NJ man gets multiple years in prison for multiple indictments

A Hammonton man has been sentenced to multiple years behind bars in connection to multiple indictments.

News snapshot

55-year-old Victor Martinez of Hammonton was sentenced on Monday
Sentencing was based on a plea agreement
Indictments covered three different incidents

Victor Martinez of Hammonton, NJ, sentenced

The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office says Victor Martinez was sentenced on the following charges:

First-degree unlawful possession of a handgun by a person previously convicted under the No Early Release Act
Fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon
Fourth-degree obstructing the administration of law
Third-degree unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance

Under the terms of a plea agreement, Martinez was sentenced to ten years in state prison with five years of parole ineligibility.

Crime timeline

Officials said that on February 29th, 2024, members of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and the Egg Harbor City Police Department were conducting a drug investigation on London Avenue in Egg Harbor City. There, Martinez was stopped and searched, and inside of a backpack, cops found a Glock 9mm handgun with two extended magazines along with small amounts of crack cocaine and fentanyl.

Victor Martinez of Hammonton NJ has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison - Photo: Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office / Canva

Martinez did not have a permit for the gun, and authorities learned that he was previously conviction of second-degree robbery, which made having that firearm illegal.

During his guilty plea, Martinez also admitted that before that arrest in Egg Harbor City, he had been involved in two separate incidents in the same town where he brandished a pocketknife during an argument and he obstructed officers who were conducting a drug-related investigation.

Martinez’s cases were investigated by the Egg Harbor City Police Department and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. Assistant Prosecutor Chris D’Esposito of the Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics Unit of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office prosecuted Martinez’s cases on behalf of the State.