A SOUTH TOMS RIVER NEW JERSEY MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON
" Marcus Samuels Has Been Sentenced To State Prison On A Charge Of Aggravated Manslaughter In Connection With The Shooting Death Of A Beachwood, New Jersey Man."
July, 27, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For, Englebrook Independent News,
TOMS RIVER, NJ.- On Monday, July 26, 2021, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Monday, July 26, 2021, Marcus Samuels, 32, of South Toms River, was sentenced by the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, J.S.C., to Ten Years New Jersey State Prison as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to Aggravated Manslaughter in connection to the shooting death of Willie Love, 27, of Beachwood, New Jersey that occurred in South Toms River on June 8, 2015.
This sentence will be subject to the terms of the No Early Release Act, meaning that Samuels will be required to serve at least 85 percent of his prison sentence before he may be considered for parole eligibility. Additionally, Samuels was sentenced to Ten Years New Jersey State Prison as a result of a previously entered guilty plea to Conspiracy to Commit Witness Tampering, and Five Years New Jersey State Prison in connection with an unrelated charge of Aggravated Assault, in connection to an incident that occurred in Seaside Heights on May 3, 2015.
On June 8, 2015, Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit and Officers of the South Toms River Police Department responded to Community Medical Center in Toms River for a report of a male having suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. The male was identified to be Willie Love, who later succumbed to his injuries at Community Medical Center.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit and South Toms River Police Department revealed that Samuels - who was driving a 2004 Dodge Nitro - pulled alongside a vehicle being operated by Mr. Love which contained three passengers. Samuels then recklessly fired a handgun into Mr. Love’s vehicle, striking Mr. Love, which led to his death. Samuels turned himself into law enforcement in the presence of his attorney on June 12, 2015, and has been lodged in the Ocean County Jail since that date.
While Samuels was detained in the Ocean County Jail pending trial on these charges, he conspired with other inmates to influence a witness into retracting or changing a statement previously provided to law enforcement in connection with the investigation.
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