New Jersey Man Gets 375 Years In Prison For ‘House Of Horrors’ Murders Over Facebook Post | News – BET
A New Jersey man has reportedly been sentenced to 375 years in prison for three murders and three attempted murders stemming from a Facebook comment that made him angry.
According to Law and Crime, 31-year-old Jeremy Arrington was sentenced to nearly four centuries in prison on Friday (April 8) by Judge Ronald Wigler over the 2016 fatal stabbings of 8-year-old Aerial Little Whitehurst, her brother Al-Jahon Whitehurst, 11, and the fatal shooting of Syasia McBorroughs, 23. Arrington also stabbed the 29-year-old mother of the two dead children and a twin 13-year-old brother and sister – who all survived the attack.
The judge in the case referred to the crime scene as a literal “house of horrors,” resulting in the conviction of 28 separate counts, including weapons charges, in Essex County Superior Court on March 4, 2022.
The killings took place on November 5, 2016, when Arrrington entered the Whitehurst residence. According to prosecutors, he armed with a gun, tied up everyone inside the residence and then attacked and tortured his victims with knives.
The knife-inflicted tourture reportedly lasted for an hour before a young autistic girl was able to escape and call police, which they say likely prevented the full house from being murdered by Arrington. The defendant’s alleged motivation for the senseless crime was a post on social media.
“Someone in the house, it appears, may have posted the media account of the fact that Mr. Arrington was wanted on a social media platform and it appears that that’s part of the motivation, at least, for him going to the house on Saturday,” Carolyn A. Murray, the then-acting Essex County Prosecutor said at a 2016 press conference, according to Law and Crime.
“We are forever grateful to the courageous survivors and witnesses who testified as well as the investigative personnel who helped bring this defendant to justice,” Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecutor Justin Edwab said in a statement provided to NBC New York. “Hopefully this verdict will bring some form of justice to all of the families and friends affected by this defendant’s horrific actions.”
The station reports Arrington apologized to family members of the victims and one of the survivors who attended the sentencing hearing and read victim impact statements. Arrington will be eligible for parole in 281 years or in the year 2303.