Quinnizel J. Clark is charged with one count of murder and a firearm in connection with the death of James Dewyer
MANSFIELD -- Authorities have charged a 34-year-old Belleville man with killing a 68-year-old man who was found shot to death in his car in January.
Quinnizel J. Clark Quinnizel J. Clark is charged with one count of murder and a firearm in connection with the death of James Dewyer, who was found in his car on Monica Court Jan. 3, the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday.
The office said Clark and Dewyer were acquaintances and had spent time together earlier in that day.
Clark then allegedly drove Dewyer's car to the location where it was later found and shot him multiple times before leaving on foot.
Police found Dewyer dead at about 4:15 p.m., sitting in the passenger seat, while checking out a report of an unresponsive person.
Dewyer retired in 2010 from the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
Burlington man found shot to death in car
Clark was apprehended in Maple Shade Friday by the Burlington County Sheriff's Department's Fugitive Unit.
The prosecutor's office has said Dewyer's last known legal address was on Linden Road in Burlington Township, but he has not lived there for a few years.
Dewyer frequently changed addresses, sometimes living in area motels, the prosecutor's office said.
Clark is currently being held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly on $500,000 full cash bail.
Mansfield police detectives and the prosecutor's office's major crimes, crime scene and high-tech crimes units worked the case.
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