Actor who appeared on Law & Order sentenced for calculated, revenge-fueled murder of Queens man

A “Law & Order” actor was sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars for the “calculated,” revenge-fueled murder of a rival in Queens — with the victim’s tearful father slamming the killer as “a monster.”Isaiah Stokes, who appeared on hit legal drama as well as “Boardwalk Empire,” did not show remorse for killing Tyrone Jones, who authorities said was shot nearly a dozen times inside his parked car on Feb.7, 2021.Jones’s weeping father laced into the actor during an emotional victim impact statement at the Friday sentencing.

“I can remember the day that my son was brought into this world – a happy father I was.TJ was fun…a loving uncle and nephew.

What I don’t want to remember, Isaiah Stokes, is the day that you decided to murder my son,” Tyrone Jones Sr.said.“TJ did not die from a car accident or a disease, but by the hands of a monster,” the devastated father continued through tears. Stokes, 45 – who also records and performs music under the name I$AIAH – had a four-month-long vendetta against Jones, 37, after the younger man threw him out of his birthday party during a clash in October 2020, prosecutors said. The actor attached a GPS tracking device to Jones’ vehicle and stalked him for more than a week before the broad-daylight, caught-one-camera murder, according to the DA’s office. “You planned and thought about how and what you was going to do to end TJ’s life, Isaiah Stokes.

Was it that serious that you had to pump 11 bullets into TJ’s body?” his father cried in court, while staring at his only son’s killer. Stokes was convicted of second degree murder in the case, along with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, but began trying to argue the merits of the case during the Friday sentencing, prompting Judge Kenneth Holder to rebuke him.“Listen to me.You were convicted, so you need to talk to me about why I should have some mercy on you in the sentence – that’s all I need to hear ...