Deptford Man Faces 7 Yrs NJSP in Stabbing

PRESS RELEASE
June 27, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO

Brian S. Kramer (DOB 12/24/85) of 715 Glenside Ave., Deptford NJ pleaded guilty today to second-degree aggravated assault in a knife attack on a 46- year-old Deptford man at a baby shower at the defendant’s residence.

In a negotiated plea, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Staci Scheetz will recommend that Kramer be sentenced to seven years in New Jersey State prison. Under the plea agreement, he will be ineligible for parole for nearly six years and will be subject to three years of parole supervision upon release from prison. Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for Aug. 12. He remains in the county jail in default of $50,000 bail.

In his plea, Kramer said the victim “was beating up on my little sister and a fight broke out” on 3/27/10. The victim sustained a laceration to the chest, a broken rib and a collapsed lung. Kramer was arrested at the scene. The victim was identified as the ex-boyfriend of Kramer’s aunt, who considers Kramer her son. The sister Kramer alluded to is his cousin, who was having the baby shower.

A codefendant in the case, Timothy Lockhart (DOB 12/10/61) of 245 Amherst St., Deptford is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly striking another man at the party who sustained a broken eye socket. Lockhart has a court hearing Tuesday (6/28).