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Ex-Husband Of RHONJ Star Sentenced For Stalking, Leading To Home Invasion: Prosecutor Ex-Husband Of RHONJ Star Sentenced For Stalking, Leading To Home Invasion: Prosecutor
Ex-Husband Of Rhonj Star Sentenced For Stalking, Leading To Home Invasion: Prosecutor Thomas Manzo, the ex-husband of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Dina Cantin, was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 8, after previously pleading guilty to stalking her and her then-fiancé now-husband David Cantin, leading to a 2017 home invasion, authorities said. Manzo, a 59-year-old Franklin Lakes resident, pleaded guilty last October to stalking the couple in Holmdel between 2015 and 2019. James Mainello, a 57-year-old Bayonne resident, pleaded guilty to robbing and assaulting the same victims in May 2017, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said. On Saturday, May 13, 201…

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by Sam Barron
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Man Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For Baseball Bat Killing In Beverly City, Prosecutors Say Man Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For Baseball Bat Killing In Beverly City, Prosecutors Say
Man Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For Baseball Bat Killing In Beverly City, Prosecutors Say A man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after beating a Highland Park man to death with a baseball bat in Burlington County, authorities said. Larry Brown, 29, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 20 to 90 years in prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release. A jury found him guilty in March of a dozen charges including first-degree murder. Brown was convicted of killing 34-year-old Cecilio Luciano inside a home on Bentley Avenue in Beverly City. Officers responded to the house at around 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 20…

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by Chris Spiker
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Central Jersey Man Beat Acquaintance To Death With Baseball Bat, Prosecutor Says Central Jersey Man Beat Acquaintance To Death With Baseball Bat, Prosecutor Says
Central Jersey Man Beat Acquaintance To Death With Baseball Bat, Prosecutor Says A Central Jersey man is accused of beating his acquaintance to death with a baseball bat, authorities said. Curtis Wright, 57, was charged with murder in the early Saturday morning death of Howard Smith, 53, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Frank LoSacco said. Police responding to a Main Avenue home in East Brunswick on reports of an unconscious man found Smith with signs of blunt force trauma around 6:50 a.m., authorities said. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.  An investigation by Detective Alex Danese of the East Brunswick Police Department and Dete…

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by Cecilia Levine