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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Duryea man has admitted to beating another man with a pipe.</p><p>Gerald Aziz Shakoor, 46, pleaded guilty Monday in Luzerne County Court to one count of aggravated assault, according to court papers.</p><p>The man is set to be sentenced by video at a date to be scheduled.</p><p>Judge Michael T. Vough ordered Shakoor remanded and returned to state prison, court papers say.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint, Shakoor told investigators he went to a man&#8217;s North Main Street residence in Ashley on Dec. 13, 2013, after his girlfriend told him the man was &#8220;acting funny and disrespectful.&#8221;</p><p>Shakoor said he found the man kneeling next to his bed, &#8220;lost it&#8221; and struck the man in the head three times with a pipe he had brought with him, police say. He allegedly told police he wanted to hurt the man for how he had treated Shakoor&#8217;s girlfriend.</p><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By James O&#8217;Malley</p><p>jomalley@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach James O&#8217;Malley at 570-991-6390 or on Twitter @TL_omalley.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Duryea man admits to beating man with pipe