54 year old Victor Martinez of Hammonton pleaded guilty to crimes including first-degree unlawful possession of a handgun by a person previously convicted under the No Early Release Act. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Martinez is expected to be sentenced to an aggregate term of 10 years behind bars.
On February 29, 2024, members of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and the Egg Harbor
City Police Department were conducting a narcotics investigation on London Avenue in Egg
Harbor City. Martinez was stopped and searched pursuant to a judicially authorized warrant.
Inside a backpack that Martinez was carrying, police located a Glock 9mm handgun with two
extended magazines along with small quantities of crack cocaine and fentanyl. Martinez did not
have a permit to carry or possess the Glock 9mm, and a review of his criminal history revealed
a prior conviction for second-degree robbery, which is a crime enumerated in New Jersey’s No
Early Release Act. By virtue of that conviction, Martinez was legally ineligible to own or carry a
handgun