Jury selection began today for the trial of a Newark man charged with others in the homicide of a man whose body was dumped behind a North Bergen gas station in 2012.
JERSEY CITY -- Jury selection began today for the trial of a Newark man charged with others in the homicide of a man whose body was dumped behind a North Bergen gas station in 2012.
Mark Browne is one of six people charged in the death of 24-year-old Darryl Williams whose body was found by a passerby behind the Getty gas station on Tonnele Avenue near Route 3 on Dec. 31, 2012.
Williams was partially clothed, his hands were bound behind his back and he was beneath a mattress with cinder blocks on it, officials said.
Two of Brown's five co-defendants have already been sentenced for their roles in the murder. Brown faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted of murder.
During last year's sentencing of Daeshawn Jennings for his part in the killing, authorities said Jennings was asking for money outside of a Newark chicken restaurant when people inside the restaurant offered to pay him to help with a "cleanup."
Jennings said he got into a car with the people who had been in restaurant, drove to the victim's home, and attacked him with a table leg. After Williams was beaten, he was tied up and driven to the gas station, officials said.
Jennings was sentenced to 18 years in state prison for aggravated manslaughter, while Kathleen Jones was sentenced to 12 years in prison in July after pleading guilty to the same charges.
Also charged in Williams' death are Qudeera Adams, Nydia Mozee, and Latoya Mozee, all of Newark. They await trial.
Officials previously said Latoya Mozee was in a relationship with the victim. It was believed the couple had been in a physical altercation prior to Williams' fatal beating.
Brown's trial is before Hudson County Superior Court Judge John Young in the Hudson County Administration Building in Newark. Jury select was set to began just before noon.