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Monday, March 4, 2013

Revenge Motive in Woodbury Woman's Slaying: Prosecutors

Richard Santiago is charged with murder in the December 2012 stabbing death of Ramona Johnstone in Woodbury. She had testified against him during a 2006 trial in a different slaying.

Richard Santiago stabbed Ramona Johnstone 15 times because she'd testified against him in a 2006 trial that sent him to prison, prosecutors allege.  The prosecution believes Johnstone’s role as a witness in Santiago’s 2006 trial “is the reason he killed her,” Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Laurie Cimino said in court today, according to an account provided by the prosecutor's office.  The revelation came Monday during a bail hearing for Santiago, 60, in state Superior Court in Woodbury.   The bail hearing was merely a formality, as Santiago is in state prison on a parole violation unrelated to Johnstone's slaying and is not eligible for release on the probation-violation charge until September.  He has been held on $1 million bail…

Friday, January 25, 2013

Woodbury Murder Suspect Denied Bail Reduction

Harry John Neher, 33, is charged in blunt force trauma death of his Woodbury neighbor, Sabrina Bullock.

The man accused of killing Sabrina Bullock and stuffing her body into a clothing collection bin in Woodbury must pay $1 million in bail or remain in jail, a judge ruled Friday. Harry John Neher, 33, sought a bail reduction in the murder case, but Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson denied the request. Neher stands accused of killing Bullock, 41, by blunt force trauma to her head and neck. Bullock, who lived with her juvenile daughter, was last seen alive on Dec. 29, 2012; her family reported her missing the next day. A Woodbury police officer searching for Bullock found her body on Dec. 31 in the clothing collection bin off Russell Street, behind the apartment building where the victim lived. More details in the murder case …

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Felon Charged in Woodbury Woman's Slaying Has Lengthy Criminal History

Harry John Neher is accused in the slaying of Sabrina R. Bullock.

A felon accused of killing a Woodbury woman and then dumping her body in a clothing-collection bin has a criminal history dating back more than a decade.  Harry John Neher, 32, was charged Monday afternoon with first-degree murder and related charges in the slaying of Sabrina R. Bullock, 41.  Neher and Bullock lived in the same apartment building at 51 S. Broad St. in Woodbury.  An autopsy by the Gloucester County Medical Examiner determined Bullock died of blunt trauma to the head and neck. Bullock lived with her juvenile daughter. Bullock was last seen alive on Saturday, Dec. 29 and was reported missing by her family on Sunday. A Woodbury police officer conducting a missing-person search found her body. Neher pleaded guilty in May 1999 …

Monday, December 31, 2012

UPDATE: Authorities: Missing Woodbury Woman Was Murdered

Sabrina Bullock was reported missing Sunday. Her body was found early Monday morning, and a neighbor is accused of killing her.

Update, 6:30 p.m., 12/31/12: Authorites have charged a Woodbury man in the slaying of a missing woman whose body was found in a clothing-collection bin early Monday morning.  Harry John Neher, 32, of 51 S. Broad St., was charged Monday afternoon with first degree murder, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, third-degree hindering his own apprehension or prosecution, fourth-degree tampering with evidence and fourth-degree certain persons prohibited from possessing a weapon.  Neher is accused of killing Sabrina R. Bullock, 41, of the same apartment building. Her body was found about 3 a.m. Monday in a bin off Russell Street, behind the apartment building.  Authorities initially reported Bullock's body was found in a …

Arlene M. Baladi

12:06 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013

What a tragedy...hope he goes away for life!   more ›

Friday, December 21, 2012

Richard Santiago Charged in Slaying of Ramona Johnstone, Who Testified Against Him

Santiago is accused of fatally stabbing Johnstone insider her Woodbury apartment. She had testified against him during his 2006 trial in a slaying at the same apartment complex.

Ramona Johnstone helped put Richard Santiago behind bars.  Six years later, he returned and ended her life, prosecutors allege.  Santiago, 60, of the 1200 block of Carl Miller Boulevard in Camden, was charged Friday in the Dec. 17 slaying of Johnstone inside her residence at Woodbury Court Apartments, on Broad Street in Woodbury.  He is charged with first-degree murder, a third-degree charge of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and a third-degree charge of hindering prosecution. Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. set Santiago's bail at $1 million.  Johnstone, 54, was found unconscious in her apartment Monday night and was pronounced dead on arrival at Underwood-Memorial Hospital, Woodbury. She died of multiple stab …

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