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A man from Colonia was sentenced Thursday after confessing to a drunk-driving crash that killed a Perth Amboy police officer. Sean McGuirk was sentenced to eight years in prison for the accident that

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A man from Colonia was sentenced Thursday after confessing to a drunk-driving crash that killed a Perth Amboy police officer. Sean McGuirk was sentenced to eight years in prison for the accident that

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