On a June 2009
trial, Charly Wingate, better known in hip-hop as “Max B,” was convicted
of felony murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and several other offenses,
in which witnesses testified that he planned the September 2006 robbery
at the Holiday Inn Fort Lee hotel on Route 4.
Max B was accused of: masterminding a deadly robbery at the Fort Lee
hotel 6 years ago. His stepbrother received a life term plus 35 years
for his part in the scheme.
Yesterday, August 30th 2012, a New Jersey appeals court upheld Max
B’s 75-year conviction for his part in the 2006 robbery and murder of
David Taylor in a Fort Lee hotel room. Max B is 34 years old.
