NJ man convicted of hotel room murder, robbery

🔶 Man was lured to New Jersey hotel by trio

🔶 Victim killed, then robbed

🔶 Jury convicts on various charges

A 32-year-old man has been found guilty of helping lure a victim to a Mount Laurel hotel four years ago, where the man was killed and then robbed.

Jawaad Ali, of Lindenwold, had represented himself at trial in Superior Court in Mount Holly.

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The jury deliberated for two hours before convicting him on first-degree charges of murder, robbery and kidnapping in the killing of Samer Alhalayqa.

Ali was also found guilty of second-degree counts of conspiracy to commit robbery and desecration of human remains, as well as third-degree wrongful impersonation and fourth-degree credit card theft.

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On May 8, 2020, Ali, Anthony Sermond-Guyton and Asia Boone, lured Samer Alhalayqa, of Camden, to the Fairfield Inn on Century Parkway.

The 31-year-old victim was suffocated in a third-floor room and then dragged into the hallway.

His debit card was then used to withdraw cash from a nearby ATM, order items from Amazon.com and pay for pizza from Papa John’s, prosecutors said.

Ali’s sentencing was set for Sept. 27.

Co-defendants, Sermond-Guyton and Boone have pleaded guilty to their respective charges and were also awaiting sentencing.

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