2003 Media Releases:

CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
VINCENT P. SARUBBI, CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MEDIA   INFORMATION

January 28, 2003

Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi and Camden Police Chief Robert Allenbach announced that Mickle Faison, a.k.a. Gardell Hunt, M/21, was charged today with Murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Markquise Hill, M/16, on Nov. 25, 2002, in Camden, N.J.

The victim, of the 2500 block of Baird Boulevard in Camden, was shot at approximately 7:43 p.m. as he walked in the 3000 block of Benson Street. Camden County Medical Examiner Dr. Paul Hoyer determined that the victim died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.

Assistant Prosecutor Timothy Chatten will recommend that Rolax, of Oak Avenue in Lawnside, receive a sentence of five years in New Jersey State Prison, including three years without parole eligibility, when he is sentenced Feb. 28, 2003.

The defendant, whose last known address is in the 2900 block of Benson Street, is being held in the Camden County Correctional Facility in lieu of $400,000 bail. An arraignment for the defendant is scheduled for approximately 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, before Presiding Criminal Court Judge Linda G. Baxter.

Sarubbi and Allenbach praised Senior Investigator Frank Falco of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office and Camden Police Detective Frank Ruiz, the lead investigators on the case, for their persistent efforts to develop information about the circumstances that led to the victim's death.

All persons charged with criminal offenses are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.