UNION COUNTY LOCALSOURCE LOCALSOURCE.COM THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011 — PAGE 9 Three indicted in Summit murder By Cheryl Hehl Staff Writer SUMMIT — Agrand jury heard enough evidence to indict three men in connection with the murder of dishwasher Abelino Mazariego who was relaxing in the promenade after work on a blistering hot July evening. Indictments were handed down against Nigel Dumas, 19, of Mor- ristown, Khayri Williams-Clark, 19, of Summit and Hakean Fitzger- ald, 18, also of Summit. According to First Assistant Prosecutor Albert Cernadas Jr., Fitzgerald had never been named previously because he was charged as a minor. Each of the men face three counts, including felony murder, first-degree murder and robbery. Felony murder is an unlawful homicide that occurs in the act or attempted act of a felony, such as a robbery. The three men are accused of beating to death Mazariego, 47, on July 17, while other teenagers looked on, one filming a cell-phone account of the beating and robbery. According to Cernadas Jr., Mazariego, a Summit resident, had just finished his shift around 7:30 p.m. at at Dabbawalla, a nearby Indian restaurant where he had worked for the past three years as a dishwasher. As soon as he left the restaurant, the Salvadoran native stopped at a nearby liquor store before heading to the Promenade to sit on a bench and relax after his 10-hour shift. Mazariego was sitting with his shirt off and drinking when the teens entered the park at approxi- mately 9 p.m. While prosecutor officials made a point of not criti- cizing the fact the dishwasher was drinking, they did say the fact he was inebriated may have con- tributed to what look place next. It was around 9 p.m. when 14 teenagers entered the Promenade and began talking to Mazariego. Several of the teens, Cernadas said, hatched a plan to steal cash and property from the Mazariego. At some point, according to the investigators, Williams-Clark stood behind the victim and held a white T-shirt over thevictim's head while Fitzgerald, who was 17-years-old at the time, punched Mazariego with "brutal force." Dumas then punched the victim a second time. The force of the blow knocked the man unconscious and the teenagers all fled the area. Good Samaritans discovered the victim and contacted police • who saw he was taken to Overlook Hos- pital in Summit. Doctors there informed officers that Mazariego was in a grave state, but there was no indication a crime had taken place. Several days later, a family friend of the victim reported that she had seen a video of the attack and told the family. The family alerted police to the existence of the video on July 20, just a few hours before Mazariego died. Sum- mit police immediately launched an investigation and were able to iden- tify the teenager who recorded the attack, as well as the teens suspect- ed of committing the crime against the resident. The irony of the July 17 murder is the cell phone video taken by the teenager at the scene actually helped authorities solve the crime. Without it, police may never have known the father of four had been a victim of such a horrific crime. SUMMIT BRIEFS Registration is set to begin in February Registration for Summit Public School kindergarten for the 2011- 2012 school year will take place Feb. 23, 24, and 25. Kindergarten is open to all Sum- mit children who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 30, 2011. Registration applications are available at the Summit Primary Center at Jefferson, 110 Ashwood Ave., the Summit Primary Center at Wilson, 14 Beekman Terrace, the Summit Board of Education offices, 14 Beekman Terrace and at all of the Summit elementary schools. Applications and informa- tion can also be found on the dis- trict's website, located at www.sum- mit.kl2.nj.ua. Appointments must be made to register children at the Primary Center they will attend. If parents do not know what Primary Center their child will attend, they should call Jeannine Dotten at 908- 918-2100, ext. 3102. To schedule a registration appointment, call Eileen Morten- son at the Jefferson Primary Center, 908-918-2160 ext. 6752, or Judy Shulze at the Wilson Primary Cen- ter, 908-918-2175, ext. 6652" New way to pay taxes As of the November tax quarter, the city of Summit has enhanced its services for residents by offering a new payment method. Property tax payments can be made by direct ACH debit payment which will electronically debit your savings or checking account. This is at no cost to residents. Go to the city's website, www.cilyofatiinmit.org and click on the link for ACH direct payment application. 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