2018 SHOOTING OF 30 YEAR-OLD AC MAN
MAYS LANDING- An Egg Harbor Township man has been convicted by an Atlantic County jury in the fatal February 2018, shooting of an Atlantic City man, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Troy Demby, 37, was convicted by an Atlantic County Jury on March 19, 2020, on the following counts in the shooting death …

MAYS LANDING MAN CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER, WITNESS TAMPERING IN 2017 FATAL SHOOTING
MAYS LANDING- A Mays Landing man has been convicted on 8 counts by an Atlantic County jury in connection to a September 2017, shooting that killed one man and wounded several others, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Matthew Gonzalez, 29, of Mays Landing was convicted by a jury March 13, 2020, on the …