LITTLE EGG HARBOR MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER IN THE STABBING DEATH OF RICHARD PONE
" Kendrick Coley Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Manslaughter In The May 16, 2018 Stabbing Death Of Richard Pone During The Evening Hours In Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey."
October 2, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
TOMS RIVER, NJ.- On Friday, October 1, 2021 Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Thursday, September 30, 2021, Kendrick Coley, 29, of Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey pled guilty to Aggravated Manslaughter, before The Honorable Guy P. Ryan, J.S.C., in direct connection with the Stabbing Death of Richard Pone during the evening hours of May 16, 2018 in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.
At the time of his sentencing on December 3, 2021, The State will recommend a term of Twenty Years New Jersey State Prison, subject to the terms of The No Early Release Act.
On Sunday, May 16, 2018, at approximately 8:15 p.m., Members of The Little Egg Harbor Police Department responded to a 911 Emergency Call on a report of a Stabbing that had taken place at a residence on Maplewood Drive.
Upon arrival, Police Officers located Mr. Pone in an upstairs bedroom with multiple stab wounds, Mr. Pone had succumbed to his injuries, and was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene at approximately 8:40 p.m.
An ensuing investigation by The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit and Little Egg Harbor Police Department Detective Bureau determined that Mr. Coley had Stabbed the victim multiple times after the two had engaged in a physical altercation at the residence. Mr. Coley was apprehended at the scene and taken into custody without incident. Coley has been lodged in The Ocean County Jail since the date of his arrest on May 16, 2018.
Ocean County Prosecutor Billhimer commends the diligent efforts of Chief Trial Attorney Michael Weatherstone and Assistant Prosecutor Kimberly Carr who handled the case on behalf of The State, as well as The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, Little Egg Harbor Police Department Detective Bureau, Little Egg Harbor Police Department, Tuckerton Borough Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, for their collaborative efforts in connection with this investigation, resulting in Coley’s apprehension, guilty plea, and soon his state prison sentence.
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