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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in motel death
Updated: Monday, 25 Jun 2012, 8:06 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 25 Jun 2012, 8:06 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Waterbury man has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for fatally stabbing a man at an Enfield motel last year.
Thirty-four-year-old Jeffrey Ward had been charged with murder in the September 2011 killing of 29-year-old Hector Sibaja. Under a plea deal, he will be sentenced July 25 to 25 years in prison. Ward also pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court to first-degree assault and probation violation.
The Hartford Courant reports that prosecutor Thomas Garcia said it would have been difficult to prove Ward intentionally killed Sibaja.
Police said Ward argued on the phone with a former girlfriend who was at the motel with several others. Ward said the woman told him she was going to have five men jump him when he arrived and he struck at Sibaja in fear. Another woman was injured.
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Information from: The Hartford Courant
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