🔴 Uncle who was living with family in Ocean County wins appeal
🔴 Key evidence obtained by police, including a signed apology, was thrown out
🔴 His release date is days away
SHIP BOTTOM — An appellate decision has given a Honduran man the chance to withdraw his guilty plea for the sexual assault of a victim under 12 years old.
Lester Garcia, now 38, pleaded guilty to the second-degree sex crime after he fled Ocean County and was caught in Fairfax County, Virginia, according to court records.
He was sentenced to seven years in state prison as part of the plea agreement. After his release, Garcia also had to register as a sex offender and was subject to parole supervision for life…