Ecuador man sentenced to NJ prison for attempted murder

🔴 Man pleads guilty to attempted murder

🔴 The victim, an 18-year-old girl, was found after a 911 call

🔴 Police officers saved the victim’s life, officials said

ELIZABETH — A citizen of Ecuador has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder.

Nelson Lata-Sanchez, 23, who lived in Elizabeth, was sentenced last Friday in Superior Court in Union County, according to Union County Prosecutor William Daniel.

He must serve just shy of six years in prison before he is eligible for parole under New Jersey’s No Early Release Act…

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