Bergen Woman Charged In Saddle Brook Stabbing: Police

SADDLE BROOK, NJ — A woman was charged with aggravated assault after an altercation where a man was cut several times at a borough home Friday morning, police said.

Leonor Ohara, 23, of Elmwood Park, was also charged with making terroristic threats, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, said Chief Robert Kugler.

Police responded to a Saddle River Road at 6:44 a.m. where they found a man bleeding from injuries on his hand and fingers, Kugler said.

The altercation involved a 5-inch pocketknife and broken glass. Police learned that the victim was in a relationship with the man and invited to stay overnight at the home by the homeowners, who are friends with Ohara, Kugler said.

An altercation between the victim and Ohara where the man was cut with a knife and had cuts on his hand and fingers, Kugler said.

Ohara was arrested and taken to the Bergen County Jail. As a condition of her criminal warrant, she is to not have contact with the victim, the chief said.

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