Jury finds man guilty in NJ post Super Bowl attack

🏈 Junior Suriel-Gonzalez was asked to leave a restaurant after Super Bowl 58

🏈 Suriel-Gonzalez swung a beer bottle over an employee's head

🏈 Manville police arrested Suriel-Gonzalez the next day

MANVILLE — A man was found guilty Monday for attacking an employee at a Manville bar after the Super Bowl game on Feb. 11.

Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said Junior Suriel-Gonzalez, 38, of Manville became violent after being asked to leave the restaurant.

Suriel-Gonzalez attacked an employee with a beer bottle by swinging it over the worker’s head, McDonald said.

Suriel-Gonzalez fled the bar in his vehicle but was arrested the next day.

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Five year prison term possible

The jury found Suriel-Gonzalez guilty of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and disorderly persons simple assault.

The name of the establishment was not disclosed in a release about the conviction.

Suriel-Gonzalez faces up to five years in New Jersey State Prison. He will be sentenced on Jan. 10.

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