LAKEWOOD, NJ – A Lakewood man, Jorge Santiago-Garcia, 33, has pled guilty to an aggravated manslaughter charge in connection with the stabbing death of Rodrigo Jimenez-Paz in Lakewood Township on August 31, 2020.
The state is recommending a 30 year prison sentence for Santiago-Garcia.
According to police, “On August 31, 2020, Officers from the Lakewood Township Police Department were summoned to a business on 2nd Ave in Lakewood in response to multiple 911 calls indicating that an individual had been stabbed at that location. Responding Officers found Rodrigo Jimenez-Paz, 29, of Lakewood, with a stab wound to his chest.”
Medical units transported Mr. Jimenez-Paz to Jersey Shore University Medical Center; lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful, and he was subsequently pronounced deceased.