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Jersey City man sentenced to 18 years for deadly light rail stabbing

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A man has been sentenced to 18 years in state prison for fatally stabbing another man at a Light Rail station in 2022, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.

Anthony Bell, 40, was sentenced on February 21 by Judge Nesle Rodriguez after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter in September 2024. Under the No Early Release Act, he must serve 85% of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole.

The stabbing occurred on January 28, 2022, at approximately 11:37 p.m. at the Danforth Avenue Light Rail Station. Police responding to reports of an injured person found Kenneth Brown, 49, suffering from a stab wound to his upper body.

He was transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on January 29.

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