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Egg Harbor man charged in fatal beating

A 26-year-old man was charged Friday with the beating death of an Atlantic County man, the county prosecutor said. Nicholas A. Abbati, of Egg Harbor Township, was charged with murder and related offenses for a Dec. 23 assault that led to the death earlier this month of Jahlil Hunter, 30, of Pleasantville, and the hospitalization of Ebony Harris, 22, who lived with Hunter.

A 26-year-old man was charged Friday with the beating death of an Atlantic County man, the county prosecutor said.

Nicholas A. Abbati, of Egg Harbor Township, was charged with murder and related offenses for a Dec. 23 assault that led to the death earlier this month of Jahlil Hunter, 30, of Pleasantville, and the hospitalization of Ebony Harris, 22, who lived with Hunter.

Abbati was arrested Friday morning in Secaucus, N.J., and is being held on $1 million full cash bail. If convicted of murder, he faces a prison sentence of 30 years to life. - Robert Moran