Nov 20, 2009 10:30 pm US/Eastern
N.J. Man Sentenced For Atlantic City Beach Killing
MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) ―
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing an underage drinking companion on the Atlantic City beach.
Jerry "Wolf" Soto, 37, pleaded guilty in September to aggravated manslaughter.
The victim, 19-year-old Joseph Frankowski Jr. of Somers Point, was slashed and beaten by Soto and 28-year-old Wayne Hoffman. Hoffman pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in October and was sentenced to time served plus five years' probation.
Soto said the three had been drinking underneath The Pier at Caesars before he and Hoffman attacked Frankowski.
A passerby found Frankowski's body on April 25, 2008.
He had apparently befriended the older men, who were homeless at the time.
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