PRESS RELEASE
July 6, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton on Tuesday (7/5) presented a check for $500 to members of the four-year-old Concerned Black Men of Gloucester County to support a summer mentoring program for teenage boys from the City of Woodbury.
“You’re filling a void,” Dalton told Robert Green, of Wenonah, Tracy McMillan of Westville and Julius Farmer of Woodbury, who have planned a summer of academic and life skills mentoring and field trips to museums, ball games and to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. The group hopes to attract up to 25 boys between the ages of 10 and 16.
“The fact that you’re taking them on these trips and so forth is just great, in addition to being good role models,” said Dalton, who drew the donation from seized drug investigation funds.
Green, a Mobil retiree, said the group began with ten men in 2007 and now numbers five. “We were all retired men and not everyone was enthusiastic enough to hang with it,” he said. He has, an undiscouraged Green said. “I have a large family. I’m from a large family. We worked in the Sunday schools. Kids have been part of my life all of my life. That’s what God left me here for, to mentor kids.”
Anyone interested in supporting the group can contact Green at (856) 415-1789 or write him at199 Linden St., Wenonah 08090 or P.O. box 372, Woodbury 08096.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
33 Yrs NJSP in Greenwich NJ Child Sex Abuse
PRESS RELEASE
July 1, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Michael L. Pavlyik (DOB 9/16/70), a former resident of Greenwich Township, Gloucester County NJ was sentenced today to 33 years in New Jersey state prison on seven counts of sexually assaulting and endangering his stepdaughter, starting when she was eight years old and continuing for more than two years.
Pavlyik was convicted of all crimes charged in a jury trial that ended 4/1/11. He was found guilty of committing sexual intercourse, multiple acts of oral sex, fondling the victim and showing pornographic material to her on a home computer. He was arrested on the charges by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office in March 2007. He has been in jail since his conviction, his bail revoked.
Pavlyik also was found guilty of possessing an explosive device- a nine-inch tube filled with black powder- found in his former 180 Harmony Rd. residence.
Praising the courage of the victim for coming forward and noting that the defendant remains remorseless over what he called “horrible acts,” Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. rejected defense requests to sentence Pavlyik as if the primary offenses were second-degree (5-10 yrs) rather than first degree (10-20 yrs). He also ruled that at least one consecutive sentence was in order on the three first-degree sexual assault counts because of the time frame in which the crimes occurred, and he imposed the sentence in that fashion- two 18-year terms that run concurrently and a consecutive 15 year term, for a total of 33 years.
“These clearly are separate crimes occurring at separate times over a period of at least three years,” the judge said. He noted that while the oral sex crimes occurred close in time to each other, the sexual intercourse for which he imposed 15 years was entirely separate.
Pavlyik must serve 85 percent of the 33 year term before being considered for parole. Upon release he will be subject to 15 years of supervision and the conditions of Megan’s Law for sex offenders.
Pavlyik additionally was sentenced to concurrent eight year terms on four second-degree sexual assault counts and five years each for the obscene material and explosive device convictions. Judge Marshall ordered $1795.79 in restitution for victim counseling costs.
The incidents took place while the stepdaughter, who testified in Pavlyik’s trial, visited her biological mother in Greenwich Township. She lives in Maryland with her biological father.
Prior to sentencing, Judge Marshall denied a motion for a new trial, saying the rulings he made in Pavlyik’s trial were appropriate.
Senior Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Audrey Curwin, who presented the case against Pavlyik, read a letter from the victim about the “torture” of her experiences and her self-blame, but also about her resilience. “I’ve been through hell and I’m still trying to find my way back,” she wrote. Her father also spoke, asking the court to consider his daughter’s life “has been turned upside down.”
Curwin had argued for consecutive sentences, saying “this was not something which was an act of aberrant behavior” in a limited time span. “These were ongoing physical sexual assaults upon a child for years.”
July 1, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Michael L. Pavlyik (DOB 9/16/70), a former resident of Greenwich Township, Gloucester County NJ was sentenced today to 33 years in New Jersey state prison on seven counts of sexually assaulting and endangering his stepdaughter, starting when she was eight years old and continuing for more than two years.
Pavlyik was convicted of all crimes charged in a jury trial that ended 4/1/11. He was found guilty of committing sexual intercourse, multiple acts of oral sex, fondling the victim and showing pornographic material to her on a home computer. He was arrested on the charges by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office in March 2007. He has been in jail since his conviction, his bail revoked.
Pavlyik also was found guilty of possessing an explosive device- a nine-inch tube filled with black powder- found in his former 180 Harmony Rd. residence.
Praising the courage of the victim for coming forward and noting that the defendant remains remorseless over what he called “horrible acts,” Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. rejected defense requests to sentence Pavlyik as if the primary offenses were second-degree (5-10 yrs) rather than first degree (10-20 yrs). He also ruled that at least one consecutive sentence was in order on the three first-degree sexual assault counts because of the time frame in which the crimes occurred, and he imposed the sentence in that fashion- two 18-year terms that run concurrently and a consecutive 15 year term, for a total of 33 years.
“These clearly are separate crimes occurring at separate times over a period of at least three years,” the judge said. He noted that while the oral sex crimes occurred close in time to each other, the sexual intercourse for which he imposed 15 years was entirely separate.
Pavlyik must serve 85 percent of the 33 year term before being considered for parole. Upon release he will be subject to 15 years of supervision and the conditions of Megan’s Law for sex offenders.
Pavlyik additionally was sentenced to concurrent eight year terms on four second-degree sexual assault counts and five years each for the obscene material and explosive device convictions. Judge Marshall ordered $1795.79 in restitution for victim counseling costs.
The incidents took place while the stepdaughter, who testified in Pavlyik’s trial, visited her biological mother in Greenwich Township. She lives in Maryland with her biological father.
Prior to sentencing, Judge Marshall denied a motion for a new trial, saying the rulings he made in Pavlyik’s trial were appropriate.
Senior Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Audrey Curwin, who presented the case against Pavlyik, read a letter from the victim about the “torture” of her experiences and her self-blame, but also about her resilience. “I’ve been through hell and I’m still trying to find my way back,” she wrote. Her father also spoke, asking the court to consider his daughter’s life “has been turned upside down.”
Curwin had argued for consecutive sentences, saying “this was not something which was an act of aberrant behavior” in a limited time span. “These were ongoing physical sexual assaults upon a child for years.”
Man Sought in Heights Shooting Arrested in Phila.
PRESS RELEASE
July 1, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Joseph Evola, (DOB 10/4/68) formerly of Lumberton NJ, wanted in connection with the shooting and wounding of a Woodbury Heights NJ man outside his home on Monday (6/27), has been arrested in Philadelphia.
The 2:45 p.m. arrest Thursday (6/30) at a pizza shop at 2461 Grant Ave. in Northeast Philadelphia was by members of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s fugitive unit and members of the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force in Camden. It was without incident. Evola was not carrying a weapon.
Evola is charged with two counts of aggravated assault- one with a deadly weapon, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, theft and eluding police. Evola fled from the scene of the shooting on Park Avenue in Woodbury Heights in a vehicle stolen in Philadelphia, which he crashed at a Gloucester City NJ exit of Route 676. He then fled from the crashed car.
Bail for Evola was set at $75,000 on the New Jersey charges. He is being held in Philadelphia on a fugitive warrant pending an extradition hearing.
The 52-year-old victim was wounded in the thigh and a finger by a shot fired from a 9 mm handgun. He was treated at Cooper Medical Center in Camden and released the evening of the shooting. The incident occurred when the victim left his home to investigate his son’s report of a stranger in a car outside the residence.
“We are pleased to get this dangerous individual off the streets, thanks to the outstanding work of the U.S. Marshals, the Woodbury Heights Police Department and the GCPO fugitive unit,” said Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton.
July 1, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Joseph Evola, (DOB 10/4/68) formerly of Lumberton NJ, wanted in connection with the shooting and wounding of a Woodbury Heights NJ man outside his home on Monday (6/27), has been arrested in Philadelphia.
The 2:45 p.m. arrest Thursday (6/30) at a pizza shop at 2461 Grant Ave. in Northeast Philadelphia was by members of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s fugitive unit and members of the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force in Camden. It was without incident. Evola was not carrying a weapon.
Evola is charged with two counts of aggravated assault- one with a deadly weapon, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, theft and eluding police. Evola fled from the scene of the shooting on Park Avenue in Woodbury Heights in a vehicle stolen in Philadelphia, which he crashed at a Gloucester City NJ exit of Route 676. He then fled from the crashed car.
Bail for Evola was set at $75,000 on the New Jersey charges. He is being held in Philadelphia on a fugitive warrant pending an extradition hearing.
The 52-year-old victim was wounded in the thigh and a finger by a shot fired from a 9 mm handgun. He was treated at Cooper Medical Center in Camden and released the evening of the shooting. The incident occurred when the victim left his home to investigate his son’s report of a stranger in a car outside the residence.
“We are pleased to get this dangerous individual off the streets, thanks to the outstanding work of the U.S. Marshals, the Woodbury Heights Police Department and the GCPO fugitive unit,” said Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton.
Harrisonville NJ Man Pleads to CVS Robberies
PRESS RELEASE
June 30, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Howard D. Lopez (DOB 4/20/81) of Harrison Township NJ pleaded guilty today (6/30) to robbing two CVS drug stores of painkiller pills in July 2010.
In a plea agreement, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph More will recommend Lopez be sentenced to four years in New Jersey state prison for each robbery, the terms to run concurrently. He will be ineligible for parole for 85 percent of the term (3 years, four months) and be subject to three years of parole supervision after prison.
Superior Court judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. scheduled sentencing for Aug. 19. Lopez has been held in the Gloucester County Jail in default of $100,000 bail since his 8/10/10 arrest.
In his guilty pleas, Lopez acknowledged he threatened employees of CVS stores in Franklin and Harrison townships, Gloucester County NJ on 7/19/10 and 7/28/10. His lawyer asked whether he told store workers he “would do bodily harm to them if they did not comply with giving him oxycodone pills” and Lopez said he did. He left with pills in both cases, he said.
June 30, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Howard D. Lopez (DOB 4/20/81) of Harrison Township NJ pleaded guilty today (6/30) to robbing two CVS drug stores of painkiller pills in July 2010.
In a plea agreement, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph More will recommend Lopez be sentenced to four years in New Jersey state prison for each robbery, the terms to run concurrently. He will be ineligible for parole for 85 percent of the term (3 years, four months) and be subject to three years of parole supervision after prison.
Superior Court judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. scheduled sentencing for Aug. 19. Lopez has been held in the Gloucester County Jail in default of $100,000 bail since his 8/10/10 arrest.
In his guilty pleas, Lopez acknowledged he threatened employees of CVS stores in Franklin and Harrison townships, Gloucester County NJ on 7/19/10 and 7/28/10. His lawyer asked whether he told store workers he “would do bodily harm to them if they did not comply with giving him oxycodone pills” and Lopez said he did. He left with pills in both cases, he said.
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).
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).
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