Man who admits nearly strangling NJ woman to death is on ICE radar Dan Alexander Published: August 19, 2025 Ocean County Jail

🚨Juan Santiago-Rojas admitted strangling a woman

🚨ICE has tried to detain Santiago-Rojas twice

🚨Juan Santiago-Rojas was tracked to North Carolina

A man who is in the U.S. illegally pleaded guilty to nearly strangling a woma n to death.

The woman was found unconscious at a home on Butler Avenue on Aug. 22, 2022, with "serious' injuries to her head and neck, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer.

Juan Santiago-Rojas, 31, of Point Pleasant Borough , was initially charged with aggravated assault.

According to his Ocean County Jail record, federal immigration authorities sought twice to detain Santiago-Rojas. The record does

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