August 12, 2024
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on August 9, 2024, the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, P.J.Cr.P., sentenced Marc Manfredonia, 33, of Little Egg Harbor, to ten years New Jersey State Prison as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to Robbery in connection with an incident that occurred in Little Egg Harbor Township on September 9, 2023. This sentence will be subject to the terms of the No Early Release Act, meaning that Manfredonia will be required to serve at least 85 percent of his prison sentence before he may be considered for parole eligibility.
On September 9, 2023, at approximately 4:30 a.m., Officers from the Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department were summoned to a residence on East Hudson Drive for a report of gunshots having been fired. Responding Officers discovered a 36-year-old male victim who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Pomona, New Jersey, for treatment of his injuries and subsequently released.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department Detective Bureau, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, revealed that in the early morning hours of September 9, 2023, the victim visited Manfredonia and Christopher Miller, 36, of Paterson, New Jersey – both of whom the victim was acquainted with – at the East Hudson Drive residence where they were staying. A short time later, Miller and Manfredonia physically forced the victim out of the residence and demanded money from him. Miller brandished a handgun, and informed the victim that he would shoot him if he did not transfer money through a mobile cash application. The victim effectuated transactions to Miller and Manfredonia through the cash application. Miller and Manfredonia then demanded more money from the victim. The victim refused, and a physical altercation ensued. Miller then fired four gunshots, striking the victim in the leg, groin and ear. Miller and Manfredonia continued to physically assault the victim before retreating to the inside of the residence. The victim thereafter ran to a nearby home and called the police.
Miller and Manfredonia were taken into custody without incident at the subject residence and transported to the Ocean County Jail, where they were subsequently released as a consequence of New Jersey Bail Reform.
The charges against Miller for Attempted Murder, Robbery, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, remain pending.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the diligent efforts of Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Mara Brater who handled the case on behalf of the State, and commends the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department, Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and Mystic Island Volunteer Fire Department, for their combined and collective assistance in connection with this investigation, leading to Manfredonia’s arrest, guilty plea, and now his state prison sentence.
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