Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty In Morristown Hospital Armed Robbery: Report

MORRISTOWN, NJ— A self-professed heroin dealer and user plead guilty today for robbing a woman at gunpoint outside of Morristown Medical Center, the Daily Record first reported.

Thyan Lighty, of Orange, robbed a woman at gunpoint in May of 2014, stealing over $6,000. He will be sentenced on Jan. 12, and prosecutors are recommending a sentence no greater than ten years in state prison.

This is not Lighty's first conviction. He has fifteen prior convictions, some for heroin.

The plea deal came just as jury selection was to start.

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