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Court records say a Dubuque man scheduled for a murder trial in August has made a plea deal with prosecutors

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April 18th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Court records say a Dubuque man scheduled for a murder trial in August has made a plea deal with prosecutors The Telegraph Herald reports that a hearing is scheduled Friday for 36-year-old Michael Piantieri, who’s pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the Dec. 2 slaying of 42-year-old Beverly Puccio at her home.

The agreement says Piantieri will plead guilty to second-degree murder and face a mandatory sentence of 50 years in prison. The court records say surveillance video showed Puccio and Piantieri at a bar Dec. 2 and that they left about 8 p.m. in a cab that took them to her home. The records say he denied going into Puccio’s home.