PLAINFIELD NEW JERSEY MAN ARRESTED IN FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY 28, 2022 FATAL STABBING
" After A Knife Confrontation, Marcelo Ixcuna-Castro Has Been Charged With Second Degree Manslaughter For The Stabbing Death Of Jose Maria Ixcuna-Chach."
February 4, 2022 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
PLAINFIELD, NJ.- On Friday, January 31, 2022 Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Plainfield Police Director James T. Abney announced a Plainfield, New Jersey man has been Arrested in connection to the early Friday Morning Fatal Stabbing in The City.
Marcelo Ixcuna-Castro, 52, of Plainfield has been Charged with Second Degree Manslaughter; Third Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose; and Fourth Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon.
On Friday, January 28, 2022, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Members of The Plainfield Police Department responded to The 500 Block of West Front Street on a report of an altercation.
Upon arrival, Police Officers found a victim, later identified as Jose Maria Ixcuna-Chach, 37, who had sustained Fatal Stab Wounds. Mr. Ixcuna-Chach was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene.
Mr. Ixcuna-Castro having sustained non-life threatening injuries during the altercation was transported to Robert Wood University Hospital for treatment. Mr. Ixcuna-Castro after treatment was released to Plainfield Police Officers without incident.
The investigation was led by Members of The Union County Homicide Task Force and The Plainfield Police Department with the assistance from The United States Department of Homeland Security and The Union County Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Unit.
Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is urged to contact Union County Homicide Task Force Sergeant Christopher Scuorzo at (908) 472-0492, Detective Michael Tambini at (908) 472-4001 or Plainfield Police Detective D. Alston at (908) 753-3360.
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