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Frederic Parisi was convicted of aggravated assault, endangering an injured victim and impersonating police officer for the 2020 incident which left the victim, Hector Rodriguez with life-threatening injuries, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said.
On Friday, March 13, 2020, Parisi, a security guard at the Family Dollar store at 131 Clinton Ave. chased Rodriguez in a police car, struck him with the vehicle and then sprayed him in the face with pepper spray, Stephens said. Parisi was arrested with two fake identification cards, one claiming he was a Passaic New Jersey Police Officer, the other a national concealed carry permit, Stephens said.
Parisi is currently serving a 16-year sentence in Georgia for impersonating a law enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Stephens said. He was extradited to New Jersey to stand trial, Stephens said.
He faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in April, Stephens said.
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