meanwhile a jury this week found Newark police officer Jovanny Crespo guilty of using unjustified deadly force in a 2019 fatal traffic stop crossbow is guilty of aggravated manslaughter aggravated assault and official misconduct for the death of 46-year-old Gregory Griffin in January 2019 Griffin was pulled over for speeding during a stop an officer reported seeing a gun in his car Griffin fled and police followed in a high-speed chase Crespo responded as backup and body camera footage revealed he fired his gun into the moving vehicle at three different locations fatally wounding Griffin and injuring the passenger prosecutors argued Crespo ignored policy and procedure and quote showed Reckless disregard for human life sentencing is scheduled for September 15th an attorney for Crespo says he expects to appeal