Morris Leader

Man Sentenced in Connection with April 1, 2022 Crime Spree

Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert M. McNally, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, Mount Olive Police Chief Stephen Beecher, Randolph Police Chief William Harzula, and Roxbury Chief Dean Adone announce that Howard Parks, age 55, formerly of East Orange, New Jersey, was sentenced in connection with an incident that occurred on April 1, 2022 in Morris County.

On November 29, 2022, the defendant appeared before the Honorable Ralph E. Amirata, J.S.C., and entered pleas of guilty to three counts of second-degree Robbery. On March 17, 2023, Judge Amirata sentenced the defendant to an aggregate sentence of 21 years imprisonment subject to the No Early Release Act, which mandates that the defendant serve 85% of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. The defendant was also sentenced to three years of parole supervision upon release.

These charges arise from an incident that occurred on April 1, 2022 in Morris County.
For more on this incident, visit: http://ow.ly/qrEu50Nn2kH

Prosecutor Carroll commended the excellent inter-agency teamwork that was required to bring this defendant to justice, including members of the Mount Olive Police Department, the Randolph Township Police Department, the Roxbury Township Police Department, the South Orange Police Department, the West Orange Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigations, and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit, and especially recognized Roxbury Police Patrolman Brad Keyes, who courageously stopped the second carjacking in progress prior to arrival of back up. 

Original source can be found here.