Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey said a North Brunswick man was sentenced today to serve up to 80 years in a New Jersey state prison for fatally shooting his next-door neighbor in 2014.
Roland E. Amos, 44, was sentenced to the term for murder, hindering his apprehension and related weapons offenses in the slaying of Brian A. Hoey, 43.
Under the terms of the sentence handed down in New Brunswick by Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves, the defendant must serve 40 years in custody before he can be eligible for parole.
The Judge included a five-year mandatory term in Amos's sentencing.
Amos was sentenced to the term after he was found guilty on February 28, 2017, of murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, and hindering apprehension.
A jury also found Amos guilty of being a convicted felon prohibited from possessing the handgun.
During a trial that began on January 18, 2017, Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Christine D’Elia and Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Fabrice Charles presented evidence and testimony showing Amos shot Hoey multiple times on September 1, 2014, outside an apartment complex where both men were next-door neighbors.
Police arrested Amos following an intensive month-long investigation by Detective Robert Powell of the North Brunswick Police Department and Detective Gregory Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.