18-YEAR-OLD PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH WESTHAMPTON HOTEL STABBING
" Michael Warder Of Pemberton Township, New Jersey Charged With Attempted Murder, Assault & Weapons Offenses In Connection With Saturday, August 7, 2021 Stabbing."
August 13, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
WESTHAMPTON, NJ.- On Friday, August 13, 2021 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Westampton Township Police Chief Stephen Ent announced the arrest of an 18-year-old Pemberton Township resident has been charged with trying to fatally stab a man at a Westampton hotel last week.
Michael Warder, 18, Pemberton Township, New Jersey was charged with First Degree Attempted Murder; Third Degree Aggravated Assault; Third Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose; and Fourth Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon.
Mr. Warder, after being processed was lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, New Jersey pending a detention hearing next week. The case will be prepared for presentation to a Grand Jury for possible indictment.
The investigation began on Saturday, August 7, 2021 when Members of The Westampton Township Police Department responded to a Hotel in the 2000 block of Burlington-Mount Holly Road on a report of a stabbing.
Upon arrival, Police Officers discovered an adult male victim who was bleeding heavily from multiple stab wounds to his abdomen and arms. The victim was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital and underwent emergency surgery. The victim remains hospitalized but is expected to survive.
The investigation revealed the defendant became upset upon learning his ex-girlfriend might be in a new relationship. He rode his bicycle to the hotel and confronted her and the victim outside of the building. Upon seeing Warder, she ran inside the hotel and was not injured.
When the assault was over, Warder fled on his bicycle. He was apprehended Police on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at his current girlfriend’s home in Marlton, New Jersey by The Burlington County Sheriff’s Department Fugitive Unit.
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