Cynthia Dean pleads guilty in boyfriend's stabbing
Photo credit: James Carbone | Cynthia Dean, 32, is escorted out of the Fourth Precinct en route to arraignment in Central Islip Criminal Court on charges of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Melvin Garcia, 48, in their Medford home. (Nov. 7, 2011)
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A Medford woman admitted Thursday that she stabbed her boyfriend in the heart while arguing about a pregnancy she had been faking.
Cynthia Dean, 34, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in return for a promise from Suffolk County Court Judge John Toomey Jr. to sentence her to 8 years in prison.
During questioning by Assistant District Attorney Glenn Kurtzrock, she said she intended...
