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PENNSYLVANIA MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer announced that Jose Serrano-Robles, 43, of Lebanon, Pensilvania, was charged with Attempted Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 y N.J.S.A.. 2C:11-3; Posesión de un arma para un propósito ilegal en violación de N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a; Posesión ilegal de un arma en violación de N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b; and Being a Certain Person Not to Possess Weapons in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7b(1), in connection with a shooting incident that occurred in the early morning hours of August 16, 2021, in Seaside Heights.

En Agosto 16, 2021, aproximadamente a 2:00 soy., Seaside Heights Police Officers responded to a 911 call for reports of gunshots fired at the La Fontana Motel on Grant Avenue.  Responding Officers found a 51-year-old male victim with an apparent gunshot wound to the head.  La víctima fue transportada al Centro Médico de la Universidad de Jersey Shore en Neptune para recibir tratamiento de sus heridas., and is reported to be in stable condition.

An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit and Seaside Heights Police Department Detective Bureau revealed that Serrano-Robles and the victim had been sharing a room at the La Fontana Motel.  A search of the motel room yielded two handguns.  The investigation further revealed that Serrano-Robles shot the victim and then fled the area.  Detectives from the Seaside Heights Police Department located Serrano-Robles at the Toms River Bus Station, where he was taken into custody without incident.  Serrano-Robles is currently lodged in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.

El Fiscal Billhimer reconoce a la Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Seaside Heights Police Department Detective Bureau and Patrol Division, Departamento de policía del municipio de Toms River, Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, Unidad K-9 de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Division, for their collaborative efforts in connection with this investigation resulting in Serrano-Robles’ swift apprehension.

Los cargos mencionados anteriormente son meras acusaciones y se recuerda a la prensa y al público que todos los acusados ​​se presumen inocentes a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia.

RPC. 3.6(b)(6).