BREAK-INS HAPPENED ON SABBATH NIGHTS
A burglar who authorities said targeted Lakewood's Orthodox Jewish community on the Sabbath and stole about $50,000 worth of property is facing three years in state prison after admitting in court to the string of 13 break-ins. James Mastrangelo, 44, of Carasaljo Drive, Lakewood, pleaded guilty Monday before state Superior Court Judge James Den Uyl to 13 counts of burglary in a plea bargain that will require him to pay back his victims for the property he stole.Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Hillary Bryce said the amount of restitution Mastrangelo must make is about $50,000.The plea bargain also calls for 13 additional counts of theft to be dismissed.Mastrangelo could have faced 65 years in prison for the 13 burglaries, but the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office will recommend at sentencing that he receive a three-year prison term, according to court documents.
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A burglar who authorities said targeted Lakewood's Orthodox Jewish community on the Sabbath and stole about $50,000 worth of property is facing three years in state prison after admitting in court to the string of 13 break-ins. James Mastrangelo, 44, of Carasaljo Drive, Lakewood, pleaded guilty Monday before state Superior Court Judge James Den Uyl to 13 counts of burglary in a plea bargain that will require him to pay back his victims for the property he stole.Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Hillary Bryce said the amount of restitution Mastrangelo must make is about $50,000.The plea bargain also calls for 13 additional counts of theft to be dismissed.Mastrangelo could have faced 65 years in prison for the 13 burglaries, but the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office will recommend at sentencing that he receive a three-year prison term, according to court documents.
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