🚕 A New York man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Monmouth County cab driver Anthony Hill.
⚖️ Gaetano Scannavino pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the 2024 killing outside a Hazlet motel.
💔 Hill, a husband and father of two from Eatontown, was remembered as a devoted family man.
A 26-year-old New York man has been sent to prison for killing a cab driver and the father of two in Monmouth County.
Gaetano S. Scannavino was arrested in Brooklyn by the New York City Police Department, days after the September 2024 shooting death of Anthony Hill, of Eatontown.
30-year prison sentence in Hazlet taxi driver shooting
On Wednesday, Scannavino was sentenced in Freehold Borough to 30 years in prison by Superior Court Judge Henry P. Butehorn. He pleaded guilty in December to aggravated manslaughter. He must serve more than 25 years before becoming eligible for parole.
Scannavino had initially been charged with murder and carjacking before reaching the plea agreement.
Fatal shooting outside Hazlet motel on Route 36
Hazlet police responded to an EMS call after 7 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2024, and found the 42-year-old Hill outside a local motel along Route 36. The victim had been shot multiple times and was unresponsive on the ground near a dumpster…