NJ man gets 5-year sentence for stabbing roomate
TOMS RIVER, N.J. - September 17, 2011
Fifty-seven-year-old George M. Russ must serve 85 percent of the
term imposed Friday before becoming eligible for parole. And once
he's freed, he must continue mental-health treatment and will be
monitored for alcohol and drug use.
Russ had pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter charges in
connection with the October 2009 death of Keith McMahon at the
Lexington Rest Home in Lakewood. The 57-year-old victim sustained a
chest wound and died a month later at a local hospital.
Russ had claimed the stabbing was accidental, saying he only
intended to use the knife to ward off McMahon during the fight.
