Three teen charged in connection to the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in Jersey City have been waived up to Superior Court Criminal Division where they will be prosecuted as adults and face far more severe sentences if convicted.

JERSEY CITY -- Three teens charged in connection to the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old in Jersey City have been waived up to the Superior Court Criminal Division where they will be prosecuted as adults and face far more severe sentences if convicted.

Three 17-year-olds, Devon Statan, of Newark, and Khalil Vance and Raymont Rogers, of Jersey City, were waived up on Wednesday and made their first court appearance today in connection to the Aug. 13 homicide of Jaharee Broadway, 19, on Forrest Street. 

They are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, weapons offenses and receiving stolen property, as well as the attempted murder of a second person wounded in the incident, Hudson County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Ray Worrall said.

The boys appeared in Criminal Justice Reform Court in Jersey City where Hudson County Superior Court Judge Mark Nelson entered not guilty pleas on their behalves. At the hearing, the state moved to detain the boys through the course of their prosecution and a detention hearing is set for Wednesday.

Also arrested in September in connection to the homicide was Zafarri Francis, 18, of Jersey City, and he faces the same charges as the boys, officials said, adding that two of the juveniles were 16 years old at the time they were arrested.

On the day of the shooting, police responded to Forrest Street near Martin Luther King Drive at 1:25 p.m. on a report of shots being fired and found Broadway suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m., officials said.

Responding officers also found a 22-year-old man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds at the location and he was taken to the JCMC for treatment of injuries that were not considered life-threatening.  

A judge has ordered Francis detained through his prosecution and he is being held at the Hudson County jail in Kearny. 

Officials have not released information on a possible motive for the shooting. 

An Irvington man who unleashed a rain of deadly gunfire on a Newark street nearly four years ago was sentenced Friday to life in prison

An Irvington man who unleashed a rain of deadly gunfire on a Newark street nearly four years ago was sentenced Friday to life in prison, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino said.

Terrell Haywood (Essex County Prosecutor's Office)  

In December, Terrell Haywood, 28, who has a record of drug convictions dating back a decade, was found guilty of first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, first-degree murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses in connection with the murder of Kharey Reynolds, 23.

Reynolds was standing on Isabella Avenue talking with friends around noon on March 18, 2014, when a masked Haywood and another man approached and began firing at him.

The two men discharged a total of 40 rounds, striking Reynolds nine times and hitting another person, a 41-year-old man. That victim suffered three gunshot wounds but survived.  

The second shooter was never found, Laurino said.

"Given this defendant's prior criminal history and the brutal nature of this murder, we believe a life sentence was appropriate,'' said Assistant Prosecutor Jacqueline Bilinkas.

Under state law, Haywood must serve at least 75 years in prison before he's eligible for parole.

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'Now I look at all men, like "You're a #MeToo,"' Williams said on her show Thursday Watch video

Wendy Williams successfully upheld her reputation for espousing controversial viewpoints when she made a comment about the #MeToo movement on her show Thursday. 

"I'm sick of this #MeToo movement," Williams said between celebrity-focused "Hot Topics" segments on "The Wendy Williams Show." (See the 15:30 mark in the video above.)

"I love that people are speaking up for the first time and coming out and everything, but now I look at all men, like 'You're a #MeToo,'" she said. "All of 'em. All of 'em. Which is not fair." 

With that, she told the audience that those attending the Grammys on Sunday are being asked to wear white roses to show support for victims of sexual assault and misconduct. 

The #MeToo movement, which spreads awareness about sexual harassment, assault and abuse, was founded by activist Tarana Burke in 2007 but gained momentum on Twitter in the fall of 2017, after the publication of stories that chronicled Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's alleged long history of sexual predation. Actress Alyssa Milano and other celebrities helped stoke the flames of the movement by sharing the hashtag, inspiring people who aren't public figures to do the same and share their stories of sexual harassment and assault. 

Williams, 53, who grew up in Ocean Township and lives in Livingston, made her comments about #MeToo some time after a segment about singer R. Kelly, who for years has faced allegations of sexual misconduct, including allegations that he had sexual relationships with underage girls and has held women against their will in a cult. Williams had been talking about #MuteRKelly, a movement started by two Atlanta women to get Kelly's shows canceled.

The talk show host derided the effort as "10 years too late." She also referenced the late singer Aaliyah, who married Kelly when she was 15 and he was at least 27 (she lied and said she was 18), and said that allegations of Kelly having sex with underage girls are not considered part of #MeToo. Williams said she blames parents of teens for their alleged encounters with Kelly. 

Burke, originator of the movement, was one of the many who criticized Williams for her comments on social media. 

"I heard what Wendy said yesterday and was disgusted by it," she tweeted, railing against Williams in a series of tweets. "This is why Black women/girls are hesitant about coming forward with their #metoo stories bc of Black women like @WendyWilliams who blame the victim. You really think a 13 y.o. girl is to BLAME for sex w/ a 30+ y.o. man??"

"I tried to hold my tongue, but I can't," Burke continued. "Yes, Wendy said he (Kelly) was sick but pivoted to blaming the parents. FOCUS - HE IS THE PREDATOR - period. How dare you get on National TV and say his victims can't say #metoo you should be ashamed @WendyWilliams."

In October, Williams fainted on live TV after she became overheated in her Halloween costume. The talk show host was found to have been suffering from dehydration. 

You might want to think twice before you pull out your phone.

First came the leaf blower ban. Is a prohibition on texting in the roadway next on the list of uncommon ordinances to come to one Essex County township? 

It might be, according to a Maplewood committeewoman who raised the possibility of ticketing pedestrians who step into the street while looking at their phones.

"There are already laws on the books for driving while being distracted by a mobile device, and it's becoming more and more apparent with younger people like Generation Z ... that they need to look up and make sure that they can cross safely," Committeewoman Nancy Adams said in a phone interview. 

Inspired by Honolulu's new law banning "distracted walking" in the roadway, Adams said she proposed the idea of ticketing pedestrians who look at their phones at the Jan. 16 committee meeting. The township's public safety committee, which includes first responders, is now slated to weigh in on the suggestion. 

The proposal is in its very beginning stages, Adams said, so no details have been hashed out. Fines would likely be minimal, and police officers would use discretion in deciding when to hand out a ticket. A person using his phone as a flashlight to cross the street, for example, would not be fined under Adams' plan. 

Nationwide data, courtesy of Governors Highway Safety Association

Ticketing pedestrians would be the latest in what Adams said is a string of recent safety initiatives in Maplewood, including educational programs and cops in plain clothes giving summonses to drivers who fail to stop at crosswalks.

The township also plans to purchase reflective armbands to give to people who frequently walk downtown in the evenings, Interim Police Chief Jimmy DeVaul said. He said ticketing pedestrians who look at their phones in the road would be more of a safety and awareness initiative than a punitive one. 

Creating an ordinance to govern pedestrians' behavior would also shift some of the responsibility for their safety to them because "the driver's not always the one at fault" in an accident, Adams said. 

Although she said pedestrian accidents don't occur more frequently in Maplewood than in any other town, the Governors Highway Safety Association estimates there were roughly 6,000 pedestrian fatalities nationwide in 2016, up 11 percent from the prior year. State Police data shows 602 of those pedestrians who died in collisions with motor vehicles were in New Jersey. 

Many factors likely contributed to the uptick in deaths, but the growing use of smart phones may have had an impact, the safety association said in a report. 

Nationwide data, courtesy of Governors Highway Safety Association

Maplewood would likely be the only municipality in the state to ban pedestrians from texting or using a smart phone app in the roadway. Township officials and the New Jersey League of Municipalities were unaware of any other towns with similar policies. 

A statewide proposal introduced to the Legislature in 2016 never reached a committee and was not subject to a vote. The bill, proposed by Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt, D-Camden, would have fined pestrians $50 for texting or otherwise using a phone while crossing the street. 

Cyndi Steiner, the executive director of the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition, said she felt any attempts to regulate pedestrians' behavior in the roadway would be akin to victim blaming. She said the state and municipalities should focus on narrowing road lanes, creating bumpouts and adding lights to crosswalks to encourage drivers to slow down. 

"We have a big problem, and it's caused by speed," Steiner said. "It's not irrational pedestrian behavior. They're trying to survive in an environment that's not built for them."

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The 8,648-square-foot home has eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and skyline views of New York City.

Perched on more that three acres of elevated land in Cedar Grove, lending itself to panoramic views of New York City from the George Washington Bridge to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, is one of the state's most luxurious homes.

And it just hit the market for a cool $23 million on Thursday.

The 8,648-square-foot home, which is owned by local psychiatrist Annamaria Nucci, has eight bedrooms and 11 bathrooms in total, which includes a three bedroom guest wing with a full kitchen, according to the home's listing.

It was also the luxurious mansion featured in the movie Garden State (remember the pool scene?), according to Gawker.

According to the listing, the home, which is located on Club Way in Cedar Grove, is known as "Rock Ledge" for "its unique location and skyline views."

"It's like having New York City in your own backyard," the listing states.

And that's not all that much of an exaggeration. One of the highlights of the home is an in-ground, 87-foot long pool that sits right on the ledge and has an unobstructed view of one of the most stunning skylines in the world.

The $23 million Cedar Grove home features an 87-foot-long pool that looks out into the New York City skyline. (Trulia)
 

Inside the home, there are massive windows throughout to highlight that view. There is also a full maids quarters and an office with a separate entry, according to the listing.

Property records do not indicate when the home was last on the market or when Nucci purchased the property, but in 2010, Gawker wrote a story about Nucci, who is described as an "Italian immigrant, former concert pianist, current psychiatrist, and appreciator of the good life," and her home.

The story says Nucci contacted Gawker shortly after they wrote about a different $16 million mansion in Montclair (also on Club Way but not on the Cedar Grove side) that had recently gone up for sale. Like anyone who owns a $23 million home would do, Nucci sent an email to the media site saying she, in fact, had the most expensive home in the area.

"I own 24 Club Way, a much more elegant house with a better view," she wrote. "Three times the usable land, with an 87-foot pool, AND it sits majestically on top of the hill and not sideways on the property as the house you wrote about!"

Property taxes for the home were $43,971 in 2017 -- much cheaper than the Montclair home Gawker wrote about, she pointed out in 2010.

And while the $23 million price tag is certainly hefty, Nucci told Gawker she wasn't going to sell the home to just anyone with the money.

"I envision someone who appreciates the very best," Nucci said. "Someone very refined."

Martin Miller, curently the listing agent for the home, said he did not know why Nucci was trying to sell the home, and declined to comment further.

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The New Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry includes dozens of offenders listed as "non-compliant."

Without these programs, each year thousands of teen get a criminal record for non-serious offenses.

Student will participate in the regional New Jersey Poetry Out Loud competition.

Rachel Favetta competes at West Orange High School's New Jersey Poetry Out Loud competition.<

WEST ORANGE -- West Orange High School sophomore Rachel Favetta is the winner of the school's eighth annual New Jersey Poetry Out Loud competition.

New Jersey Poetry Out Loud is a recitation contest for grades 9 to 12 that is held at school. Winners of the school contests are eligible to compete in one of six regional semi-finals and then the state finals, set for March.

West Orange High School's competition began with a field of 67, which was narrowed to 11 finalists before Favetta captured the title at the contest, held Jan. 11, with her rendition of "The Albatross" by Kate Bass and "And If I Did, What Then?" by George Gascoigne. Freshman Shanelle Chambliss was the first runner-up.

Favetta will represent West Orange High School at one of the six the New Jersey Poetry Out Loud Re-gional competitions, which will be held Feb. 7 at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

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Orange High School senior will be one of two from New Jersey to attend the program.

ORANGE -- Orange High School senior Taiwo Oladapo Odunowo will represent New Jersey at the 56th annual United States Senate Youth Program, taking place March 3 to 10 in Washington, D.C.

Each year, two student leaders from each state, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education Activity who are interested in pursuing careers in public service are chosen to attend the weeklong program and witness the government in action. The student delegates will hear policy addresses by senators, cabinet members, and other officials, and participate in meetings with the president and a U.S. Supreme Court justice. As delegates they also receive a $10,000 college scholarship.

Odunowo will share the honors with Jasman Singh, a senior at Hightstown High School. Rahul Bhatia, a student at Princeton Day School, and Cole Mitchell of Phillipsburg High School will be the 2018 New Jersey alternates.

Odunowo is a student council representative at Orange High School, where he has been the president of his class for three years. He was a 2017 Bezos Student Scholar, is a student ambassador for the Alpha Phi Alpha Leadership Development Institute, a member of the National Honor Society, National Beta Club, and the Rho Kappa Honor Society.

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SZA, a Maplewood native, could have a huge night at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night

Alumni and current SEEDS students participate in a panel discussion.

High school seniors and NJ SEEDS College Scholars Program members Alice Agyekum, Jenny Rodriguez and Ashley Moscoso from Orange High School, Nicole Duque from Union City High School, Lovely Charles and Nadjulia Constant from Orange High School, at the SEEDS panel discussion.

ORANGE -- On Jan. 6 more than 150 members of the New Jersey SEEDS program convened at The Pingry School in Basking Ridge to participate in a panel discussion with six SEEDS alumni.

The alumni shared their educational and work stories and took questions from the students enrolled in the program. New Jersey SEEDS is a Newark-based nonprofit organization that prepares high-achieving, low-income students for college.

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Football team honored at pep rally and luncheon.

The Shabazz High School Bulldogs, coach Darnell Grant, athletic director Elizabeth Aranjo, principal Damon Holmes, former NFL player George Martin, and Darrell K. Terry, Sr., president and CEO, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children's Hospital of New Jersey.

NEWARK -- On Jan. 16 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children's Hospital of New Jersey honored two local high school team football champions, the Malcolm X. Shabazz High School Bulldogs and the Hillside High School Comets, at a luncheon and pep rally.

Last December, the Bulldogs won the Division North 2, Group 1, sectional state championship and the Comets captured the Central Group 2, sectional state championship.

Members of both teams were presented with trophies, medals, hats and T-shirts to commemorate their wins at the luncheon, where former New York Giants player George Martin was the guest speaker.

"This celebration was also extra special because the coaches of the teams are brothers, at one point they even coached together at Shabazz High School," said Linda Kamateh, Newark Beth Israel's senior director public relations and marketing.

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The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra announced its 96th season on Friday afternoon at NJPAC

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra announced its 96^th season Friday afternoon at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), unveiling 14 weeks of subscription concerts under the title "Music Speaks."

Speaking on the stage where the orchestra performs in Newark, Music Director Xian Zhang described the season as one that celebrates "diversity," taking particular pride in the fact that the orchestra will premiere three works by female composers. The season begins Oct. 5 with the U.S. premiere of composer Kate Whitley's "Speak Out," a piece based on Malala Yousafzai's speech at the UN, on the same program with Beethoven's epic 9^th Symphony. As NJSO President and CEO said, sitting along side Zhang, the season is about "music and community ... and coming together." 

As both Whitley and Beethoven's pieces contain sung or spoken texts, Zhang said in a post-announcement chat with NJ.com that what links all the concerts in the upcoming season is words. Zhang says all of the programs contain words or some literary connection: "music is about the urge to express, and storytelling is at the heart of that.  The arc that runs through this season is all about stories." Indeed, just as the season starts with the new work about Malala's speech and Beethoven's setting of Schiller's "Ode to Joy," the season ends with selections from Prokofiev's ballet of "Romeo and Juliet." Zhang says she's particularly looking forward to that series in June of 2019 as she points out that it's a rare concert that doesn't feature a guest artist. "Our orchestra," she says proudly, "is really the soloist, those performances."

This will mark Zhang's third season leading the New Jersey band. She says this season is her most personal season so far. "It's never 100% ones choosing, given the mix of what the orchestra played before I got here and what soloists we've booked, but the majority of the ideas are mine." She says her increased familiarity with the players means that the identity of the band is becoming clearer, which is why she feels the season title, "Music Speaks" is fitting.

Appropriately, given that Zhang led the first night of the final weekend of NJSO's Winter Festival on Friday night at NJPAC, the announcement of next year's Winter Festival features the biggest coups for the orchestra in terms of guest artists. Next January's festival will feature top international draws like pianist Emanuel Ax, soprano Dawn Upshaw, and Russian star soloist Daniil Trifonov. Other highlights from the season to come include the NJSO premiere of Ligeti's "Romanian Concerto," Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," a concert celebrating the Chinese New Year, and two cinema concerts with the orchestra accompanying two Star Wars films. This in addition to the three compositions from female composers: Whitley's "Speak Out," Florence Price's Piano Concerto, and Maria Schneider's "Winter Morning Walks."  Also premiering is a new work by composer Andrew Norman and a piece for the Indian lute (called a Sarod) by Amjad Ali Khan.  Subscriptions for the NJSO's 2018-2019 season go on sale Monday January 29th.

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4-H members attend the National Agri-Science Youth Summit.

New Jersey 4-H members, front row, Parris Johnson, Johanna Pipoli, Kelly Nelson, Olivia Alonso and Kalsey Colotl; middle row, Arushi Ghayalod, Jasmine Ferrer, Annie Rosenzweig, Kristen Briney, Teresa Buzzoni, Sierra Durham, and Heather Doherty; back row, Garrett Joyce, Joshua Edmonds, Cristine Alvarez, Michael Medina, Tyler Braunstein, and Aidan Aug, represented New Jersey at the 4-H National Agri-Science Youth Summit.

ESSEX COUNTY -- Six Essex County students were among 18 New Jersey 4-H members who attended the National Agri-Science Youth Summit, held Jan. 12 to 15 at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md.

The Summit gives 4-H members opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing the agricultural industry by attending workshops, participating in hands-on activities, and interacting with agricultural researchers and advocates.

This year, more than 200 youths and adults representing 19 states attended the National Agri-Science Youth Summit. Among them were 4-H members Olivia Alonso and Michael Medina, students at James Caldwell High School, West Caldwell; Cristine Alvarez, Saint Michael School, Newark; Joshua Edmonds and Jasmine Ferrer, Belleville High School; and Annie Rosenzweig of Maplewood, a student at Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains.

"The summit provided the New Jersey delegates to the National Agri-Science Youth Summit with an excellent opportunity to learn about the challenges facing agriculture, including global food security and sustainability, and how they can play a role in addressing these challenges today and in their fu-ture" said Jeannette Rea-Keywood, State 4-H Agent, Department of 4-H Youth Development.

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Gear up for the final week of the regular season.

Britnee Timberlake was sworn in Monday to Sheila Oliver's former state Assembly seat. Watch video

Britnee Timberlake, previously New Jersey's only black female county freeholder director, is now the newest member of the state Assembly. 

Tiberlake, 31, was sworn in Monday to fill the seat vacated by Sheila Oliver, who earlier this month became the first black woman to assume statewide office in Garden State history when she took over as lieutenant governor.

A Democrat like Oliver, Timberlake will represent the 34th legislative district -- which includes parts of Essex County, the state's most populous county -- in the Assembly, the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. 

Oliver -- who was also the state's first black female Assembly speaker -- held the seat since 2004 and won re-election to another term in November. But at the same time, she was elected as Gov. Phil Murphy's second-in-command, meaning she had to give up the Assembly spot.

New state Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake.Courtesty of Britnee Timberlake's Facebook page 

The Democratic Party in Essex County was tasked with picking her replacement. They appointed Timberlake, who was elected to the county's freeholder board in 2014 and was re-elected in November. 

Timberlake, an East Orange resident, now faces a special election in November for the remainder of Oliver's two-year term. 

"It's interesting times in our country," Timberlake said after being sworn in Monday. "And I know I'm preaching to the choir because our country is as diverse as this room here. But I look forward to working with everyone to ensure that we protect those very people that we ... go to the grocery store with."

Timberlake is also the founder and executive director of the affordable housing nonprofit Essex Community Land Trust. 

She received a bachelor's degree in political science and a masters in public administration from Seton Hall University. 

The Assembly will soon get two other new members to succeed a pair of assemblywomen whom Murphy picked for his cabinet. Elizabeth Muoio is Murphy's nominee for state treasurer, while Marlene Caride is his choice for commissioner of banking and investment. 

Both women still need to be confirmed by the state Senate, but they have already resigned from the Assembly, said Tom Hester, a spokesman for the Assembly Democrats.

Their successors have not been chosen yet, Hester said.

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Prosecutors said he was pronounced dead Sunday evening after being rushed into surgery for a gunshot wound.

Investigators are probing the slaying of a 20-year-old man shot on Sunday afternoon in Newark, prosecutors announced Monday.

Wesley L. McAdams, of Irvington, was pronounced dead at 4:42 p.m. at University Hospital after being rushed into surgery for a gunshot wound he suffered around 3 p.m. in the 200 block of West Runyon Street, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and city Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said in a joint statement.

The prosecutor's office released no further information Monday afternoon other than to say the investigation was "active and ongoing."

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He refused to obey the judge's instructions and his own trial was held without him, prosecutors said.

A 30-year-old Irvington man who attempted to claim he was immune from state law was convicted Friday of carjacking three vehicles and robbing a gas station in a two-day crime spree, prosecutors announced.

George Gaymon. (Police photo) 

George Gaymon was found guilty of a 20-count indictment for crimes three years ago, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.

In separate statements, assistant prosecutors William Neafesy and Joseph Perez said Gaymon "systematically stalked" defenseless people to rob and carjack them, using fear "as his weapon."

Prosecutors said the crime spree began on March 24, 2014, when Gaymon and his co-defendant, Mario McClain, stole a Jeep Cherokee and a Dodge Intrepid in Orange before robbing a gas station in Newark.

Later that same morning, authorities said, they carjacked the owner of an Infiniti at gunpoint after bumping the car on Speedwell Avenue with the stolen Intrepid.

Prosecutors said the crime spree resumed on March 27, when Gaymon and McClain used the Infiniti to bump a Mercedes-Benz SUV in Irvington before carjacking that vehicle, taking the driver's pocketbook and credit cards.

The two men were caught, authorities said, after they used the stolen credit cards at a sneaker store and deli where they were caught on video.

In a statement Monday, Acting County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino commended what he said was the work of the Newark and Irvington police departments that contributed to Gaymon's prosecution.

Gaymon did not take his case to trial willingly, prosecutors said. During jury selection before Superior Court Judge Martin G. Cronin, prosecutors said, Gaymon declared himself a "sovereign citizen" and refused to follow the instructions of the judge, who had him removed from the courtroom.

Law enforcement officials have said the "sovereign citizen" ideology, which holds the government's attempts to enforce the law are themselves unlawful actions, has roots in anti-government extremist movements but has since spread through state and federal prison populations via incarcerated adherents.

In addition to first-degree armed robbery, carjacking, theft and conspiracy charges, the prosecutor's office said, Gaymon -- who was represented at trial by defense attorney Jermaine Mercer -- was found guilty of multiple counts of credit card fraud and unlawful weapons possession.

The prosecutor's office on Monday indicated it would seek an extended sentence for Gaymon, who has five prior felony convictions. His sentencing has been scheduled for March 12.

McClain, Gaymon's co-defendant, is currently serving a five to seven-year sentence at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton for possessing a weapon as a prohibited person, state records show.

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Murphy takes to the airwaves to assure Amazon he supports $7 billion tax subsidy.

Gov. Phil Murphy, a staunch critic of former Gov. Chris Christie's generous tax breaks used to lure companies to the state, on Monday stepped up his support for the $7 billion tax subsidy New Jersey hopes will entice Amazon to open a headquarters in Newark.

"The answer is yes," Murphy said on CNBC Monday after asked if he was "on board" with the proposal Christie offered the company shortly before Murphy took office.

Newark is one of 20 Amazon identified as finalists for the location of the Seattle-based company's second headquarters.

Amazon names Newark finalist in HQ2 search

"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity," Murphy said. "We think the tax element of the package is an important one."

The new governor got behind the Amazon deal three days after he took office.

Murphy was a critic of Christie's tax incentives during his campaign for governor. 

His first campaign ad blasted Christie and his then-rival, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, for "choosing the wrong side" by giving billions of dollars "in tax breaks for giant corporations."

After he won election, Murphy promised to change course at the Economic Development Authority and steer more of those incentives to small businesses in the state.

The state has offered Amazon $5 billion in tax incentives from the state and $2 billion from the city of Newark.

The state's offer includes $10,000 per job per year Amazon creates for 10 years, or $100,000 per job. Amazon has said many of these jobs will pay more than $100,000 a year.

If it earned tax credits that exceed its corporate income tax liability, it could roll those credits forward for up to 50 years to reduce future taxes. It could even sell up to $25 million in credits a year to other businesses, with the stipulation the proceeds must be spent on infrastructure improvements at its facility.

Eligible projects must generate at least 30,000 new jobs and invest at least $3 billion in developing and improving their property. 

NJ Advance Media Staff Writer Samantha Marcus contributed to this report.

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