“The defendant […] will certainly spend the next three decades haunted by taking the life of Mr. Terrigino.”

I don’t think this prosecutor understands the black psyche very well…

NJ:

A man was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday after a trial in Atlantic County, authorities said.

A jury in Superior Court found Troy Demby, 37, of Egg Harbor Township, guilty of fatally shooting 30-year-old Raphael Terrigino two years ago in Pleasantville. Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner announced the conviction in a statement Thursday.

The morning of Feb. 2, 2018, Pleasantville police found Terrigino in his car, which was near a home on Stenton Avenue. He was dead of a gunshot wound.

Five days later, investigators found Demby in a home with 8 ounces of cocaine. He was later indicted on murder and drug charges, including possessing cocaine with intent to distribute.

“This is yet another tragic example of the negative impact that drugs have on our families and in our community,” Tyner said in his statement. “There are no winners with illegal drug trade. The defendant in this matter will no longer have an opportunity to peddle poison in Atlantic County, and will certainly spend the next three decades haunted by taking the life of Mr. Terrigino.”

A Pleasantville man has been charged with murder in connection with a woman whose remains were found in a suitcase in a wooded area behind the former Shore Mall in Egg Harbor Township.

Steven Stallworth, 27, who lives in Noah’s Landing, was arrested Tuesday morning, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain said.

Tara Rogers-Alicea’s body was discovered inside a suitcase by an off-duty Margate police sergeant Jan. 5. The 30-year-old Gloucester County woman was identified through tattoos.

She was asphyxiated through strangulation, according to the autopsy.

A joint investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office and Egg Harbor Township police led to the arrest of Stallworth in Mays Landing. Pleasantville police assisted.

Investigators were seen at his Pleasantville residence Tuesday morning, taking out evidence.

No motive has been released.

Stallworth, who has two drug convictions, according to courthouse records, is charged with murder and desecration of human remains. He is in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on $2 million full cash bail.

Rogers-Alicea had visited the Atlantic City area before, and her Facebook postings included pictures and statuses about it.