2 sentenced for 2018 fatal shooting in Jersey City
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Posted Feb 05, 2021
Omar Williams, second from left, and Kai Robinson, 20, right, appear in court with their attorneys in 2018.Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal
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A pair of Jersey City men were sentenced to prison Thursday for their involvement in a 2018 shooting that claimed a teenager’s life and wounded another person, authorities said.
Omar Williams was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for first-degree manslaughter, while his co-defendant Kai Robinson received a five-year sentence, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.
Both men must serve 85% of their prison terms before becoming eligible for parole.
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Kai Robinson. Photo courtesy of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Yesterday, Hudson County Superior Court Patrick J. Arre sentenced Omar Williams,
23, of Jersey City, to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for his role in the death of Kamal
McCord, 19, of Jersey City – which occurred on May 2, 2018 in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.
Arre also sentenced one of Williams’ co-defendants, Kai Robinson, 23, of Jersey City, to a term of five years in New Jersey state prison.
Both men pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter, with Robinson’s plea having the charge treated as second degree at sentencing.
West New York man pleads guilty to insurance fraud related to Hoboken hit-and-run
Richard Hamedl. Photo courtesy of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Richard Hamedl, 32, of West New York, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree insurance fraud in relation to an insurance claim filed following his involvement in a hit-and-run incident with a parked car in Hoboken, Suarez said in a statement.
The plea was accepted by the Hudson County Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Militello during a virtual plea hearing on Wednesday.
On August 26th, 2020, Hamedl was operating a 2019 BMW X6 when he struck a parked vehicle on 10th Street in Hoboken and fled the scene.
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Nearly two dozen locations in New Jersey and New York were raided and nearly four pounds of meth, more than a pound and a half of fentanyl and $118,395 in cash were seized by a team headed by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force working with federal Homeland Security Investigations and the NYPD, they said Wednesday.