TRENTON
– Attorney General Anne Milgram announced
that a Camden man pleaded guilty today to
shooting an acquaintance in the leg following
a verbal altercation.
According to Criminal Justice
Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni, James A.
Broadwater, 39, of Camden, pleaded guilty
to second-degree aggravated assault before
Superior Court Judge Lee A. Solomon in Camden
County. The charge was contained in a May
28, 2008 Camden County grand jury indictment.
In pleading guilty, Broadwater
admitted that on Nov. 13, 2007, he shot an
acquaintance once in the leg. An investigation
determined that Broadwater shot the 48-year-old
male victim after they got into a verbal altercation
at the corner of Pine and St. John streets
in Camden.
Judge Solomon scheduled sentencing
for Oct. 9. The state will recommend a sentence
of ten years in state prison. Under the No
Early Release Act, Broadwater must serve 85
percent of his sentence before becoming eligible
for parole.
Investigator Michael Dougherty
of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office
coordinated the investigation and Deputy Attorney
General Kristen Harberg prosecuted the case
for the Division of Criminal Justice. Attorney
General Milgram also thanked Sgt. Rick Bumbera,
Detective Christopher Provenzano and Detective
Augustus Nyekan of the New Jersey State Police,
and Officer Fernando Badillo of the Camden
Police Department for their assistance in
the investigation.
Under the CeaseFire program,
the Shoot Team in Camden responds to all non-fatal
shootings within the city limits of Camden,
conducting an intensive investigation of each
shooting as if it were a homicide. Cases are
handled by the Camden County Prosecutor’s
Office and the Division of Criminal Justice.
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