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15-Year-Old Girl Charged In Deadly Carteret Stabbing: Prosecutor

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with a Careret stabbing death, authorities said.

Roosevelt Avenue

Roosevelt Avenue

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The juvenile knew Zion Barton, 18, of the Bronx, who she apparently stabbed around 9:50 Wednesday night on Roosevelt Avenue, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Carteret Police Chief Dennis McFadden said.

He was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, they said.

The juvenile was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

The girl was detained pending a preliminary hearing in Superior Court.

The murder did not appear to be a random act, Ciccone and McFadden said.

The investigation is active and continuing.

Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Ramos of the Carteret Police Department at 732-541-4181 or Detective Sullivan of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-4060.

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