Douglas Battle sentenced to 20 years in death of fellow gang member

A senseless dispute between gang members ended one man’s life and will put another one in prison for several decades. Douglas Battle, 23, will spend 20 years in prison after he was sentenced for the June 2012 shooting death of Wilfredo Rivera, a fellow member of the Sex Money sect of the notorious Bloods street … Read more →

Killer pleads guilty to ambushing victim in 2012 slaying

TRENTON — An ambush killer who beat up a corrections officer when he landed in jail plead guilty today in a deal slating him for 20 years in prison. Douglas Battle, 23, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter for gunning down convicted killer Wilfredo “Murder Marty’’ Rivera, 32, on Oakland Street in the West Ward on … Read more →

Douglas Battle

Pled guilty in the June 23, 2012 death of Wilfredo Rivera.