Essex County Man Sentenced to Prison for Armed Carjacking - Patch.com
A Newark resident was sentenced on Wednesday to 148 months in prison for his role in an armed carjacking and a subsequent involvement in a scheme to bribe a corrections officer to smuggle contraband, including marijuana and cell phones, into the... Quasim Nichols, 30, previously pleaded guilty to one count of committing an armed carjacking and one count of conspiring with others, including Essex County Corrections Officer Stephon Solomon, 27, of Irvington, New Jersey, to commit extortion... Upon arriving in Elizabeth, the three men exited the car and approached a 2005 BMW 645, pointing their handguns in the direction of the BMW’s passengers and ordering them out of the car. Two of the men then entered the BMW and drove it away. Nichols and the third man then drove away and followed the stolen BMW, authorities stated in a release. Nichols continued to drive the Dodge Magnum at a high rate of speed from Elizabeth into Newark, drove through a red light and struck a vehicle at the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Market Street, causing the driver of the other... Subsequently, while detained at the Essex County Correctional Facility on the armed carjacking charge, Nichols conspired with others, including Solomon, Dwayne Harper, 31, of Newark, and Darsell Davis, 29, of Newark, to pay cash bribes to Solomon... Source: patch.com
