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Former Corrections Officer From Brick Twp. Confesses To Beating Resident Who Died: AG Former Corrections Officer From Brick Twp. Confesses To Beating Resident Who Died: AG
Former Corrections Officer From Brick Twp. Confesses To Beating Resident Who Died: AG A former New Jersey corrections officer admitted to assaulting a resident who died several days after the attack, authorities said. Giuseppe Mandara of Brick Township pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 3 to third-degree aggravated assault, Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the state's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability said in a news release on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Mandara confessed to attacking Darrell "Malik" Smith on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Smith served more than 23 years in state prison on convictions for kidnapping and aggravated assault on a police officer. Man…

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Forked River Man Who Strangled Wife, Dumped Body On Side Of Road Sentenced: Prosecutors Forked River Man Who Strangled Wife, Dumped Body On Side Of Road Sentenced: Prosecutors
Forked River Man Who Strangled Wife, Dumped Body On Side Of Road Sentenced: Prosecutors A Forked River man will spend more than four decades in prison after he was convicted of strangling his wife to death and leaving her body on the side of a Monmouth County road, authorities said. Jeremy Cruz, 53, was sentenced to 50 years in state prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Friday, Sept. 13. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday, Apr. 24. Investigators said a driver saw 51-year-old Dawn Cruz with severe injuries on Colonial Avenue near the intersection with Asbury Avenue in Ocean Township …

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