Bristol Township man sentenced for perjury in Shaquille Love murder investigation
A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty today [May 30] to charges of perjury and false swearing related to the Grand Jury investigation into the December 2020 murder of Shaquille Love. The plea was entered before Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. via video conference.
Judge Bateman sentenced Quashaad Rodney James, of Bristol Township, to 1 ½ to six years in state prison, with a concurrent sentence of two years of probation. This sentence will begin after James is paroled from a 20 to 40-year sentence he is currently serving for an unrelated matter originating in Philadelphia.
The charges against James stem from his false testimony under oath before the Investigating Grand Jury. During his testimony, James falsely identified another individual as the person responsible for the murder of Shaquille Love. Bucks County Detectives subsequently investigated and confirmed that the individual James accused had no involvement in the crime.
During the sentencing hearing, Deputy District Attorney Brittney M. Kern emphasized the seriousness of James’ actions, stating that lying to the Grand Jury on two separate occasions not only impeded a homicide investigation but also wrongly implicated an innocent man.
