Jury reaches guilty verdict in Vadell shooting case
Jun 22, 2018
"MAYS LANDING — As the forewoman read the guilty verdict for Demetris Cross, a woman sitting behind him stomped her feet, her sobs crescendoing into a wail.
Several people helped her leave the courtroom, physically supporting her as she cried, while the verdict was still being read. One of them stepped back in and shouted, “The law is not equal!”
After three days of deliberations, Cross, 30, of Bridgeton, and Martel D. Chisolm, 31, of Millville, were found guilty of attempted murder Friday in the September 2016 shooting of former Atlantic City police Officer Josh Vadell....
Chisolm and Cross were also found guilty of aggravated assault, robbery, obstruction, resisting arrest and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and robbery. They were found not guilty of unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and conspiracy to commit and possess same.
Sentencing is set for Sept. 17 before Superior Court Judge John Rauh...."
Jury reaches guilty verdict in Vadell shooting case
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Molly Bilinski @ACPressMollyB Jun 22
Josh Vadell reacts to the verdict outside the courthouse.
@ThePressofAC
(
video clip Molly Bilinski on Twitter )
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------