Police: Shotgun-Wielding Man Gets Year In Jail In Domestic Incident

A 34-year-old man whom police say beat up his live-in girlfriend and then barricaded himself inside their home at 6 Priscilla Avenue with two shotguns in November was sentenced to a year in jail this week, police said.

Jason Cifizzari, 34, was convicted of assault and battery, intimidation of a witness, and malicious destruc­tion of property in Wrentham District Court this past Thursday in connec­tion with the incident, which occurred November 11, said Norfolk Police Lieutenant Jon Carroll.

The woman, who owns the house, sustained a laceration on the chin, a scrape on the forehead, and bruises on both her arms and legs during the altercation, police said.

Police were in a standoff with the man for two hours 47 minutes, during which time some neighbors of near­by

homes were evacuated. The man eventually surrendered.

Cifizzari was being held in jail af­ter a dangerousness hearing in the immediate aftermath of the incident, first at Norfolk County Jail and House of Correction in Dedham and most recently at Bristol County Jail and House of Correction in Dartmouth, Carroll said. He was sentenced to a year in jail plus a suspended sentence of one year for a three-year period after that, meaning if he violates the terms of his release during the three years after he gets out he can be put back in jail to serve the remaining year of his sen­tence. He was also ordered to pay $525 in restitution to the victim, Carroll said.