Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Police Arrest Suspect Who Allegedly Stabbed and Killed Teen at Tinton Falls Hotel

Police have arrested a 19-year-old and charged him with murder

The Tinton Falls Police and Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office have arrested a suspect who allegedly stabbed and killed a teenager at a Tinton Falls hotel early Saturday morning.

Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Richard Incremona said the Tinton Falls Police were called to the Comfort Inn at 3 Centre Plaza at 1:15 a.m. after receiving a 911 call.

Incremona said police found a male victim in the parking lot and immediately started CPR. The man, later identified as Malcolm T. Carter, 19, of Neptune, died shortly after CPR was administered.

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Around 1 p.m., police arrested Darren Harbison, 19, whose last known address is in Farmingdale and charged him for allegedly stabbing Carter, Incremona said.

Harbison was also charged possession of a weapon, a knife, for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon.

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Incremona said Harbison's bail was set at $1 million with no 10 percent option by Superior Court Judge Richard English.

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