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Two Men Arrested For Murder Of Atlantic City Man

MAYS LANDING, NJ (CBS) – Two men have been arrested and charged with the murder of Joshua Hopewell, announced Atlantic City Prosecutor Ted Housel at a press conference on Friday.

Twenty-two-year-old Michael Rivera, of Pleasantville, and 21-year-old Casey Robinson, of Atlantic City, were arrested and charged with murder on Thursday night.

The two men are accused of shooting Hopewell, 26, also of Atlantic City, multiple times earlier that night. Hopewell was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, where he later died.

Both men have been charged with murder and weapons offenses and are being held at the Atlantic County Justice Facility on $1 million cash bail.

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