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Atlantic City woman rejects plea in attempted murder case
An Atlantic City woman charged in a 2019 shooting case rejected a plea offer that would have resulted in a 14-year sentence. Prosecutors allege Rashanah Camper conspired with a 16-year-old boy to shoot a woman on Tennessee Avenue in Atlantic City in retaliation for an earlier stabbing. The victim survived, the teen reportedly pleaded guilty, and Camper was scheduled for further court proceedings and trial while remaining detained.
An Atlantic City woman accused of conspiring with a teenager to try to murder another woman rejected a plea deal and was expected to go to trial in January.
Prosecutors allege that Rashanah Camper, 26, ordered a 16-year-old boy to shoot the victim in retaliation for Camper having been stabbed a few months earlier. According to the affidavit, the victim was shot just after midnight on April 25, 2019, while walking on Tennessee Avenue in Atlantic City.
Authorities announced a warrant for Camper's arrest on June 12, 2019. She remained a fugitive for about three months before being arrested Sept. 11, 2019, in Philadelphia.
According to the article, surveillance video allegedly shows the teen shooter getting out of a car that Camper is accused of driving, running toward the victim, and then returning to the vehicle. The victim said the boy first approached an unknown male pedestrian and yelled, "That's not her," before returning to the car. The car then swerved toward the victim, who said the boy yelled her name. The video allegedly shows a muzzle flash coming from the rear driver's side.
The state offered Camper a 14-year sentence in exchange for a guilty plea, which she formally rejected in court. The plea would have required her to serve about 10 years before becoming eligible for parole. Defense attorney Yvonne Maher said she explained to Camper that if convicted on all charges and sentenced consecutively, she could theoretically face a maximum of 106 years in prison, with a minimum of 75 years before parole eligibility, though such a sentence was described as unlikely.
A motion in the case was scheduled for Dec. 1, with trial set for Jan. 25. Maher said the teenage co-defendant had pleaded guilty.
Maher also asked that Camper be released on home detention because of a shoulder injury, but Assistant Prosecutor Lloyd Henderson objected, noting it would require reopening the detention hearing and would be Camper's third request for release. Superior Court Judge John Rauh ruled there was no change in circumstances to justify a new hearing. Camper remained held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility, where she had been detained for more than 13 months.
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