A 24-year-old Newark woman and confirmed gang member was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a 2011 fatal shooting outside an Elizabeth night club.
Tiffany Moore, 24, of Newark, was given a 22-year prison sentence for the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman outside an Elizabeth nightclub in 2011. (Union County Prosecutor's Office)ELIZABETH -- A 24-year-old Newark woman was sentenced today to 22 years in prison, and must serve at least 85 percent of the term, for the 2011 fatal shooting of a woman outside an Elizabeth night club.
Superior Court Judge Scott J. Moynihan imposed the sentence on Tiffany Moore, who had pleaded guilty to a charged of manslaughter in the killing of Felicia Hester, 19, of East Orange, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park said today.
Under the term of the state "no early release act," Moore must serve as least 85 percent of the sentence before she is eligible for parole, Park said.
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Authorities said Moore is a confirmed member of the Piru set of the Bloods street gang.
Felicia Hester, an East Orange resident, was gunned down in Elizabeth around 2 a.m. on Sept. 22, 2011, outside the Coco Bongo nightclub at North Broad and Mary streets, authorities said.
Officers found Hester on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound, said Union County Assistant Prosecutor Scott Peterson, who handled the case.
He said Hester was taken to University Hospital in Newark where she died two days later.
Moore, who was 21 at the time, was arrested less than a week after the shooting.
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