JURY CONVICTS PEMBERTON MAN OF MURDER FOR 2017 SUNBURY VILLAGE FATAL SHOOTING
" Burlington County Jury Returns A Guilty For First Degree Murder Against Douglas Lewis Of Pemberton Township, New Jersey."
July 15, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, NJ.- On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Burlington County Jury found a Pemberton Township man guilty on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 of fatally shooting a man in the Sunbury Village Section of Pemberton Township in March 2017.
After deliberating for eight hours over two days, The Jury returned a verdict of guilty on a single count of First Degree Murder against Douglas Lewis, 25, of Fort Dix Road in Pemberton Township, New Jersey. The Honorable Judge Gerard H. Breland, J.S.C. scheduled sentencing for September 10, 2021. Lewis has been lodged in The Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, New Jersey, since his arrest in August 2018.
The investigation began on March 21, 2021 when Officers from The Pember Township Police Department responded to the 100 Block of Kinsley Road just before 9:00p.m. on a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, Police Officers discovered Shaquille Williams, 24, inside of a vehicle with several gunshot wounds.
Williams, who lived in the Browns Mill section of Pemberton Township, New Jersey, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Assistant Prosecutor Bob Van Gilst, argued in court that Williams was killed as a payback for robbing one of Lewis's associates.
Lewis was previously convicted of Weapons Offenses and Conspiring with Brandon Clifton to kill Williams. Clifton, 23, of Pemberton Township, is awaiting trial on similar charges.
FILED UNDER JULY 15, 2021: LAW, BURLINGTON: