Quamel Benton, 36, of Farmingdale (Monmouth County) was sentenced on Jan. 10, to seven years in New Jersey State Prison for attempted kidnapping by Superior Court Judge Kenneth T. Palmer, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.
The sentence requires Benton to serve at least 85% of his term under the No Early Release Act. He also received additional sentences for eluding police and criminal sexual contact, stemming from a chaotic series of crimes in Ocean and Burlington counties on March 21 and March 22, 2024.
The chilling events began in Lakewood at 7:30 p.m. on March 21, 2024, when Benton attempted to force a teenage girl into his white SUV near Forest Park Circle. The girl managed to escape and run home, but Benton fled before officers arrived…