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Atlantic City, NJ – Tawanne Williams, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, and Jessica Bryant, 33, of Atlantic City, NJ, were sentenced on Monday to New Jersey State Prison for their roles in a 2022 shooting in Atlantic City.

Bryant received a sentence of five years for second-degree aggravated assault and fourth-degree pointing a firearm. Her sentence includes an 85% period of parole ineligibility under the No Early Release Act, followed by three years of parole supervision.

Williams was sentenced to five years for second-degree certain persons not to possess a handgun and fourth-degree obstructing the administration of law. He will serve the entire five years without parole eligibility.

The incident occurred on August 31, 2022, when Atlantic City Police responded to a shooting near the Carolina Villages apartment complex. They found a man with non-life-threatening injuries to his hand and hip. Surveillance video identified Bryant as the shooter, fleeing in a rental car driven by Williams.

In early September 2022, Williams was stopped in the rental car in Atlantic City but was uncooperative with police. A handgun found under the driver’s seat was later confirmed to have been used in the shooting. Bryant was apprehended months later in Galloway Township.

The investigation was conducted by the Atlantic City Police Department, including its Violent Crimes Unit, and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics Unit, with assistance from the Galloway Township Police Department. The case was prosecuted by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics Unit.

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