WOODBURY NJ –Gilbert J. Jones (DOB 12/21/79), of Clayton, was found guilty today (2/12) of simple assault in an incident where he was accused of repeatedly punching the face of a woman he’d just met at a Glassboro apartment party on 9/11/11, breaking her jaw before he left the gathering.
The woman’s injuries required five hours of surgery and left her with two metal plates in her jaw and six screws securing her teeth, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Staci Scheetz told the jury in Davis’ two-day trial. Four years later, she still suffers pain and it inhibits her hobby of singing and even her ability to smile, Scheetz said.
After receiving the jury’s verdict, which followed more than two days of deliberation, Superior Court Judge Robert P. Becker scheduled sentencing for 3/20/15. Simple assault is a disorderly person offense.
The 27-year-old woman testified Jones was drinking alcohol he brought to the party and tried to engage in a flirtatious exchange with her. Jones had sat on her legs, which were under a quilt and when she asked him to get up and told him she was about to leave, he flipped cigarette ashes in her face, she testified.
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