2004 Media Releases:

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

May 12, 2004

Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi announced that a Grand Jury today indicted a former Voorhees man on charges of Attempted Murder and related offenses stemming from an alleged murder-for-hire attempt on his estranged wife.

John A. Sannuti Jr., M/49, of the 2000 block of Carpenter Street in Philadelphia, was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003.

The investigation indicates that during the early morning hours of Sept. 1, 2003, the defendant drove three female acquaintances, ages 17, 18 and 20, from Philadelphia to estranged wife's residence in Voorhees. Sannuti allegedly offered the females money to kill his wife, and attempted to supply them with a knife and latex gloves. When the females refused, the defendant allegedly threatened to kill them. He later drove them back to Philadelphia and dropped them off, the investigation indicates.

The females reported the incident to Philadelphia Police at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2003. Philadelphia Police then contacted Voorhees Police, who investigated the case along with the Domestic Violence Unit of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

In addition to Attempted Murder, Sannuti was indicted on three counts each of Terroristic Threats and Criminal Coercion - one count for each of the acquaintances - as well as single counts of Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon.

Maximum state prison terms are 20 years for Attempted Murder and five years for the other counts, except for Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, which carries a maximum 18-month term. Sannuti is free after posting $100,000 bail. No court dates are scheduled at this time.

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