An Atlantic City man charged in a cold-case killing from when he was a teenager will be sentenced in the juvenile system for that crime, BreakingAC has learned.
Tarik Chance was 17 when he and a 14-year-old allegedly killed Antojuan Huffin inside Stanley's Holmes' second village May 27, 1996.
Huffin, who was known as Cool T, was just 20 when he was shot multiple times behind 340 N. Kentucky Ave. He died at the hospital, leaving behind a 2-year-old son.
Chance was identified only as T.C. at the time, because he was juvenile when the crime was committed, and juveniles' identities are protected.
Tyner did name Lamarc Rex, because he remained at-large. Rex, now 39, was arrested that December, and released. He was arrested again five days later after a loaded gun was found in the vehicle he was driving.
It was the drug ring that brought Chance to court last week, when he was sentenced under a plea to a handgun charge.
He was given a three-year sentence with one year of parole ineligibility. The sentence granted a so-called Graves waiver, which means the judge was allowed to give him less time than required by law.
Chance has already served more than that time, having been given credit for the 927 days he's been in jail.
Defense attorney Hal Kokes said Chance has several health concerns that need immediate attention, which was why the plea getting him out was so important.
Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury also put on the record that Chance's sentence would run concurrent to the juvenile sentence.
While he didn't detail the juvenile crime, BreakingAC has confirmed it was the killing.
Kokes, who did not handle the juvenile case, said he could not comment on it.
Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill said he could not comment on the case, or why Chance was not tried as an adult.
While authorities do announce when a juvenile is arrested, they do not make any further comment unless they are waived up to adult court.
