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Paterson man pleads guilty to setting fire to Sussex Street building | Paterson Times

Paterson man pleads guilty to setting fire to Sussex Street building

Ertugrul-Abaci

A city man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a building on Sussex Street that displaced five people, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.

Ertugrul Abaci, 56-year-old, pleaded guilty to second-degree aggravated arson on Thursday. He faces up to 10 years in state prison.

Abaci admitted to setting fire in the attic of 431 Sussex Street, a multi-family building he was living in, on June 9, 2020. He then stabbed himself in a failed suicide attempt, according to authorities.

Abaci is scheduled to be sentenced by judge Joseph Portelli on May 7, 2021.

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