East Rutherford Man Sentenced To Prison

 EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY MAN SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS IN NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON

     " Francis Tottoli Has Been Sentenced To Prison For The 2016 Kidnapping & Murder Of Monet Thomas."

Monday, April 24, 2023, 6:55 A.M. ET. By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News, 

HACKENSACK, NJ.- On Friday, April 21, 2023, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella reported that on April 19, 2023, Francis Tottoli was Sentenced to 55 Years in New Jersey State Prison after being Convicted of Murder, Kidnapping, & Felony Murder in connection with The Death of Monet Thomas, 25, of East Rutherford, New Jersey, that occurred in December of 2016.

     On December 17, 2016, Mr. Tottoli, was the downstairs neighbor of Ms. Thomas, who both were residing in a building located at 258 Summer Street in East Rutherford, New Jersey. At just around 9:00 p.m., on December 17, 2016, while Ms. Thomas was returning home from walking her dog. Mr. Tottoli attacked Ms. Thomas in the common hallway of the apartment complex, Dragged her by the Throat into his Apartment, and Strangled her to Death.

     On November 1, 2022, a Jury sitting in Bergen County, New Jersey Convicted Mr. Tottoli of Kidnapping Ms. Thomas from the hallway of the Apartment Complex and Murdering her. On April 19, 2023, during a Court Proceeding The Honorable Margaret M. Foti, J.S.C., Sentenced Mr. Tottoli to 55 Years in New Jersey State Prison, The Sentence is Subject to The No Early Release Act, which will require Mr. Totolli to Serve Eighty-Five Percent of his Custodial Prison Term.

FILED UNDER APRIL 24, 2023: LAW, BERGEN: