Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey announced that a North Brunswick man was sentenced today to serve up to 39 years in a New Jersey state prison for abducting a 20-year-old woman at gunpoint in New Brunswick and attempting to commit an aggravated sexual assault upon her. Porfirio Nunez-Mosquea, 27, was ordered to serve approximately 32 years in prison with no chance of parole. The term was imposed in New Brunswick by Superior Court Judge Diane Pincus. Nunez-Mosquea was sentenced after he was convicted on May 22, 2014 on charges of kidnapping, attempted aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and terroristic threats. During a trial that began on April 28, 2014, Middlesex County Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor Christie L. Bevacqua presented evidence and testimony showing Nunez-Mosquea grabbed the woman, who was walking on Rutgers Street, near Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, forced her into a van at gunpoint, and drove away. Bevacqua contended the defendant took the victim to his basement apartment on Jersey Avenue in North Brunswick, attempted the aggravated sexual assault, smothered her when she resisted,and molested her before allowing her to leave. Lt. Todd Gerba of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and Detective Thierry Lemmerling of the New Brunswick Police Department conducted an investigation which led to the arrest of Nunez-Mosquea, who was apprehended at his residence later in the day. A jury sitting in New Brunswick deliberated for four days before finding the defendant guilty of the six counts. The panel acquitted him of attempted murder for smothering the victim and found him not guilty of receiving stolen property identified as the gun used to abduct her. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on a count of aggravated assault for smothering the woman. Following the jury decision, Nunez-Mosquea pleaded guilty to a charge of being a certain person prohibited from possession of a firearm. He was prohibited due to a prior conviction in an unrelated case. Judge Pincus ordered the defendant to serve 25 years on the kidnapping charge and imposed a consecutive seven years on the attempted aggravated sexual assault count. She said he must serve 85 percent of the 32 years before he can be eligible for parole on those charges. Additionally, Judge Pincus imposed seven years for the certain persons weapons offense, and said he must serve another five years without parole on that count, bringing the total parole ineligibility to approximately 32 years.
North Brunswick Man Imprisoned for Kidnap, Attempted Sex Assault
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