NEWTON, NJ (Sussex County) – A Sussex County man was sentenced for assaulting an officer, according to Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray.
Jose Lopez, 45, of Andover was sentenced on Dec. 1 before the Honorable Michael C. Gaus, J.S.C. at the Sussex County Courthouse in Newton, Murray said.
Lopez was sentenced to 180 days in Morris County Correctional Facility and 2 years probation. In addition to the standard conditions of probation, he must also complete a batter’s intervention program, complete an anger management program, must provide a DNA sample and pay fines and fees, Murray said.
Lopez pled guilty on Oct. 5 to third-degree aggravated assault and third-degree aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer. In pleading guilty, he admitted to purposefully or knowingly causing significant bodily injury to a person who with respect to the suspect, meets the definition of a victim of domestic violence and purposely or knowingly causing bodily injury to a law enforcement officer, Murray said.
Lopez was represented by Thomas Militano, Esq., and the State was represented by Special Deputy Attorney General and Acting Assistant Prosecutor Vanessa Henderson.
