A 14-year-old juvenile has been charged with murder in connection with a stabbing that killed a 38-year-old in Brick Township on Saturday afternoon, authorities said Sunday.
Ocean County County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Brick Township Chief of Police James Riccio said the juvenile, whose identity is not being released, was also charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon and is being detained in the Ocean County Juvenile Detention Center. According to officials, at about 2:45 p.m. Saturday Brick Township Police Department responded to a 911 call to a residence and found Mohammed Khater, of Brick Township, with a stab wound to the right side of his abdomen. The victim was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, where he died.
No further information will be released, officials said, due to state-mandated restrictions on information when the accused is a minor.
Teen gets 18 years in Jersey City slaying: One of three defendants arrested as juveniles in the shooting death of another teenager at a New Jersey restaurant the day after Christmas in 2018 has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Now-18-year-old Jaquay Gleaton of Jersey City was sentenced Thursday in Hudson County in the Dec. 26, 2018 murder of 16-year-old Judane Holmes. Gleaton was also 16 at the time of the slaying of the Snyder High School student, which authorities said was gang-related.
Authorities said Holmes was gunned down by a masked man moments after stepping away from the counter of a Jersey City fried chicken restaurant where he had just placed an order. Authorities said Gleaton was identified as the shooter and his case was waived from juvenile to adult court.
— Press staff and wire reports
Gleaton pleaded guilty in January 2020 to aggravated manslaughter, authorities said. He will have to serve 85 percent of his term, or 15 years and three months, before being eligible for parole, they said.
Prosecutors said two other teens, aged 14 and 15, were arrested as accomplices and their cases were kept in juvenile court.
NJ.com reports that Holmes’ death led to at least one retaliatory shooting in January 2019 that left two people injured. Two suspects were charged in the case and also face federal charges related to gang activity, authorities said.
Michelle Brunetti Post
Staff Writer
In my first job after college got paid to read the New York Times and summarize articles for an early online data base. First reporting job was with The Daily Record in Parsippany. I have also worked in nonprofits, and have been with The Press since 1990.
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