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TRENTON – Attorney
General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice
Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that
a Camden man has been indicted on an attempted
murder charge in connection with a shooting
in Camden in June 2009.
The indictment was obtained
yesterday by the Division of Criminal Justice
as a result of an investigation by the Camden
City Police Department and Camden County
Prosecutor’s Office.
According to Director Taylor,
the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs &
Organized Crime Bureau obtained an indictment
charging Kazmeck Hollingsworth, a.k.a.,
Darnel Drayton, 39, of Camden with attempted
murder (1st degree), aggravated assault
(2nd degree), aggravated assault (3rd degree),
possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose
(2nd degree), unlawful possession of a weapon
(2nd degree), and possession of a weapon
as a convicted felon (2nd degree). The indictment
was returned yesterday by a Camden County
grand jury and handed up in Superior Court.
The indictment alleges that
on June 28, 2009, Hollingsworth shot a 34-year-old
man in the 3200 block of Westfield Avenue.
Hollingsworth allegedly got into an argument
with the victim because the victim previously
had confronted a relative of Hollingsworth
over how that relative had treated a female
cousin of the victim. Hollingsworth allegedly
hit the victim in the head with a handgun,
pointed the gun at the victim’s face,
and then shot the victim multiple times
in the torso and arm. The victim survived
his injuries.
Deputy Attorney General
Kristen Harberg presented the cases to the
Camden County grand jury for the Division
of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized
Crime Bureau.
Attorney General Dow credited
the investigators who conducted the investigation:
Detective Gabe Rodriguez of the Camden City
Police Department, who is the lead detective;
Senior Investigator William Gonzalez of
the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, who
is the lead trial investigator; Officer
Craig Milbury, Detective Julio Rodriguez,
Detective Robert Perkins and Detective Neil
Long of the Camden Police Department; and
Senior Investigator Steven Settles of the
Camden County Prosecutor's Office.
First-degree crimes carry
a maximum sentence of 20 years in state
prison and a $200,000 fine, while second-degree
crimes carry a maximum sentence of 10 years
in state prison and a $150,000 fine. The
attempted murder and aggravated assault
charges carry a mandatory term of parole
ineligibility equal to 85 percent of the
sentence imposed.
The charge of possession
of a weapon as a convicted felon carries
a mandatory five-year term of parole ineligibility,
and the other gun charges carry a mandatory
term of parole ineligibility of one-third
to one-half of the sentence imposed or three
years, whichever is greater.
Third-degree crimes carry
a maximum sentence of five years in state
prison and a $15,000 fine.
The indictment is merely
an accusation and the defendant is presumed
innocent until proven guilty.
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