Lodi man gets 3 years in prison for assaulting girlfriend

EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): Beating up his girlfriend after holding her against her will got a Lodi man a “flat” three-year prison sentence in a plea bargain with prosecutors.

Jerry DeMarco

01/27/2013 4:37 p.m.

Gabriel E. Arias, 27, pleaded guilty to a restraint charge in Superior Court in Hackensack on Friday after prosecutors agreed to drop counts of aggravated assault and giving false information to police.

The 6-foot-2-inch, 180-pound Arias was on probation in connection with a 2010 incident involving an assault and fleeing police in Bergenfield when the incident happened in Lodi last July 28.

On Friday, Arias admitted holding the victim against her will during a fight and then assaulting her when it escalated.

Superior Court Judge Patrick Roma accepted the plea.

CLIFFVIEW PILOT STORY / PHOTO: Mary K. Miraglia

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