AC Teen Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder, Jailbreak: ACPO

An Atlantic City teen pleaded guilty to attempted murder and escaping a juvenile detention center, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday. Raymir Lampkin, 17, fired shots at a vehicle in September 2016, seriously injuring the passenger, the ACPO said.

Lampkin and three other teenagers assaulted a staff member of Harborfields Juvenile Detention Center in November 2017 and escaped by stealing another staff member's vehicle, the ACPO said. They crashed the vehicle and fled on foot, according to the ACPO.

While on foot, the teens burglarized two homes in Egg Harbor City, the ACPO said. They stole a loaded rifle, ammunition and clothes from an unoccupied home, according to the ACPO. They used the gun to burglarize a second home with a woman and two children, the ACPO said.

Several hours later, three of the teens, including Lampkin, were captured in Bridgeton, the ACPO said. The fourth was captured the next day near Carolina Village Apartments in Atlantic City, according to the ACPO.

Lampkin pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted murder, second-degree escape and two counts of second-degree burglary, the ACPO said.

As per the plea agreement, Lampkin will serve six years for the escape, consecutive to five years on the first burglary and consecutive to five years on the second burglary (must serve 85 percent on both burglaries), the ACPO said. The agreement also calls for Lampkin to serve 13 years (must serve 85 percent), subject to the No Early Release Act, according to the ACPO.

Photo of Raymir Lampkin provided by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office