El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en diciembre 9, 2022, Gerardo Ruiz, 51, de alturas del mar, fue sentenciado por el Honorable Guy P. ryan, P.J.Cr.P., a 35 years New Jersey State Prison as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to Aggravated Manslaughter in connection with the death of Alecia Perreault, 29, also of Seaside Heights, that occurred in the early morning hours of May 1, 2021, in Seaside Heights. Esta sentencia estará sujeta a los términos de la Ley de No Liberación Temprana., meaning that Ruiz will be required to serve at least 85 por ciento de su sentencia de prisión antes de que pueda ser considerado para la elegibilidad para la libertad condicional. Ruiz pled guilty before Judge Ryan on September 28, 2022.
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.
El Fiscal Billhimer reconoce los esfuerzos diligentes de la Fiscal Adjunta Kimberly Carr, quien manejó el caso en nombre del Estado., 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, Declaración de culpabilidad, y ahora su larga sentencia de prisión estatal.