Hakim Clark
An Atlantic City man was sentenced to six years in prison this week, wrapping up four separate cases including having a shank inside the jail.
Hakim Clark, 34, was armed and combative when he was arrested as a fugitive March 8, 2024. Even though Clark gave Officer La'Tray Butcher false information, Butcher recognized him as having two active warrants.
Clark got more charges then, after he was found in possession of a loaded gun reported stolen out of North Carolina, along with 10 Ecstasy pills.
Clark pleaded guilty in April to second-degree aggravated assault, two counts of second-degree possession of a weapon by a certain person and fourth-degree obstruction in that case.
Clark also admitted to shooting a gun in the area of Proud Mary's bar at Sovereign and Fairmount avenues 10 days before his arrest.
ShotSpotter and a 911 call brought police to the scene Feb. 25, 2024,
Surveillance footage later would show Clark going in and out of the bar several times and playing pool before the shooting.
He also is seen running south on Sovereign Avenue, pulling his right arm out of his vest pocket and then raising his right arm. That is followed by a flash consistent with gunfire.
No one was injured, but several people are seen ducking down and taking cover.
An investigation later determined the gun Clark has at the time of his arrest was the one used that night.
Clark additionally pleaded guilty to third- degree possession with the intent to distribute cocaine from a Jan. 21, 2021, case.
At that time, the Atlantic City Police Department's Special Investigation Section found cocaine, a small digital scale, more than $1,900 and two rounds of ball ammunition after a warranted search of an apartment at 145 S. Ocean Ave. as part of an investigation into reported drug dealing in that area.
Clark also pleaded guilty to fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon after he was found with a shank inside the jail.
He must serve at least five years in prison.
Clark remains in the Atlantic County Justice Facility pending transfer to state prison.
