TRENTON >> Anthony Hemingway shot once.
If a famous author could visit the violence-plagued streets of New Jersey’s capital city, he might say, “Every man’s life ends the same way.”
Anthony Hemingway(Left) and Quosheon Williams (Right)
In this case, it was 25-year-old Kayron Jones, who was gunned down in Trenton in 2013 by a group of men, including two friends, that planned to rob him. Things went awry.
The authorities believed at the time that gangs and drugs were involved, according to Trentonian archives. A grand jury returned an indictment against four men.
They pleaded guilty Wednesday. They’re headed to prison. Hemingway will serve the longest term under his plea deal.
He pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter Thursday before Judge Peter Warshaw and is expected to spend 20 years in prison.
Kayron Jones
His codefendants, Naquan Chance, London Feliciano, both of Trenton, and Quosheon Williams, of Lawrence, pleaded guilty to robbery. They’re headed to prison for 10 years, under terms of their plea deals, according to the county prosecutor spokeswoman Casey DeBlasio.
The four suspected gangsters were named in a 16-count indictment charging them with causing Jones’ death after a home invasion in August 2013.
Each was charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault and weapons offenses before they struck plea deals.
Cops arrived on an early summer morning at the Jones’ home on the 600 block of North Olden Avenue and found the service worker and amateur baseball standout Jones suffering a gunshot wound to his chest. He died at a city hospital.
The four suspects allegedly scattered across the country and were tracked down by U.S. Marshals.
Williams fled the state and was arrested and extradited from Surprise, Ariz.
Trenton detectives charged the four men after they obtained surveillance video and eyewitness accounts.
They are being sentenced Oct. 4, more than three years after Jones lost his life.