Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Police Apprehend Man and Woman Wanted for Attempted Murder of Couple in Middlesex County
The two were apprehended Friday in the Bronx and charged in the brutal attack of a Perth Amboy couple earlier in the week.
A man and woman wanted by police for a brutal attack on another couple in Perth Amboy earlier in the week were apprehended today in the Bronx, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Benjamin Ruiz of the Perth Amboy Police Department.
Jesus Gonzalez, 35, and Jashira Figueroa, 25, were apprehended by members of the U.S. Marshals Service in New York and members of the New Jersey Regional Task Force, after being found at approximately 2 p.m. at the home of a relative of one of the defendants.
They are currently being held by police in New York. It is not immediately known when the defendants will be returned to New Jersey, where they will face charges of attacking the other couple on Smith Street in Perth Amboy on December.
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Gonzalez has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon. Figueroa was charged with aggravated assault.
The charges were filed during an investigation by Detective Andreea Capraru of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and Detective Sandy Rivera of the Perth Amboy Police Department.
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The investigation determined that Gonzalez and Figueroa confronted another couple at approximately 3 p.m. Gonzalez stabbed and beat the 29-year-old man, and then kicked and stomped the 25-year-old female victim, who also was severely beaten by Figueroa, according to police.
The attack did not appear to be a random act.
The victims were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where they were treated for their injuries.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Capraru of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745- 4274, or Detective Rivera of the Perth Amboy Police Department at (732) 324-3856.
As is the case with all criminal defendants, the charges against Gonzalez and Figueroa are merely accusations and they are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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