WOODBURY NJ–Rico P. Purnell (DOB 4/27/93), of Camden NJ pleaded guilty today (9/24) to second-degree possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, admitting he had a handgun when a Deptford Township NJ police officer stopped a car in which he was a passenger on 8/30/13.
In a negotiated plea, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph More will recommend that Purnell be sentenced to five years in New Jersey state prison. Under the state’s Graves Act, Purnell must serve three years of the sentence before he can be considered for parole.
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