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ACPO MAJOR CRIMES CHIEF ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR MCKELVEY REMEMBERS VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES
MAYS LANDING- Chief Assistant Prosecutor Rick McKelvey has served with the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office since 2011 and he is no stranger to to working with and supporting the victims of violent crimes. On Wednesday afternoon, During the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Crime Victims’ Rights Week Commemoration, Chief Assistant Prosecutor McKelvey and the ACPO staff, …

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: …

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 …

70 YEAR OLD MAN CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OF GIRL, 12
MAYS LANDING- A 70 year-old Egg harbor City man has been convicted of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a 12 year-old girl, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Nov. 16, 2020, before Honorable Bernard Delury, Jr. P.J. Cr., an Atlantic County jury found Jose A. Rodriguez guilty of two counts of …

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 …

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 …

ACPO CHIEF ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR LEVY RECEIVES AWARD FOR PROSECUTION, CONVICTION OF KAUFFMAN HOMICIDE
ATLANTIC CITY- The County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey selected ACPO Chief Assistant Prosecutor Seth Levy for the 2018 award of OUTSTANDING ADVOCACY IN A SINGLE CASE for his efforts in the conviction of the defendants in STATE v. AUGELLO, ET ALS., otherwise known as “The Kauffman Case”. Chief Assistant Prosecutor Levy received the award …

AC MAN CONVICTED ON CHILD ENDANGERMENT, OBSTRUCTION CHARGES
MAYS LANDING- Miguel Vargas, 48, was convicted yesterday of 3 counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child and one count of Obstructing the Administration of Law following a 2 week-long trial, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on related Sexual Assault counts. Vargas was 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 …