A second defendant has been convicted in the brutal beating of a Newark man in his own apartment that left him in a coma for two weeks last year.
A jury found Gabriel Perez, 32, guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, aggravated assault and eluding.
The victim’s roommate let Perez and Bruno Caetano, 38, into the apartment on New Jersey Railroad Avenue, where the pair beat the victim on Jan. 17, 2024, officials said…