Woman Pleads Guilty to Murder in Boonton Slaying

Authorities say a Massachusetts woman has admitted plotting with a New York man to murder his wife, who was shot to death as the couple walked with their toddler son along a northern New Jersey street.

Antoinette Stephen of Billerica entered her plea two weeks ago. But it wasn't made public until this week, when Morris County prosecutors noted it during a status conference.

The 28-year-old Stephen pleaded guilty to murder, conspiracy and weapons offenses in the August 2011 slaying of 27-year-old Nazish Noorani. She also will cooperate in the case against Kashif Parvaiz, a 27-year-old Brooklyn resident who allegedly paid Stephen to shoot his wife.

The shooting occurred as the couple walked in Boonton. Authorities say Stephen also wounded Parvaiz to make it look a random racial attack.

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