Point Pleasant man pleads guilty to attempted murder in 2022 assault

POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH, NJ – A 31-year-old Point Pleasant Borough man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for a violent 2022 assault that left a woman unconscious with severe injuries to her head and neck.

On August 22, 2022, police responded to a home on Butler Avenue where they found the victim unresponsive. She was taken to Hackensack Meridian Ocean Medical Center and later transferred to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for treatment before being released.

Investigators determined that Juan Santiago-Rojas assaulted and strangled the victim until she lost consciousness. He was initially charged with aggravated assault and became a fugitive before being captured in Wilmington, North Carolina, in December 202

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