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Killer Gets 35 Years For Deadly Bergen Town Center Stabbing: Prosecutor

A 74-year-old North Bergen man was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 16, to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in 2021, authorities said.

Augusto Perez

Augusto Perez

Photo Credit: Maywood Police

On Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, Augusto Perez stabbed Omar Cruz, a 64-year-old Albany, NY resident, to death behind the Ulta Beauty store in the Bergen Town Center mall in Maywood, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Muella said.

With his dying breath, Cruz identified his killer, as previously reported by Daily Voice.

Perez was arrested the next day, Musella said. Perez was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in April following a six-week trial, Musella said.

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