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Inmate Charged With Murder For Stabbing Fellow Prisoner Dead At Essex County Jail: Prosecutor
A prisoner at the Essex County Jail was charged with murder for the stabbing death of another inmate, authorities announced.
Ashton D. Barthelus, 26, of Carteret, stabbed Dan G. Milford Gelin, 27, of Elizabeth, at the correctional facility last week, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said.
Gelin on Dec. 3 was rushed from the jail on the 300 block of Doremus Avenue to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 9 a.m., officials said.
Barthelus was charged with first degree murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unl…
