PRESS RELEASE
June 10, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
A 2009 deer hunting trip has cost Manndel E. Mobley (DOB 3/5/73), of 1017 Crestwood Dr., Williamstown NJ five years in state prison.
A state conservation officer had received information that Mobley, a multiple convicted felon prohibited from possessing a weapon, was still wielding a gun in the woods. The officer encountered Mobley in hunting attire and carrying a shotgun as he crossed Blue Bell Rd. in Monroe Township NJ on Dec. 9, 2009. The officer, in plainclothes and in an unmarked vehicle, engaged Mobley and his companions in conversation and learned they were hunting. Additional officers were called to the scene and Mobley was arrested as he was getting into a pickup truck. Mobley was charged with possession of a weapon by a person prohibited as well as hunting violations for killing deer.
As his trial was about to begin on Aug. 26, 2010, Mobley pleaded guilty to the weapons offense and to a separate charge of eluding a police officer in a motor vehicle in Franklin and Washington townships NJ on Sept. 13, 2008.
Mobley, whose convictions include burglary in 1995 and illegal weapons possession in 1993, was sentenced on Wednesday (6/8) by Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. to five years in prison, the term negotiated with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. He will be ineligible for parole for the full prison term. Mobley received a concurrent five-year sentence for eluding.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
'85 Woolwich Murder, Attempted Murder Affirmed
PRESS RELEASE
June 8, 2011
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The conviction of David Russo (DOB 4/27/55), of Dover DE, serving a life sentence for the fatal shooting of a man and attempted murder of another man and a woman at a Woolwich Township NJ service station in 1985, was affirmed today by the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court.
The appeals panel ruled on Russo’s appeal of his unsuccessful petition for post- conviction relief, which was denied by Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson in June 2009. Russo previously filed a direct appeal of his 1987 jury trial conviction and sentence with the appellate division, and that was denied.
In today’s 17 page decision, the appeals judges found no merit to Russo’s claims that he had ineffective trial counsel and that his defense of diminished capacity due to depression was not fully explored.
In a brief opposing Russo’s appeal, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph Enos maintained the defendant’s lawyers were diligent in his defense, one meeting with Russo for some 80 hours of pre-trial discussions and as a team effecting an overhaul of Gloucester County’s jury selection system, claiming it was unfair, before his trial.
Enos also found no indication of diminished capacity in Russo’s actions, traveling from Dover, shooting three people “in cold blood,” taking a money bag as well as steps to dispose of the evidence” and returning to Dover “without incident.”
Russo had come upon Petteti’s auto shop when his car was repaired there after a breakdown a week or two earlier, so “defendant was well aware of the manner and time of the processing of the day’s receipts,” Enos wrote. And he arrived to rob the shop “at the appropriate time” on March 7, 1985, he said.
Killed when Russo fired point-blank at three victims ordered to lie on the office floor was employee Joseph Iovanisi. Critically wounded was shop visitor Ann Kiley. Also wounded was Dino Rossi, an employee of the Petteti shop.
“Sometimes these terrible crimes fade from the public’s memory as the defendant avails himself our state’s appeals process,” sid Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton. “Fortunately, we have assistant prosecutors like Joe Enos, who don’t forget and do a great job ensuring the jury’s decision is upheld.’
Russo continues to serve a sentence of life plus 20 years, with a 40-year period of parole ineligibility.
June 8, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
The conviction of David Russo (DOB 4/27/55), of Dover DE, serving a life sentence for the fatal shooting of a man and attempted murder of another man and a woman at a Woolwich Township NJ service station in 1985, was affirmed today by the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court.
The appeals panel ruled on Russo’s appeal of his unsuccessful petition for post- conviction relief, which was denied by Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson in June 2009. Russo previously filed a direct appeal of his 1987 jury trial conviction and sentence with the appellate division, and that was denied.
In today’s 17 page decision, the appeals judges found no merit to Russo’s claims that he had ineffective trial counsel and that his defense of diminished capacity due to depression was not fully explored.
In a brief opposing Russo’s appeal, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph Enos maintained the defendant’s lawyers were diligent in his defense, one meeting with Russo for some 80 hours of pre-trial discussions and as a team effecting an overhaul of Gloucester County’s jury selection system, claiming it was unfair, before his trial.
Enos also found no indication of diminished capacity in Russo’s actions, traveling from Dover, shooting three people “in cold blood,” taking a money bag as well as steps to dispose of the evidence” and returning to Dover “without incident.”
Russo had come upon Petteti’s auto shop when his car was repaired there after a breakdown a week or two earlier, so “defendant was well aware of the manner and time of the processing of the day’s receipts,” Enos wrote. And he arrived to rob the shop “at the appropriate time” on March 7, 1985, he said.
Killed when Russo fired point-blank at three victims ordered to lie on the office floor was employee Joseph Iovanisi. Critically wounded was shop visitor Ann Kiley. Also wounded was Dino Rossi, an employee of the Petteti shop.
“Sometimes these terrible crimes fade from the public’s memory as the defendant avails himself our state’s appeals process,” sid Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton. “Fortunately, we have assistant prosecutors like Joe Enos, who don’t forget and do a great job ensuring the jury’s decision is upheld.’
Russo continues to serve a sentence of life plus 20 years, with a 40-year period of parole ineligibility.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Six Yrs NJSP in Heritage's Armed Robbery
PRESS RELEASE
June 3, 2011
For Immediate Release
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Izaiah Redd (DOB 7/27/91) of 167 Lincoln Rd., Deptford was sentenced today (6/3) to six years in New Jersey state prison for his admitted robbery of a Heritage’s convenience store on Glassboro Road in Woodbury Heights on Jan. 1, 2011.
In sentencing Redd under a guilty plea negotiated with Assistant Prosecutor Janis Melfi of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson said the defendant must serve three years before he is eligible for parole. He pleaded guilty 4/8/11 to robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon. Redd, whose lawyer said he is a Morgan State College student, also was ordered to make restitution of $12.84, the remaining $646 stolen having been returned to the store.
Police summoned to the Heritage’s store were told a man wearing a black mask and brandishing a gun had taken cigarettes and cash from two cashiers and ran from the store. Woodbury Heights Officer Nicholas DiBiasio apprehended the defendant a short time later nearby in a wooded area off West Jersey Avenue in Woodbury Heights. The weapon, a BB gun that resembled a firearm, was recovered by a Mantua Township police K-9 team in the wooded area.
June 3, 2011
For Immediate Release
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Izaiah Redd (DOB 7/27/91) of 167 Lincoln Rd., Deptford was sentenced today (6/3) to six years in New Jersey state prison for his admitted robbery of a Heritage’s convenience store on Glassboro Road in Woodbury Heights on Jan. 1, 2011.
In sentencing Redd under a guilty plea negotiated with Assistant Prosecutor Janis Melfi of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson said the defendant must serve three years before he is eligible for parole. He pleaded guilty 4/8/11 to robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon. Redd, whose lawyer said he is a Morgan State College student, also was ordered to make restitution of $12.84, the remaining $646 stolen having been returned to the store.
Police summoned to the Heritage’s store were told a man wearing a black mask and brandishing a gun had taken cigarettes and cash from two cashiers and ran from the store. Woodbury Heights Officer Nicholas DiBiasio apprehended the defendant a short time later nearby in a wooded area off West Jersey Avenue in Woodbury Heights. The weapon, a BB gun that resembled a firearm, was recovered by a Mantua Township police K-9 team in the wooded area.
Woman Indicted in Deptford Fatal Hit-Run
PRESS RELEASE
June 2, 2011
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Mary J. Dalton (DOB 12/13/69) of 101 Redstone Ridge Drive, Deptford Township NJ has been indicted on charges of vehicular homicide in the death of 44-year-old Thomas McCoy in Deptford on Sept. 14, 2010.
A Gloucester County grand jury indicted defendant Dalton Wednesday (6/1) on second-degree vehicular homicide and second-degree leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
Victim McCoy was riding a bicycle on the northbound shoulder of Route 47 (Delsea Drive) in Deptford when he was struck from behind by a Ford Explorer driven by defendant Dalton. He was dead at the scene. The Explorer sustained damage, lost fluids and was found by police disabled on the side of Route 47 about a mile north of the collision. Defendant Dalton, uninjured, was with the vehicle.
In addition to the two-count indictment, defendant Dalton is charged with several motor vehicle violations, including driving while intoxicated and uninsured.
Mary J. Dalton is not a relative of Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton.
June 2, 2011
For Immediate Release
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Mary J. Dalton (DOB 12/13/69) of 101 Redstone Ridge Drive, Deptford Township NJ has been indicted on charges of vehicular homicide in the death of 44-year-old Thomas McCoy in Deptford on Sept. 14, 2010.
A Gloucester County grand jury indicted defendant Dalton Wednesday (6/1) on second-degree vehicular homicide and second-degree leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
Victim McCoy was riding a bicycle on the northbound shoulder of Route 47 (Delsea Drive) in Deptford when he was struck from behind by a Ford Explorer driven by defendant Dalton. He was dead at the scene. The Explorer sustained damage, lost fluids and was found by police disabled on the side of Route 47 about a mile north of the collision. Defendant Dalton, uninjured, was with the vehicle.
In addition to the two-count indictment, defendant Dalton is charged with several motor vehicle violations, including driving while intoxicated and uninsured.
Mary J. Dalton is not a relative of Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton.
Millville NJ Man Pleads to 3 Home Invasion Robberies
PRESS RELEASE
June 3, 2011
For Immediate Release
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Dequan Gilmore (DOB 9/3/88) of 3 Cecile Drive, Millville pleaded guilty today (6/3) in Superior Court, Woodbury to participating in three home invasion robberies in Monroe and Winslow townships NJ in February and March last year.
In a negotiated plea, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph More will recommend that Gilmore be sentenced to seven years in New Jersey state prison and must serve 85 percent of the sentence before he is eligible for parole.
Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson scheduled sentencing for July 22. He remains in the Gloucester County Jail.
The robberies were Feb. 15, 2010 at a South Main St. residence in Williamstown and March 3, 2010 at a Whitehall Rd. residence in Monroe Township and a Chews Landing Road home in Winslow.
A codefendant in the March 3 robberies, Tyler Conant (10/25/90) of Williamstown, was sentenced May 16 to seven years in New Jersey state prison. Codefendant Harvey Green Jr. (DOB 8/10/88), of Bridgeton, who also pleaded guilty to all three home invasions, was sentenced last month to six years in New Jersey state prison. Charges against Darius Coleman (DOB 9/3/88), of Millville, are pending. The defendants were arrested after a Monroe officer stopped their speeding car shortly after the Whitehall Rd. home invasion.
June 3, 2011
For Immediate Release
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Dequan Gilmore (DOB 9/3/88) of 3 Cecile Drive, Millville pleaded guilty today (6/3) in Superior Court, Woodbury to participating in three home invasion robberies in Monroe and Winslow townships NJ in February and March last year.
In a negotiated plea, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph More will recommend that Gilmore be sentenced to seven years in New Jersey state prison and must serve 85 percent of the sentence before he is eligible for parole.
Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson scheduled sentencing for July 22. He remains in the Gloucester County Jail.
The robberies were Feb. 15, 2010 at a South Main St. residence in Williamstown and March 3, 2010 at a Whitehall Rd. residence in Monroe Township and a Chews Landing Road home in Winslow.
A codefendant in the March 3 robberies, Tyler Conant (10/25/90) of Williamstown, was sentenced May 16 to seven years in New Jersey state prison. Codefendant Harvey Green Jr. (DOB 8/10/88), of Bridgeton, who also pleaded guilty to all three home invasions, was sentenced last month to six years in New Jersey state prison. Charges against Darius Coleman (DOB 9/3/88), of Millville, are pending. The defendants were arrested after a Monroe officer stopped their speeding car shortly after the Whitehall Rd. home invasion.
Ex-WT man, Accomplice Indicted in Vehicle Arson
PRESS RELEASE
June 2, 2011
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Douglas M. Scheuerer (DOB 8/23/66), formerly of 6 Mansoor Court, Sewell NJ and now a resident of Paulsboro NJ has been indicted on charges of hiring a Camden man to set fire to a neighbor’s motor vehicle last August and with threatening a witness to withhold information from investigators about the arson.
A Gloucester County grand jury on Wednesday (6/1) indicted Scheuerer on charges of first-degree arson for pecuniary benefit, third-degree witness tampering, and two counts of third-degree threat to kill, one of them involving the arson witness, the other involving a neighbor.
A Chevrolet Silverado parked at 5 Mansoor Ct., Sewell was set afire Aug. 28, 2010. An investigation showed an ignitable liquid was used to start the fire, which caused an explosion.
Also indicted was Pedro L. Bonet (DOB 8/24/90), of Camden. He is charged with first-degree arson for pecuniary benefit and 2nd degree aggravated arson.
Scheuerer is free on $200,000 bail. Bonet is being held in default of $100,000 bail.
June 2, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Douglas M. Scheuerer (DOB 8/23/66), formerly of 6 Mansoor Court, Sewell NJ and now a resident of Paulsboro NJ has been indicted on charges of hiring a Camden man to set fire to a neighbor’s motor vehicle last August and with threatening a witness to withhold information from investigators about the arson.
A Gloucester County grand jury on Wednesday (6/1) indicted Scheuerer on charges of first-degree arson for pecuniary benefit, third-degree witness tampering, and two counts of third-degree threat to kill, one of them involving the arson witness, the other involving a neighbor.
A Chevrolet Silverado parked at 5 Mansoor Ct., Sewell was set afire Aug. 28, 2010. An investigation showed an ignitable liquid was used to start the fire, which caused an explosion.
Also indicted was Pedro L. Bonet (DOB 8/24/90), of Camden. He is charged with first-degree arson for pecuniary benefit and 2nd degree aggravated arson.
Scheuerer is free on $200,000 bail. Bonet is being held in default of $100,000 bail.
5th Anniversary of Desiree McGraw Murder
PRESS RELEASE
June 2, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
The family of 27-year-old Desiree McGraw on Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the date (6/6/06) when she was found shot to death behind the Jericho Fire Company on Mail Avenue in Deptford NJ.
A fire company member discovered her partially-clothed body while checking around the building, which was to be a primary election polling place on that day. Voters were directed elsewhere when the property became a crime scene.
Officers with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and the Deptford Police Department have spent many hours and resources on the investigation and are asking the public for help with finding the person or persons responsible for this murder.
A reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, offered by the GCPO and Deptford PD, was increased last year to $8,000. Anyone with information can contact GCPO Sgt. James Ballenger at (856) 384-5601 or provide an anonymous tip by texting GLOTIP, then the message and CRIMES (274637).
“Desiree’s family deserves some answers and law enforcement wants to deal with whoever committed such a cold-blooded killing,” said Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton.
June 2, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
The family of 27-year-old Desiree McGraw on Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the date (6/6/06) when she was found shot to death behind the Jericho Fire Company on Mail Avenue in Deptford NJ.
A fire company member discovered her partially-clothed body while checking around the building, which was to be a primary election polling place on that day. Voters were directed elsewhere when the property became a crime scene.
Officers with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and the Deptford Police Department have spent many hours and resources on the investigation and are asking the public for help with finding the person or persons responsible for this murder.
A reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, offered by the GCPO and Deptford PD, was increased last year to $8,000. Anyone with information can contact GCPO Sgt. James Ballenger at (856) 384-5601 or provide an anonymous tip by texting GLOTIP, then the message and CRIMES (274637).
“Desiree’s family deserves some answers and law enforcement wants to deal with whoever committed such a cold-blooded killing,” said Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton.
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