Porfirio Serrano-Cruz, of Seaside Heights, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on Monday, Aug. 14, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.

On June 30, 2022, at approximately 5:15 a.m., Officers from the Seaside Park Police Department responded to a residence on O Street in response to a 911 call. 

The caller stated that someone had broken into his residence and tried to kill him. 

Responding Officers found a 39-year-old male victim with multiple stab wounds to the arms, chest, abdomen and groin, Billhimer said. The victim was air-lifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune for treatment of his injuries and released.

An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, and Seaside Park Police Department, determined that Serrano-Cruz was the individual responsible for the stabbing of the victim, Billhimer said.

On June 30, 2022, Serrano-Cruz was located in Seaside Heights and taken into custody without incident by Officers from the Seaside Heights Police Department. 

He has been held in the Ocean County Jail since his apprehension.

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