By: Richard L. Smith

An Essex County jury has found a Newark man guilty of strangling and assaulting his pregnant wife in an attack witnessed by her teenage daughter, according to a statement released by Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II.

Following a week-long trial, 31-year-old Milton Chogllo was convicted on June 4, 2025, of second-degree aggravated assault involving strangulation and third-degree aggravated assault.

The charges stem from a violent incident that occurred on March 5, 2023, outside the couple’s residence on Bergen Street in Newark.

During the trial, Assistant Prosecutors Jenna Ventola and Mattison Monteleone presented evidence that Chogllo assaulted 32-year-old Cristina Leon, who was six months pregnant at the time.

The victim’s 14-year-old daughter witnessed the att

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