An Atlantic City man was sentenced to 3½ years in prison Tuesday in separate incidents in which he was found with meth and a gun, the Atlantic County Prosecutor s Office said.
23 year old Hamid Palmer of Atlantic City was sentenced to a concurrent New Jersey State Prison term of three-and-one-half years without parole on two indictments charging him with Second- Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun, and Third-Degree Possession of Methamphetamine. On May 3, 2021, Atlantic City Police were dispatched to Hard Rock Casino in reference to two males engaged in a verbal altercation. While on scene, police learned that Hamid Palmer and
the other man, Daniel Brown, began fighting inside of a vehicle they arrived in, and Palmer
assaulted Brown by biting his right hand, causing injury. Police found what turned out to be meth in the car.
On April 16, 2022, Atlantic City Police were dispatched to 400 N. North Carolina Avenue in
reference to a Shot Spotter alert. On scene, residents alerted police to having heard
approximately twelve shots fired at the intersection of North Carolina and Adriatic Avenues.
Police then observed Palmer in the area and stopped him. A