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Family Members Stabbed In South Jersey Attack

A 37-year-old man was arrested after stabbing three family members during a dispute at a home in Pleasantville, authorities said. 

Pleasantville police

Pleasantville police

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A witness approached Plesantville K9 officer Matthew Laielli in the parking lot of the Pleasantville police department about 5 a.m. on Saturday to report a disturbance on Abbey Lane. Laielli ran to the house and found Maynor M. Moreno-Mejia fleeing from the residence, police said.

All three victims were in the house. One was stabbed in the neck and is in critical but stable condition at a local hospital thanks, according to police . A second person was treated for cuts to his arms and hands while the third had a cut on her upper arm.

Police charged Moreno-Mejia with three counts of aggravated assault with a weapon, obstruction, resisting arrest and a weapons offense. 

He was being held at the Atlantic County Jail.

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