Joseph Feliciano
An Atlantic City man faces four years in prison after pleading guilty in three separate cases this week.
Joseph Feliciano, 22, admitted to fleeing vehicle stops two different times
The one time Feliciano did not take off was Feb. 18, when he was a passenger in a vehicle stopped following a drug deal in Pleasantville.
Pleasantville police along with the State Police's Crime Suppression, Gangs and Organized Crime South, and the Metro South units saw a drug sale happening in front of Kings Food Store at 1037 N. Main St., according to the charges.
A search of the vehicle led to crack cocaine and a black digital scale. Feliciano also had $2,086 in cash.
nit from Atlantic
City, NJ, pleaded guilty to three separate cases before the Honorable Pamela D’Arcy, J.S.C.
Feliciano’s guilty pleas call for concurrent four-year New Jersey State Prison sentences. Feliciano
pleaded guilty to third-degree Eluding in two cases and third-degree Possession with Intent to
Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance in the other.
Before that, Atlantic City police tried to stop Feliciano just before 7 p.m. Jan. 22, after he drove through a red light at Pennsylvania and Caspian avenues.
The vehicle had been reported stolen, but Feliciano sped away out of the city via Route 30, according to the charges.
Officers wound up calling off the chase after he started passing cars at more than 100 mph and going through red lights.
He was stopped a week later in Pleasantville, where Atlantic City police were called and positively identified him.
Feliciano again fled police March 29, after he was seen making several traffic violations.
He continued to drive recklessly at a high rate of speed through the city and onto the Atlantic City Expressway toward Pleasantville.
Feliciano pleaded guilty in all three cases, and faces four-year sentences for each that will be served concurrently.
He is free until his sentencing March 12.
