The man, accused of killing another father after a dispute involving their teens children, rejected a proposal that would have given him a 10 -year prison exchange for the basis of guilt.
Eric D. Hannah, 56, from Vineland, is accused of killing Louis Gus Serbeck from Millville, 54, on April 20. At Brawl Hanna’s residence.
Hannah’s 17-year-old son is also accused of death.
Father and son are accused of striking Serbeck for a metal bats and a metal flashlight after the victim arrived at their home.
Serbeck went home to talk to his family about a day earlier, when Serbeck’s daughter said her younger Hannah was attacked, police said.
Last month, the Great Jury accused Eric Hannah for accusations of first -degree serious murder, second -degree conspiracy to commit a serious assault, second -degree aggravating assault, third -degree weapon possession for illegal purpose, and a quarter -degree unlawful weapon possession.
At the Monday meeting, Hannah’s lawyer issued an innocent request. Earlier, the lawyer stated that his client did not participate in the fight, did not retreat to anyone and only tried to abolish the situation.
Gus Serbeck “helped his life to do what he does best to protect his family; to protect his girlfriend,” says his obituary. He said his death is just another myth that will define his legendary life. “
Serbeck’s daughter supported “some kind of relationship” with Hanna’s son, Cuumberland District Prosecutor Cathryn Wilson, said at a May hearing.
Officials said earlier that her daughter accused Hanna’s son of attacking her the day before a deadly confrontation. However, at a prosecutor at the hearing on Monday, it was stated that the alleged attacker may have been “one of the minors” living in the Hanna residence.
Serbeck’s daughter told her father about the attack, and they went to Hannah’s home to talk to the family on Easter Sunday, the researchers said.
According to family and researchers, Gus Serbeck and Eric Hannah were longtime friends.
The Serbecs were satisfied with the 17-year-old at the door, accused of in the case.
The teenager immediately began to throw the stamp in the senior Serbeck and then attacked him with a metal bat, prosecutors said.
Hannah’s daughter recorded a mobile phone video showing part of the event.
The video shows that Serbeck kept the boy on the ground and the boy who suffered facial injuries in the fight continued to struck Serbeck with a bat, prosecutors said.
According to Cumberland District Prosecutor Shari-Ann Sasu, Eric Hannah joined the fight.
“It is further stated that this defendant Eric Hannah has been involved and later joined the fight, potentially hitting the victim,” SASU said Monday. “It was visible in both the metal bats and the metal flashlight on the post that his daughter took place.”
Serbeck’s daughter told the investigators that Eric Hannah struck her several times in the head, although she did not show in the video that he struck Serbeck, on the basis of prosecuted and court documents.
The “noticeable sign” found by Serbeck corresponds to a flashlight imprint, the prosecutor’s office said.
When Serbeck tried to leave, Hanna’s son began to beat the Serbeck car with a hammer, says prosecution.
Then Serbeck said he could not breathe and collapsed, his daughter told the investigators.
He died on his way to the hospital.
While the prosecution is still awaiting the autopsy report, the prosecutor’s office received an analysis of conclusions, SASU said Monday.
“It is said that the attack on many caused the death factor in the deceased,” she said.
On the basis of a state claim, Hannah could have asked for a difficult murder for a recommended 10 -year prison sentence. The transaction would require that it will serve at least 85% of the time before it may be parole.
Hannah’s son was accused of murder and weapons crimes, as well as a difficult accusation of an assault on the alleged strikes by Serbeck’s daughter in the fight.
Prosecutors said he could be tried as an adult.
During the incident, Eric Hannah has already been released from a pre -trial test in an unrelated case involving the accusations he had methamphetamine and ghosts, which are firearms without serial numbers.
According to court documents, he recovered from his home from his home. He was also accused of having a magazine in a high capacity. In that case, Hannah was accused of in five cases and had previously filed an innocent charges for these charges.
At a Monday meeting, defense lawyer William Popjoy said Hannah had told him that the weapons had been registered to his father. According to Popjoy, the prosecutor’s office agreed to check it with the police.
“If they are, in fact, reported to register for their father, he wants to take responsibility for drug accusations in some form,” Popjoy said. “So if we can get this confirmation, I think it can be resolved quickly at some point.”
Hannah remains imprisoned until his case is resolved. He must return to court on October 10. For his other listens in both cases.
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