Man pleads guilty to injuring Edison woman in crash while fleeing North Brunswick shooting
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By KEN SERRANO
STAFF WRITER
A man charged as an accomplice in the slaying of a Roselle man on a street in North Brunswick in May pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated assault in connection with an accident he caused while fleeing police after the shooting.
The murder charge that Andre Trott, 30, of Bermuda faced in the May 7 killing of 31-year-old Shakir McCray will be dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Under the terms of the plea deal, Trott faces an 8-year prison sentence for injuring Yolanda Rivera, 44, in Edison. Sentencing for Trott, a reputed member of the Bloods street gang, is scheduled for March 8.
The man accused of being the triggerman, Cadre Williams, 31, of Georgia, committed suicide at Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick days after his arrest. Trott was charged as the getaway driver.
"As an accomplice, we would have had to prove shared intent," Keith Warburton, assistant Middlesex County prosecutor, said following the brief hearing in Superior Court, New Brunswick. "With the other person who committed the murder dead, it was difficult determining that."
An eluding charge against Trott will also be dismissed. Warburton said the charge would not have altered his sentence had he been convicted of it. He pleaded guilty to the worst offense, causing bodily injury during flight from police, Warburton said.
Judge Frederick DeVesa told Trott that it was a virtual certainty that he would be deported following his release from prison. Trott would have to serve slightly less than seven years before becoming eligible for parole if DeVesa gives Trott the maximum sentence under the terms of the plea agreement.
A woman identified as a family member of McCray declined comment outside the courtroom.
McCray was shot several times that Thursday morning outside the Hearthwood development on Boice Drive in North Brunswick. Warburton said the shooting involved a marijuana deal gone bad.
Williams confessed to the murder, authorities said. Trott did not make a statement to the police.
Trott was identified in court following the murder charge as a high-ranking member of the Bloods street gang.
