MAN SENTENCED TO 28 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE 2020 STABBING DEATH OF HIS ROOMMATE
" Tong Cheng Sentenced To 28-Years In New Jersey State Prison For August, 2020 The Stabbing Death Of Yuting Ge."
August 19, 2022 6:41 A.M. ET By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
JERSEY CITY, NJ.- On Thursday, August 18, 2022, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced on Thursday, The Honorable John A. Young Sentenced Tong Cheng, 28, of Jersey City, New Jersey to 28 Years in New Jersey State Prison for the Stabbing Death of his roommate, Yuting Ge, 23, on August 8, 2020.
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Mr. Cheng, Pleaded Guilty to One Count of Aggravated Manslaughter on May 11, 2022. Mr. Cheng Sentence is subject to The No Early Release Act. The State was represented in this case by Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Adam Salzer.
“The State hopes the conclusion of these proceedings provides comfort to the victim’s family as they continue to cope with the loss of a promising young man who had his entire life ahead of him,” said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Adam Salzer.
On Saturday, August 8, 2020, at approximately 12:30 p.m., Members of The Jersey City Police Department responded to an apartment on New York Avenue near Hutton Street on a report of a Suspicious Condition. Upon Arrival, Police Officers discovered the lifeless man, later identified as Yuting Ge, 23, of Jersey City. Mr. Ge was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Cause of Death was determined to be Multiple Stab Wounds and The Manner of Death was determined to be Homicide. Mr. Ge was a student at Stevens Institute of Technology at the time of his Death. Mr. Cheng, an alumnus of Stevens Institute of Technology Graduate School, was Arrested without incident at a hotel in Weehawken, New Jersey on Monday, August 10, 2020.
FILED UNDER AUGUST 19, 2022: LAW, HUDSON: