<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0qjPfA_0vqCMZg700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0qjPfA_0vqCMZg700" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>Chris Coleman</figcaption></figure>A South Jersey man who represented himself in court on a murder charge will be spending nearly a century behind bars.Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw's <a href="https://burlpros.org/man-receives-90-year-sentence-for-2020-mount-laurel-murder/">office says</a> on Friday, 33-year-old Jawaad Ali of Lindenwold was sentenced to 90 years in state prison for killing a man in a Mount Laurel hotel room four years ago after luring him there to be robbed.In June, <a href="https://wpgtalkradio.com/lindenwold-nj-man-found-guilty-of-2020-hotel-room-murder/">a jury deliberated for two hours</a> before convicting Ali on the following charges:<ul><li>First-degree murder</li><li>First-degree robbery</li><li>First-degree kidnapping</li><li>Second-degree burglary</li><li>Second-degree conspiracy to commit robbery</li><li>Second-degree desecration of human remains</li><li>Third-degree wrongful impersonation</li><li>Fourth-degree credit card theft</li></ul>Two co-defendants who pled guilty and are awaiting sentencing.Authorities say an investigation revealed that on the night of May 8th, 2020, Ali, along with Asia Boone and Anthony Sermond-Guyton, lured 31-year-old Samer Alhalayqa of Camden, to the Fairfield Inn on Century Parkway where he was suffocated in a third-floor room and then dragged into the hallway.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0C9j1q_0vqCMZg700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0C9j1q_0vqCMZg700" width="1600" height="1067" ><figcaption>Former Fairfield Inn in Mount Laurel NJ as seen in 2018 - Photo: Google Maps</figcaption></figure>His debit card was then used to withdraw funds from a nearby ATM, an Amazon order was placed, and a Papa John’s pizza was paid for.Ali, who represented himself in court, was prosecuted by Assistant Prosecutor Nicole C. Lister and Assistant Prosecutor David Kras Bakardjiev. Boone and Sermond-Guyton were prosecuted by Assistant Prosecutor Jamie Hutchinson. The investigation was conducted by the prosecutor’s office and the Mount Laurel Police Department.</div></body>

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Camden County, NJ, man gets 90 years in prison for murder

A South Jersey man who represented himself in court on a murder charge will be spending nearly a century behind bars. Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw's office says on Friday, 33-year-old Jawaad Ali of Lindenwold was sentenced to 90 years in state prison for killing a man in a Mount Laurel hotel room four years ago after luring him there to be robbed.