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Morris County Man Gets 15 Years For Shooting Wife In Head: Authorities Morris County Man Gets 15 Years For Shooting Wife In Head: Authorities
Morris County Man Gets 15 Years For Shooting Wife In Head: Authorities A 79-year-old East Hanover resident was sentenced to 15 years in jail on Friday, July 12 after pleading guilty to shooting his wife in the head in 2020, authorities said. In March 2020 at 2:02 p.m., East Hanover police were called to a resident on Selmar Terrace on a report of a domestic incident involving a gun, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and East Hanover Police Chief Christopher Cannizzo said. An investigation revealed Alexander Jacobs shot his wife Lilia Jacobs, 71, in the head with a loaded .380 Beretta, authorities said. He pl…

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by Sam Barron
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Authorities: Morris County Man, 74, Shoots Wife Dead During Argument Authorities: Morris County Man, 74, Shoots Wife Dead During Argument
Authorities: Morris County Man, 74, Shoots Wife Dead During Argument A 74-year-old Morris County man shot and killed his wife in their home Thursday, authorities said. East Hanover police responding to the daughter’s 2 p.m. 911 call of a domestic dispute arrested Alexander Jacobs and charged him with murder and weapons counts after finding the body of his wife, Lilia Jacobs, 71, inside their Selmar Terrace home, they said. Police recovered the firearm, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Investigations Christoph Kimker and East Hanover Police Chief Christopher F. Cannizzo said in a release Friday. The Morris County Medical Examiner’s …

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by Jerry DeMarco