FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP

— Mauvette D. Mattadeen, 43, formerly of Franklin Township, was found guilty of second-degree aggravated assault and third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose by a jury trial conducted before Judge Robert B. Reed in state Superior Court in Somerville, according to a statement from Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano.

Mauvette Mattadeen was convicted of attacking husband with chemicals, hot oil and axe The trial commenced with jury selection on May 27, 2014, Soriano said.

Mattadeen was found not guilty of first-degree attempted murder, a second count of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and a fourth-degree theft charge, Soriano said.

At about 8:55 p.m. on April 6, 2012, Franklin Township police answered a call reporting a resident on Osewstry Way who had been attacked by his wife and needed emergency medical attention, the statement said.

Mattadeen's then-husband was attacked by her by spraying him in the face with an unknown chemical substance while he was sleeping, causing a burning sensation in his face and eyes, Soriano said. BEGIN RELATED LINKS

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The husband immediately went into the bathroom to rinse the chemicals in the shower but then Mattadeen entered the bathroom and doused him with a pot of hot cooking oil, then confronting him with a small hand ax, Soriano said.

The husband was able to disarm Mattadeen before fleeing the apartment to seek help from a neighbor, Soriano said.

He was taken via ambulance to a nearby baseball field where he was airlifted to St. Barnabas Medical Center Burn Unit's Intensive Care Unit with second- and third-degree burns over 23 percent of his body, Soriano said.

He remained at St. Barnabas for five weeks, Soriano said.

He still has no sight in one eye, no hearing in one ear, and even after enduring severall skin grafts has permanent scarring, Soriano said.

Mattadeen has been in the Somerset County Jail in lieu of bail since her April 11, 2012 arrest. After the verdict, Reed ordered her to be held without bail pending sentencing, which is scheduled for August 8, Soriano said.

This matter was investigated by detectives from Franklin Township Police and the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit, Soriano said

The state was represented by Assistant Prosecutor Robert J. Hawkes, Soriano said.