6 Yrs NJSP in Gun Wounding of Man in Woodbury

PRESS RELEASE
August 15, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO

Robert M. Edwards (DOB 10/14/91), of 117 S. Carlton St., Lindenwold NJ was sentenced today to six years in New Jersey state prison for aggravated assault in the wounding of a 39-year-old Deptford NJ man during an altercation on Franklin Street in Woodbury NJ on March 18, 2010.

Edwards, who pleaded guilty to the assault May 31, must serve 85 percent of the prison term before he is eligible for parole, Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson said. The sentence will be concurrent with a three-year state prison sentence imposed in Camden County in May for a narcotics offense.

The victim told police he was in a physical altercation with an unknown ma on Franklin Street who pointed a handgun at him, and he was able to grab the barrel and push it away as it fired. A shot grazed his shoulder. Based on witness statements, Edwards was arrested a short time later on East Center St., Woodbury