Defendant gets seven years in Galloway stabbing that wounded Somers Point man

A Burlington County man was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday, in the stabbing of a Somers Point man last year.

Raul Virella, 30, of Bordentown, pleaded guilty in March to second-degree aggravated assault.

He must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence under the No Early Release Act.

Police were called to the parking lot of Federal Court in Galloway Township on Feb. 8, 2022, and found 23-year-old Hisham Sarhan with stab wounds to his abdomen, according to the original report.

Sarhan was rushed to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s City Campus, where he underwent lifesaving surgery, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.

Virella fled in a vehicle, which crashed a short time later in Mullica Township, according to the initial report.

He abandoned the vehicle, which led to a search that included the State Police Aviation Unit, Galloway and Mullica police, and the Hamilton Township K-9 Unit.

Virella was arrested in Hammonton.

He admitted stabbing Sarhan in a statement to law enforcement.