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Township Man Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison For Kidnapping, Assault In Highland Park

October 16, 2017 Crime News

Brandon Cox
Brandon Cox of Somerset was sentenced to 23 years in state prison for the February assault of a Highland Park woman and kidnapping of her child. Photo: Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

A 23-year-old township man was sentenced Oct. 16 to 23 years in state prison for a kidnapping and sexual assault in Highland Park.

Under the sentence imposed by state Superior Court Judge Alberto Rivas, Brandon Cox of Somerset will have to serve 85 percent of his term – 9.5 years – before he is eligible for parole, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

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