Harborfield Escapee Found Guilty of Manslaughter

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BRIDGETON — The city teen who escaped from an Egg Harbor City youth detention facility last November was found guilty Tuesday of reckless manslaughter in a 2016 fatal shooting during a drug deal.

Michael Huggins, 19, was also found guilty of unlawful possession of a weapon in the Oct. 7, 2016, murder of Devante Lee, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said in a statement Wednesday.

Lee’s killing happened during a drug transaction, Webb-McRae said. Huggins testified he acted in self-defense.

Huggins faces a 10-year prison sentence for the manslaughter charge, subject to the No Early Release Act, meaning he would need to serve 85 percent of the term before becoming eligible for parole. However, the state will be arguing for an additional 10-year sentence on the weapons offense, with five-year parole ineligibility, Webb-McRae said.

He’s slated to be sentenced Feb. 22.

Huggins was scheduled to appear Tuesday in Atlantic County Superior Court on escape, aggravated assault, weapons and other charges related to the November 2017 escape from the Harborfields Youth Detention Center in Egg Harbor City, but the pretrial conference was postponed.

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