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Somerset Teen Gets Five Years For Assaulting Employee, Fracturing Face: Prosecutor
A 19-year-old Somerset teen was recently sentenced to five years in prison for brutally beating an employee at a business in Franklin Township in Nov. 2022, authorities said.
On Nov. 23, 2022, Thanksgiving Eve, Yahmir Brown, along with a juvenile, assaulted an employee of a local business on Hamilton Street in Franklin Township, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said. The employee suffered multiple facial fractures, McDonald said.
Brown was sentenced after being convicted of aggravated assault in May following a weeklong trial, authorities said.
Woman Convicted After Five Pets Found In 'Deplorable' Conditions In South Jersey: Prosecutors
A former Galloway Township woman was convicted of having five pets living in "deplorable" conditions, authorities said.
Lisa Monzo, 59, was found guilty on Monday, June 17 of five counts of fourth-degree animal cruelty, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release on Thursday, June 20. The conviction came after a bench trial in superior court.
Galloway police and the county sheriff's office found a dog, two cats, and two birds in Monzo's home on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Investigators said the animals were in "deplorable" living conditions, with no fresh water or edible food. …
