FREEHOLD, N.J. — A jury has convicted three men in the 2009 murder of a schoolteacher that prosecutors said stemmed from a botched robbery. Prosecutors said the men planned to rob a drug dealer but went to the wrong Neptune City apartment and attacked 33-year-old Jonelle Melton when they realized their mistake. The Red Bank middle school social studies teacher, who was active in several extracurricular school groups, was found beaten, shot and stabbed. On Tuesday, jurors found Ebenezer Byrd, […]
