Newark, NJ : Newark man gets 7 years for resisting arrest after car crash on Tuesday October 20 2015

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A Newark man was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in state prison for resisting arrest after ignoring Orange police's commands to stay away from his car in 2013 when it was being towed following a motor vehicle accident, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced.
Larry C. James, 41, received the sentence from Superior Court Judge Alfonse Cifelli after being convicted by a jury on Aug. 17 of the resisting arrest charge, according to a news release from the prosecutor's office.
James must serve three and a half years before becoming eligible for parole, authorities said.
James was found not guilty on three counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and the jury could not reach a verdict on drug charges against James, authorities said.
Those charges were resolved when James pleaded guilty on Aug. 31 to possession of heroin and possession of cocaine, authorities said. A three-year prison sentence on the drug offenses is expected to run concurrent to the seven-year prison term on the resisting arrest charge, authorities said.
Since James has five prior felony convictions, he was sentenced as a "persistent offender," according to Essex County Assistant Prosecutor Marissa Kawecki, who handled the case.

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Newark man gets 7 years for resisting arrest after car crash