The suspect went into Cryan's Tavern on Beaver Avenue in the Annandale section of Clinton Township around 9 p.m. and made the theat after threatening an employee with a knife.
The convicted killer, who stabbed the 38-year-old victim in the neck with a kitchen knife at a sprawling Delaware Township estate, would not be eligible for parole until he's 84.
A line of fast-moving thunderstorms moving from west to east lost their punch with most of the state experiencing just run of the mill storms. But they were still strong crossing the Delaware River bringing 85-95 mph winds to Bloomsbury and Holland Township.
Two people were rescued from the Delaware River after a crew from the Lambertville-New Hope Rescue Squad witnessed their vessel hit a rock and capsize.
A line of thunderstorms approached South Jersey from the west early Monday evening packing winds of up to 80 mph as they crossed the Delaware River but quicker lost their punch.
A bail agreement for New Jersey native Jamie Komoroski would have released the 25-year-old into the custody of her mother in either Brick or in South Carolina.