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TagsMark A. Young, 21, of Camden, was sentenced to five years, including four years and three months of parole ineligibility under the No Early Release Act, by state Superior Court Judge Anthony Pugliese in Camden, according to state Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor.
Young, described as a ranking member of the Bloods who formerly lived in Trenton, pleaded guilty on March 24 to a second-degree charge of aggravated assault. The charge was contained in a Feb. 4, 2009 Camden County grand jury indictment obtained by the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau. The case was going to trial and jury selection had started when Young entered his plea. In pleading guilty, Young admitted that he shot and wounded a man whom he had known for years.
The investigation by the Camden Shoot Team revealed that on Aug. 7, 2008, at approximately 12:20 a.m., the victim was sitting on the porch of a friend's house in the 100 block of North 24th Street in Camden, when Young approached him. The victim joked with Young and said something that offended him, leading to an angry exchange of words. Young drew a handgun and shot the victim three times, one round hitting the victim in the nose, one round hitting his wrist, and the third round going through the victim's calf. Young then fled the scene.Deputy Attorney General Kristen Harberg prosecuted the case.
The Shoot Team in Camden is made up of detectives and investigators from the State Police, the Camden police and the Camden County prosecutor's office.
The investigators who handled the case include Investigator Michael Dougherty of the prosecutor's office, who was lead detective; Sgt. John Polcyn and Det. Carmello Villegas of the Camden police, and State Police Detectives Sgt. Richard A. Bumbera, Sgt. Laurence P. Wachter, Daniel DeLucia, Joseph Loschiavo, and Carlos Rodriguez.
– TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
