City man admits to non-fatal shooting of Neptune Twp man
Aug. 2010 incident took place outside of a home on Munroe Avenue in Neptune
A 26-year-old Asbury Park resident pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder charges stemming from the 2010 shooting of a 29-year-old Neptune Township resident, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
Felix A. Negron pleaded guilty to first degree attempted murder before a Monmouth County Superior Court Judge in connection with the August 27, 2010, shooting of Bonnie Ivery in front of a house on Monroe Avenue in Neptune Township.
At around 6 p.m. on the evening of the incident, Neptune Township Police Department responded to a 911 call that reported a man had been shot in front of 1318 Monroe Avenue. When officers responded they found Ivery on the ground with a single gunshot wound to the abdominal area. He was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center where he was treated for serious injuries resulting from the shot and discharged after several days of treatment.
Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Neptune Township Police Department launched a joint investigation into the shooting. Information gathered during the investigation led to several eyewitnesses who identified Negron as the individual who shot Ivery. Negron was taken into police custody the day after the incident.
He was charged with first degree attempted murder, second degree unlawful possession of a weapon, second degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and second degree certain persons not to have weapons.
Negron is scheduled for sentencing on March 24, 2014 before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley, J.S.C. As part of his plea agreement, the state will recommend Negron be sentenced to 12 years in a New Jersey state prison, subject to the provisions of the “No Early Release Act,” which requires him to serve 85 percent of the sentence imposed before becoming eligible for release on parole.
The case is assigned to Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Thomas C. Huth, director of the office’s Major Crimes Bureau. Negron is represented by John Perrone, Esq. of Long Branch.
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