Andy Reyes, 20, of Somerset, plead guilty on March 28 to two counts of first-degree aggravated manslaughter.
BRIDGETON -- A Somerset man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday for two 2013 killings -- a shooting and a stabbing.
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Andy Reyes (File photo) Andy Reyes, 20, of Somerset, plead guilty on March 28 to two counts of first-degree aggravated manslaughter. According to previous reports, the two deaths were connected to a statewide human-trafficking ring.
Jose Ortiz, 24, of North Laurel Street, was shot on Aug. 16, 2013, on Bank Street. On Aug. 30, 2013, 32-year-old Eduardo Bernal was found stabbed in an apartment being used as a brothel near the intersection of Washington and North Pearl streets in Bridgeton.
Reyes was initially charged with four other North Jersey individuals involved in the ring.
According to the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office, Reyes and a co-defendant named Aris Tejada shot and killed Ortiz. Reyes was also involved in the robbery of Bernal.
Judge Robert Malestein sentenced Reyes to 30 years in state prison. Per the No Early Release Act, he must serve 85 percent of his sentence before being eligible for parole.
The investigation was conducted by the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office, Bridgeton Police Department and Department of Homeland Security.
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