WOODBRIDGE – A 22-year-old Woodbridge man has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault after repeatedly hitting his stepfather with a hammer, said Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department.
A 22-year-old Woodbridge man has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault after repeatedly hitting his stepfather with a hammer.
Authorities are continuing to investigate Saturday’s assault.
At 6:42 pm police responded to a home on Sherry Street following a report of an unconscious man with a head injury. Authorities located a 48-year-old township man, who was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick where he is currently in critical condition.
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An initial investigation led by Detective Perry Penna of the Woodbridge Police Department and Javier Morillo of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office found that the step-son, Ronald Javier Polanco-Barrera, struck his step-father several times in the head with a hammer.
Polanco-Barrera was charged with first-degree attempted murder, second-degree aggravated assault, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.
This research is ongoing and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Penna at 732-634-7700, ext. 7326, or Morillo at 732-745-8843.
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