TRENTON
– Attorney General Anne Milgram announced
that a Camden man was sentenced to state prison
today for shooting an acquaintance in the
leg following a verbal altercation.
According
to Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni,
James A. Broadwater, 39, of Camden, was ordered
to serve 10 years in state prison by Superior
Court Judge William J. Cook in Camden County.
As a result of the No Early Release Act, Broadwater
must serve 85 percent of his sentence before
becoming eligible for parole. The sentence
was based on Broadwater’s Aug. 3 guilty
plea to aggravated assault. 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.
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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