The 56-year-old Colts Neck man charged with murdering a Staten Island man in his Central Avenue, Barnegat Light vacation home in 2015 has been convicted. Conrad R. Sipa was found guilty April 4 of murdering Richard Doody, 60, a retired lieutenant in the New York City Fire Department sometime between Nov. 21 and 23, just before Thanksgiving 2015.
New York newspapers at the time reported the men knew each other well, which eased the shock somewhat among Barnegat Light residents who made sure to lock doors then in the off-season quiet of the community.
A jury in Ocean County Superior Court determined April 4 that Sipa was guilty of “employing the use of deadly…
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