FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) - Prosecutors say a man faces decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing a man and trying to kill a woman in a New Jersey restaurant almost two years ago.
The Monmouth County prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that 42-year-old Miguel Camara of Long Branch pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder and third-degree child endangerment.
Authorities said Camara entered Bom DMais restaurant in August 2018 and approached a table occupied by his ex-girlfriend, her 18- and 5-year-old children, and 45-year-old Marco Moreira of Ocean Township. Authorities said he shot Moreira and then fired twice at the woman, who had a restraining order against him, but both shots missed. Prosecutors said he was disarmed but then tried to seize the weapon of a responding police officer.
In exchange for the plea, prosecutors said they will recommend a 30-year state prison sentence and ineligibility for parole for three decades on the murder conviction as well as a 10-year attempted murder sentence, which will amount to an aggregate 45-year term with 38 1/2 years of parole ineligibility.
After the sentence, Camara faces deportation to Portugal, prosecutors said. Sentencing is scheduled Sept. 11.
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