NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The suspect involved in the 2021 murder of Alessia Mesquita in New Haven has plead guilty on Thursday.
Rashod Newton, 29, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven Superior Court to charges of Murder and Assault in the First Degree.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, Newton faces up to 38 years in prison when he is sentenced on January 26, 2023.
Newton’s plea also follows his arrest in connection with a January 23, 2020 shooting in West Haven.
Mesquita was fatally shot by Newton outside of a parked vehicle in the 2021 incident. A juvenile was seated in the back seat of the vehicle at the time of the shooting.
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