Hitman in New Jersey Murder-for-Hire Sentenced to 16 Years

Hitman in New Jersey Murder-for-Hire Sentenced to 16 Years
George Bratsenis in 2014. Connecticut Department of Correction via AP
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NEWARK, N.J.—A career criminal whose rap sheet includes bank robberies and a murder conspiracy was sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing a New Jersey political consultant in exchange for money in 2014.

George Bratsenis, 74, pleaded guilty a year ago to a charge that he and another man accepted thousands of dollars from another political consultant, Sean Caddle, in exchange for killing Michael Galdieri. Galdieri was stabbed to death in his Jersey City apartment, which was then set on fire.