Man Who Suffocated, Robbed Victim In BurlCo Hotel Gets Prison

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — A man was sentenced to 90 years in prison Friday for killing and robbing a victim in a Mount Laurel Hotel room.

Four years ago, Jawaad Ali and two others lured Samer Alhalayqa to the Fairfield Inn on Century Parkway for a robbery. The trio suffocated Alhalayqa in a third-floor room and dragged him into the hallway.

Ali, 33, of Lindenwold, and his co-defendants — Asia Boone and Anthony Sermond-Guyton — used the victim's card to withdraw money from a nearby ATM, order items off Amazon and get Papa John's pizza.

Alhalayqa, a Camden resident, was 31 years old.

In June, a jury found Ali guilty of murder (first-degree), robbery (first-degree), kidnapping (first-degree), burglary (second-degree), conspiracy to commit robbery (second-degree), desecration of human remains (second-degree), wrongful impersonation (third-degree) and credit card theft (fourth-degree).

Ali represented himself in court.

Boone and Sermond-Guyton both pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.