PRESS RELEASE
June 17, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Interagency cooperation and use of technology led to the arrest Thursday (6/16) of Aaron Cook (DOB 5/25/76), of 214 Second Street, Swedesboro NJ on charges of second-degree aggravated assault on a 29-year-old Woodbury man who suffered a broken neck that left him paralyzed.
The attack occurred along Kings Highway in Woolwich Township NJ on June 9 when the victim arranged to meet Cook, who he believed had stolen tattooing equipment from him.
According to the criminal charges, the assailant grabbed the victim around the neck, lifted him off his feet, and threw him to the ground, head first. The victim’s girlfriend found him and called Woolwich police, who contacted the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office for assistance in locating the assailant, known to the victim only by the first letter of his first name. Through the GCPO fugitive unit, the name of the suspect was determined and an arrest warrant was issued. Several residences where Cook might be living were identified, though no long-term address was known since Cook had recently been released from federal prison. Data from an automated license plate reader system installed on some municipal police cars in recent years identified where a car belonging to a female acquaintance of Cook’s had been seen in the past week.
On Thursday afternoon, Cook was arrested by Woodbury police while a passenger in the female acquaintance’s car on North Broad Street. He is being held in the Gloucester County Jail in default of $75,000 bail.
Investigating the case were detectives T.J. Daniels of the Woolwich police, the GCPO fugitive unit and Agent Bill Donovan of the GCPO.
“This arrest would not have been possible without the outstanding cooperation and communication between the Woolwich and Woodbury police departments and the GCPO,” said Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Hunting Trip Gets Monroe Man Prison
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.
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.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
'85 Woolwich Murder, Attempted Murder Affirmed
PRESS RELEASE
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.
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
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
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
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
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
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
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
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
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
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
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
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.
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.
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