El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en diciembre 19, 2023, la Honorable Kimarie Rahill, J.S.C., sentenció a Michael Stallworth, 35, de alturas del mar, to seven years New Jersey State Prison as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to Aggravated Assault, in connection with a stabbing incident that occurred in Brick Township on July 26, 2021. La sentencia está sujeta a los términos de la Ley de Prohibición de Liberación Temprana (NERA), meaning that Stallworth will be required to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence before he may be considered for parole eligibility. Stallworth pled guilty to the charge on January 9, 2023, ante la Honorable Lisa A.. Puglisi, JSC.
En julio 26, 2021, aproximadamente a 4:00 pm., Officers of the Brick Township Police Department responded to the parking lot of the ShopRite on Route 70 in Brick in response to a male victim having been stabbed in the parking lot. Los oficiales que respondieron encontraron un 44 year-old male victim with apparent stab wounds to his back. The victim was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, donde fue atendido por sus heridas y puesto en libertad.
Una investigación de la Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Departamento de policía del municipio de Brick, y la Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, resulted in Stallworth being identified as the individual who stabbed the victim and caused his injuries. En julio 26, 2021, a warrant was issued for Stallworth’s arrest. Originally a fugitive from justice, Stallworth surrendered himself to the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Division on August 29, 2021, and was initially lodged in the Ocean County Jail. Stallworth is presently lodged in the Essex County Correctional Facility – serving a sentence on a federal violation of probation.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the diligent efforts of Senior Assistant Prosecutor Shanon Chant-Berry who handled the case on behalf of the State as well as the as the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Unidad de Defensa de Víctimas y Testigos de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Brick Township Police Department Detective Bureau and Patrol Division, Departamento de policía del municipio de Lakewood, Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Division, for their combined and collective efforts in connection with this investigation resulting in Stallworth’s apprehension, Declaración de culpabilidad, y ahora su sentencia de prisión estatal.