2003 Media Releases:

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

March 27, 2003

Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi announced that an arraignment is scheduled today for Anthony D. Parker, M/19, who is charged with Aggravated Manslaughter in the Dec. 27, 2000, death of Jesus Caban, M/47, in Camden, N.J.

The victim, of the 1100 block of Kenwood Avenue in Camden, was fatally beaten at approximately 1 a.m. near Louis and Sycamore Streets.

An arraignment for Parker, of the 1800 block of South 8th Street, is scheduled for 11 a.m. today before Superior Court Judge Samuel D. Natal in Courtroom 56 of the Camden County Hall of Justice, 5th Street and Mickle Boulevard, Camden.

On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, Superior Court Judge Louis F. Hornstine granted a motion by Assistant Prosecutor Diane Marano, Section Chief of the Juvenile Unit in the Prosecutor's Office, to have the defendant waived to adult court to face the charge. Parker was 17 at the time of the alleged offense.

Parker had been held in the Camden County Youth Detention Center in Blackwood since being arrested Feb. 21, 2003, in Camden. He was transferred to the Camden County Correctional Facility in Camden following Wednesday's hearing.

The investigation indicates Caban was beaten as a result of a dispute over money.

A co-defendant, Dante Stackhouse, M/22, of Camden, has pleaded guilty to Aggravated Manslaughter and is serving a 10-year sentence in New Jersey State Prison, including 85 percent, or 8½ years, without parole eligibility. A second co-defendant, Sherron Clayton, M/20, of Camden, pleaded guilty to Manslaughter and is serving an eight-year term, including 85 percent, or six years and nine months, without parole eligibility.

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