FALL RIVER (WBSM) — The two men convicted last month of the 2019 slaying of Justin Paulo in Taunton were sentenced to life in prison.

Jerome Middleton of Fall River and Khaylon Cruz of New Bedford they were sentenced on October 31 of first-degree murder (under theories of extreme atrocity and cruelty and felony murder) and armed robbery following a six-day trial in Fall River Superior Court.

On November 20, the two men were both sentenced to life in prison by Judge Rene Dupuis. Cruz was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, while Middleton is eligible for parole after 30 years.

Cruz also received six to 10 years in prison on the armed robbery charge.

Middleton, who is currently serving a nine-to-12-year state prison term for an unrelated armed robbery, will begin his life sentence after completing his current one. He was also sentenced to six to 10 years on armed robbery charges in connection with the robbery and killing of Paulo.

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fees dated January 5, 2019 when, around 11 p.m., Taunton Police were dispatched to 9 Wilson Street for a male assaulted in the yard. He has been identified as 31-year-old Justin Paulo, who was stabbed and robbed of the gold chain.

Paulo was transported from the scene by family members and later pronounced dead a short time later on arrival at Rhode Island Hospital.

The DA’s office said surveillance footage from a Ring camera at 9 Wilson St. “captured significant portions of the attack by two suspects,” who were later determined to be Cruz, who was 24 at the time, and Middleton, who was 19 years old.

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Both men fled the scene but later checked in at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, where Middleton went for medical treatment for injuries sustained during the attack on Paulo. The two then left the hospital together.

A knife containing the DNA of both Paulo and Middleton was recovered from the crime scene.

Four days after the murder, Middleton was apprehended in Brockton and Cruz was arrested at the Dartmouth Motor Inn in Dartmouth.

“It was a brutal murder that took place during a violent armed robbery where the victim resisted his attackers. Much of the incident was captured on a Ring Camera, highlighting the critical importance of technology in solving violent crimes. I want to thank the prosecution team for their efforts in bringing this case together, which resulted in a significant conviction,” said District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III.