Man Stabbed To Death In Union County Hotel, Arrest Made: Police

UNION COUNTY, NJ — A 37-year-old man was stabbed to death at Country Inn & Suites in Elizabeth early Monday morning, according to an announcement from Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl J. Graves and Chief Giacomo Sacca.

Elizabeth Police Officers found Marlon Pantin of Brooklyn, New York laying on the lobby floor of the hotel on 100 International Drive, who had sustained critical injuries as a result of being stabbed.

Pantin was rushed to University Hospital in Newark and subsequently pronounced dead, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Robert Grady.

After an investigation led by the Union County Homicide Task Force and Elizabeth Police, 30-year-old Javan Johnson was arrested in connection with the homicide.

Johnson was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.

The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Bergenfield Police Department also assisted in this investigation.

Johnson was sent to Union County Jail pending court proceedings.

“We are grateful for the collaboration from the local law enforcement agencies who assisted our Office in locating and apprehending the suspect,” Prosecutor Daniel said. “And we hope that this arrest can bring
some small measure of comfort to all those grieving Mr. Pantin.”

Anyone with information about this matter is still urged to contact Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force Sgt. Lamar Hartsfield at 908-451-1873, Homicide Task Force Sergeant Filipe Alfonso at 908-603-7116 or Elizabeth Police Detective Louis Demondo at 908-558-2100.