N.J. county will use $1.8M in fed grants to combat school violence, help kids exposed to trauma
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae speaks during a press conference in 2019. (Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office has received four new federal grants totaling more than $1.8 million that are aimed at combating school violence through technology, supporting kids exposed to trauma and steering juvenile offenders onto a more productive path.
County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae announced the grants in a virtual press conference Tuesday afternoon that featured participation by local, county and state legislators who serve Cumberland County.
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Johnell McCoy served nearly two years in prison and in a halfway house before a New Jersey appeals court threw out his convictions, citing errors made by a judge and a prosecutor who embellished testimony during his trial. I fought for my life, to come home to my family, to come home to my kids, McCoy, 42, said in a recent interview. It was a whole nightmare.”
The lengthy appeal wasn t the only nightmare McCoy faced in New Jersey s criminal justice system.
As the appeal slogged through the court system, the coronavirus swept through state prisons. McCoy and his lawyers asked courts and corrections officials about a dozen times to release him. They cited three health conditions that make McCoy especially vulnerable to COVID-19.
Four Years Later, Bridgeton Murder Remains Unsolved
A man from Bridgeton was shot and killed four years ago this month and the case still remains unsolved.
Authorities say in the early morning hours of February 25, 2017, 27-year-old Leonard R. Resto was shot in the head in an alleyway behind 135 East Avenue in Bridgeton, according to the Cumberland County Prosecutor s Office.
On that day, Resto was one of two people shot in Bridgeton. As reported by The Press of Atlantic City, the second shooting, which was not related to the first, happened that afternoon; a man was shot in the arm while walking to the Burlington Manor Apartments.
Teen With Homicide Charge in Vineland Arrested for Assault in FL.
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The Florida Highway Patrol say Zachary Thomas Latham, 18, was arrested after the a motorist waved down a trooper in Fort Myers saying he was a victim of an assault. The motorist claimed another driver confronted him and brandished a firearm at him on the highway.
According to the Fort Myers News-Press, when troopers pulled over Latham s Nissan Infinity last Saturday, they found a black, airsoft BB gun that resembles to an AK-47. Latham was also charged with a second count of aggravated assault for attempting to intentionally ram the victim’s vehicle.
Teen charged in NJ homicide arrested again in Florida Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - A teen facing charges in connection with the death of a New Jersey man was arrested again in Florida after a driver told authorities he was assaulted by him.
Troopers arrested Zachary Thomas Latham, 18, Saturday evening after a driver requesting assistance in Fort Myers waved down a trooper and said someone in a Nissan Infinity confronted him and brandished a gun, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a statement. Latham, they said, also had attempted to intentionally ram the victim’s car.