MONROE TWP. -- A Williamstown man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday for fatally stabbing another man in a street fight, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.

Asa T. Jones, 36, of Williamstown.

Asa T. Jones, 36, was convicted in February of first-degree murder and other offenses in the 2013 death of Tony Miles, 41, also of Williamstown.

Judge Robert P. Becker imposed an extended prison term based on Jones' extensive criminal record, which includes convictions for theft, burglary, sexual contact, weapons possession and receiving stolen property, according to the prosecutor's office.

While Jones, whose birthday was Friday, continued to claim at his sentencing that he never intended to kill Miles, Becker disagreed, saying that Jones hunted down his victim.

The two men got into a fist fight on Nov. 17, 2013, and Jones went to his apartment to retrieve the knife he used to stab Miles three times.

Jones has remained jailed since his arrest the day of the stabbing.

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