A Fort Lee man has been convicted in a brutal stabbing that left the victim seriously injured, authorities said.

After a two-week trial before Bergen County Superior Court Judge Christopher R. Kazlau, a jury found Freddy Pina, of Fort Lee, guilty in connection with the August 5, 2023 attack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

The stabbing occurred in the early morning hours when Pina approached the victim outside his Fort Lee home and attacked him with a seven-inch knife, “eviscerating him," the prosecutor said.

One of the victim’s kidneys had to be partially removed as a result of the assault, Musella said.

The knife was recovered in Pina’s home, and he turned himself in to police about two hours after the attack, authorities said.

On Wednesday, Oct. 8, a jury convicted Pina

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