32-Year-Old Lindenwold Man Convicted For Robbing & Then Suffocating Man In Mount Laurel Hotel Room
Thursday, June 27, 2024, 4:30 A.M. ET. By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ.- Yesterday, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw reported, that a jury sitting in Burlington County, New Jersey, has convicted a 32-year-old Lindenwold, New Jersey man for luring a 31-year-old Camden man to the Fairfield Inn & Suites in Mount Laurel, robbing the man and then viciously suffocating him death inside a hotel room back in May 2020.
Following a trial, the jury deliberated for just two hours before convicting Jawaad Ali, 32, of Lindenwold, who represented himself on the charges of first-degree Murder; first-degree Robbery; first-degree Kidnapping; second-degree Conspiracy to Commit Robbery; second-degree Desecration of Human Remains; Wrongful Impersonation; and fourth-degree Credit Card Theft.
Following the reading of the verdicts, the Honorable Terrence R. Cook, J.S.C. scheduled sentencing for September 27, 2024, in Burlington County Superior Court in Mount Holly, New Jersey, at which time Ali will face up to life in New Jersey State Prison. Two co-defendants who participated in the crime have pleaded guilty to charges and are awaiting sentencing.
The charges stem from an investigation that unfolded on May 8, 2020, when authorities uncovered that Ali, along with Asia Boone and Anthony Sermond-Guyton lured Samer Alhalayqa, 31, of Camden, New Jersey to the Fairfield Inn & Suites located on Century Parkway in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Upon Mr. Sermond-Guyton entering the third-floor hotel room, the trio robbed him, taking his belongings and then suffocating him to death. Following being suffocated to death the trio dragged his body into the hallway.
During the subsequent investigation, Detectives uncovered that the trio used Sermond-Guyton’s credit card to withdraw money from a nearby ATM Machine, order items from Amazon, and pay for pizza from a Papa John’s takeout pizzeria.
