NJ man convicted of killing two children and college student over Facebook post – New York Post

Jeremy Arrington was convicted for killing three victims and stabbing three others when he broke into a house in rage over a facebook post. Dept. of Public Safety A New Jersey man was convicted for the brutal murder of two children and a college student he killed after he broke into a house because he was angry over a Facebook post, prosecutors announced Saturday. Jeremy Arrington, 31, was found guilty on a slew of charges related to a 2016 Newark home invasion where he bound and tortured six people inside, killing three and stabbing three others, the Essex County prosecutor said. Arrington fatally stabbed 8-year-old Aerial Little Whitehurst and 11-year-old Al-Jahon Whitehurst, then fatally shot 23-year-old Syasia McBorroughs — a college student who had been visiting the family. The children’s mother, 29, and two 13-year-old twins — a boy and a girl — were stabbed but survived, reports said. The killer’s deadly rage came after one of of the stabbing victims had allegedly reposted a police alert on Facebook that named Arrington as a suspect in an earlier shooting and sexual assault, officials said, according to NJ.com. Arrington broke into the Whitehurst residence in November 2016 in the middle of…
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