South Jersey Man Sentenced In 2015 Murder: Prosecutor

A South Jersey man has been sentenced to 47 years in New Jersey State Prison for murder, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office announced. Jacob Llera, 23, of Camden, must serve at least 37 years, six months of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.

He was previously convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in the death of Saadiq Coleman.

Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Spittal presented witness testimony, surveillance video, and photographs to establish that Llera shot and killed Coleman, according to the prosecutor’s office. He was found guilty on Oct. 25, 2018.

Two Camden County Police officers who were parked in a patrol car near the area of Broadway and Benson Street in Camden shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 8, 2015, heard the shooting just before Coleman began to approach the car. Coleman collapsed before reaching the car, and was pronounced dead at Cooper University Hospital at 11:07 p.m.

Llera was later arrested in Philadelphia by members of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Eastern District of Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Task Force and the Camden Division of the USMS New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force.

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