El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en septiembre 28, 2022, Gerardo Ruiz, 51, de alturas del mar, pled guilty to Aggravated Manslaughter in violation of NJSA. 2C:11-4a (1), ante el Honorable Guy P. ryan, P.J.Cr.P., in connection with the death of Alecia Perreault, 29, de alturas del mar, that occurred in the early morning hours of May 1, 2021, in Seaside Heights. At the time of his sentencing on December 9, 2022, the State will be recommending a term of thirty five years New Jersey State Prison – sujeto a los términos de la Ley de No Salida Temprana, NJSA. 2C:43-7.2.
En mayo 1, 2021, aproximadamente a 7:30 soy., Seaside Heights Police received a telephone call from an individual claiming to have knowledge that Ruiz killed a female at the Offshore Motel in Seaside Heights. The caller further advised that Ruiz was staying at the Surfside Motel in Seaside Heights. Officers responded to a room at the Offshore Motel, where they located the body of Ms. Perreault with apparent wounds to her neck; EM. Perreault was pronounced deceased at the scene. Officers subsequently responded to Ruiz’s room at the Surfside Motel, and discovered that he had experienced an apparent drug overdose. Ruiz was thereafter transported to Community Medical Center in Toms River – under the protective custody of the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office.
Una investigación de la Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Ocean, and Seaside Heights Police Department Detective Bureau, determined that Ruiz was the individual responsible for Ms. Perreault’s death. Since being released from Community Medical Center, Ruiz has been detained in a secure medical facility.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the diligent efforts of Assistant Prosecutor Kimberly Carr who is handling the case on behalf of the State as well as the as the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Unidad de Defensa de Víctimas y Testigos de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Oficina de detectives del Departamento de Policía de Seaside Heights, y la Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, for their combined and collective efforts in connection with this investigation resulting in Ruiz’s apprehension, guilty plea and soon his lengthy state prison sentence.