Red Bank Police have arrested a suspect in the early New Year’s Day stabbing on Drs. Parker Boulevard.
Ruben Johnson, 40, was arrested on an unrelated contempt-of-court warrant by police, according to Capt. Steve McCarthy. Though he was already a suspect in the stabbing, it wasn’t until after he was arrested that police developed enough evidence to charge him in the assault as well, Mc Carthy said.
Johnson and the 26-year-old victim, whose name police are withholding, were both temporary occupants of the same apartment where a dispute broke out around midnight during a New Year’s Eve party, resulting in the stabbing. Police responding to an emergency call found the victim outside the house.
The victim, who was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center, was expected to be discharged from the hospital later today or early tomorrow, McCarthy said.
Johnson was charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. He’s in custody at the Monmouth County Correctional Facility on $40,000 bail set by borough court Judge William Himelman.
No other suspects are being sought, McCarthy said.
