MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) - A former restaurant owner has been convicted of fatally shooting his wife.
Sergio DeRosa was convicted of murder Wednesday in the May 2014 death of 57-year-old Lynn DeRosa at their Mullica Hill home. The couple owned the Old Bay Restaurant & Bar in Egg Harbor City.
Prosecutors say he shot his wife in the head with a shotgun. DeRosa said that he shot her by accident while cleaning the gun.
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In an interview with police that was played to jurors, DeRosa cursed himself for putting a live round into the gun and pulling the trigger.
His daughter-in-law, Gloria DeRosa, testified during the trial that the couple argued about money and that Sergio DeRosa told her that he took $80,000 from a safety deposit box.
He faces a sentence of 30 years to life.
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