16-year-old charged with murder in ‘heart-wrenching’ death of Jersey City fashion photographer
Updated May 07, 2021;
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The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a 16-year-old suspect with the murder of Benjamin Stone, a Jersey City fashion photographer who was found dead in his apartment last month.
The suspect, who has not been identified, has been charged with first-degree murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon. He was arrested yesterday afternoon at the prosecutor’s office.
Stone, 40, a well-known fashion photographer, was found dead by police at his Storms Avenue apartment on April 27 during a welfare check. A friend was said to have requested the check after Stone stopped responding to calls and texts.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in the killing of a 40-year-old Jersey City man.
The unidentified teen has been charged with murder and is facing several weapons offenses in connection with the death of Benjamin Stone, who was found dead in a Storms Avenue apartment on April 27, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
The boy was arrested on May 6 around 3:30 p.m. at the Hudson County Prosecutor s Office.
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The Regional Medical Examiner later ruled the cause of death to be multiple blunt force trauma to the torso and the manner of death to be homicide.
Many adjectives were used to describe Stone including wonderful, caring, hilarious and intelligent but most of all, he was remembered as a loyal friend.
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April 27, 2021 at 4:39 PM
JERSEY CITY, NJ - The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are investigating the death of a 40-year-old Jersey City man who was found dead in his Storms Avenue apartment in Jersey City.
In a statement Hudson County Prosecutor Ester Suarez reported that just after 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday members of the Jersey City Police Department responded on a welfare check to an apartment at 44 Storms Avenue, between Howard Place and Monticello Avenue. Responding officers found a lifeless 40-year-old male victim, later identified as Benjamin Stone, who was pronounced deceased at 2:01 a.m.