Charged with murder in the June 2009 stabbing death of 19-year-old Joshua Moore is a “confirmed” Bloods gang member, according to court records based on information supplied from Cumberland County Jail.Marvin German Jr., 19, of Coral Avenue in Bridgeton, was indicted for first-degree murder.He was also indicted for third-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, for allegedly having in his possession the knife used to stab Moore to death during a June 12, 2009, fight on Nichols Street in Bridgeton.German is being held on $800,000 bail at Cumberland County Jail, where jail officials said an investigation resulted in the jail confirming his gang affiliation.The information connecting German to the Bloods street gang can be accessed from the public information terminal at the Cumberland County Courthouse.A girlfriend of Moore said last year that she anticipated police would try and portray the stabbing as gang-related, but denied this was the case.The same source at the county courthouse shows German is facing drug charges pertaining to an incident which occurred a day after Moore’s death.
Moore was stabbed during an altercation in an alleyway located between two rows of homes in the Bridgeton Commons (HOPE VI) housing development, between East Avenue and Walnut Street, north of Irving Avenue.He was pronounced dead shortly after midnight June 13. He had been stabbed once in the upper torso — the knife pierced his heart.German was arrested about two weeks after the incident after interviews with dozens of people allegedly at the scene of the crime.Court records show German has a past record of drug, burglary and assault charges, all of which have been either dismissed or downgraded.