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New Milford man sentenced for domestic violence incident

A New Milford man has accepted a plea deal for charges in connection to the 2019 death of his wife.  39-year old Joshua Hilliard was sentenced Friday to 10 year in jail, suspended after three.  HE was also ordered to 5 years probation.  He pleaded guilty to risk of injury to child.  Charges of manslaughter, intentional cruelty to persons and tampering with witnesses were dropped.  Police responded to a report of an unconscious woman having difficulty breathing and found Jessica Hilliard lying on the floor, with her husband standing beside her.  New Milford Police launched an investigation into a November 2019 domestic violence incident, and Hilliard was arrested in August 2020. He reportedly told police that the couple argued in front of their children and when he returned to the hall, she came at him with a hammer and there was a brief struggle.  He told officers that she hit herself.  Hilliard has been held at Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown since his arrest and that time will count toward the sentence.

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