🚔 Two Newark residents were sentenced to 50 years each for chasing and fatally shooting a teen in a stolen SUV.
⚖️ Prosecutors say the pair carried out “vigilante justice” after spotting the Lexus linked to robbery and a crash.
🚔 17-year-old Kiman Mays was killed; the SUV’s driver was also wounded.
NEWARK — A local man and woman have been sent to prison for killing a teen and wounding another man in a stolen SUV, as prosecutors look to discourage acts of “vigilante justice.”
Last June, 34-year-old James Headen and 52-year-old Felicia Bynum, both of Newark, were convicted of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and weapons offenses.
The two were found guilty of chasing after and shooting at a stolen white Lexus SUV on Aug. 17, 2023, killing 17-year-old Kiman Mays, of Newark…