LAKEWOOD NEW JERSEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER
" Darneil Reeves Of Lakewood, New Jersey Enters Guilty Plea In Connection With The June 22, 2015 Stabbing Death Of Hassan Parker Of South Toms River, New Jersey."
December 22, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
TOMS RIVER, NJ.- On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that today, Darneil Reeves, 38, of Lakewood, New Jersey entered a Guilty Plea to Aggravated Manslaughter, before The Honorable Guy P. Ryan, J.S.C, in connection with the Stabbing Death of Hassan Parker in Lakewood Township, New Jersey on June 22, 2015.
At the time of Mr. Reeves Sentencing on February 11, 2022, The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office will recommend that Mr. Reeves be Sentenced to a Term of Twenty Years in New Jersey State Prison subject to the terms of The No Early Release Act, which will require Mr. Reeves to serve Eighty Five Percent of his Sentence before becoming eligible for Parole.
On June 22, 2015, Members of The Lakewood Township Police Department, who were working an Off-Duty Road Detail, witnessed a Motor Vehicle Crash into a telephone pole at the intersection of John Street and River Avenue in Lakewood. As Officers approached the vehicle, Hassan Parker, 32, of South Toms River, New Jersey exited the vehicle, indicated that he had been Stabbed, and subsequently collapsed at the scene of the crash.
Paramedics arrived on scene and once in the ambulance, Mr. Parker expressed that Mr. Reeves was the individual who stabbed him. Mr. Parker was transported to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, New Jersey where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased a short time later.
An ensuing investigation by The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Lakewood Township Police Department Detective Bureau, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, determined that Mr. Reeves Stabbed Mr. Parker in the Chest in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Center Street. Mr. Parker then drove away and crashed into the telephone pole.
On June 30, 2015, Mr. Reeves surrendered to The United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force with his attorney, and has been lodged in The Ocean County Jail since that date.
Ocean County Prosecutor Billhimer commends the diligent efforts of Executive Assistant Prosecutor Michelle Armstrong and Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Kristin Pressman 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, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Victim Witness Advocacy Unit, Lakewood Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Lakewood Township Police Department, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force, for their collaborative efforts in connection with this investigation, resulting in Mr. Reeves’ Apprehension, Guilty Plea, and Upcoming State Prison Sentence.
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