TRENTON
- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal
Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced
that a Camden man was sentenced to state
prison today as a result of his conviction
at trial in January on gun charges brought
by the Division of Criminal Justice.
According to Director Taylor,
Raheem D. Robertson, 27, of Camden, was
sentenced to nine years in state prison,
including five years without possibility
of parole, by Superior Court Judge Anthony
M. Pugliese in Camden County. Robertson
was convicted on Jan. 26 by a Camden County
jury of unlawful possession of a handgun
and possession of a handgun by a convicted
felon, both second-degree crimes. Deputy
Attorney General Julia S. Glass tried the
case for the Division of Criminal Justice
Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau. Deputy
Attorney General Jill Mayer represented
the state at the sentencing.
The jury found Robertson
guilty of possessing a loaded Taurus Rossi
.357 Magnum revolver in his waistband when
he was arrested by detectives on Nov. 14,
2008. The gun had been reported stolen.
Robertson had been convicted of distribution
of cocaine in a school zone in 2002, and
under New Jersey law, it is a second-degree
crime for a felon convicted of certain crimes
to possess a gun.
Robertson was arrested on
Nov. 14, 2008 as a result of an investigation
by the Division of Criminal Justice and
the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
(HIDTA) Joint Camden Task Force into alleged
gun trafficking by a second man, Tony L.
Davis, 26, of Camden, who allegedly was
assisted by Robertson. The participating
task force members included the Camden County
Prosecutor’s Office, Camden City Police
Department and New Jersey State Police.
Both men were arrested in
connection with an eight-count Camden County
grand jury indictment obtained by the Division
of Criminal Justice. Davis was charged with
gun trafficking, sale of an SKS assault
rifle, and possession of various other guns.
Robertson was charged with possession of
a 30-30 rifle and a .357-caliber handgun,
and with possession of those guns as a convicted
felon. The charges in the indictment are
pending.
Deputy Attorney General
Glass was assisted at trial by Detective
Harry Castaner, Detective Todd Watkins and
Officer Edward Piniero of the Camden City
Police Department and Sgt. Peter Slusser
of the Camden County Prosecutor’s
Office, all of whom testified at trial,
and Detective Brian Woolston of the Division
of Criminal Justice. Deputy Attorney General
Philip Aronow presented the case to the
grand jury for the Division of Criminal
Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau.
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