Top 10 Stories of January on Middletown-NJ Patch
Readers were horrified by a violent stabbing of a woman on an everyday shopping trip.
It's been a newsy month in Middletown Township, NJ. A young mother pushing a child in a stroller was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant in the Route 35 Bed Bath & Beyond. She is healing at home with her family at her side, and police have a suspect -- a 19-year old Middletown resident -- in custody. Drug arrests stand out in the weekly police blotters. Fire and EMS workers have been helping out in emergencies, as well as responding to fires.
Here are the stories people clicked on the most on Middletown-NJ Patch in January, 2013.
1. Woman Stabbed Multiple Times in Middletown Bed Bath & Beyond
2. Man Charged with Attempted Murder in Bed Bath & Beyond Stabbing (UPDATE)
3. Middletown NJ Police Blotter: Jan. 7-13
4. Update: House Fire On Cherry Tree Farm Road in Middletown
5. Accused Bed Bath & Beyond Attacker Appears in Court
6. Car Drives Off Parkway, Crashes Into Another on Middletown-Lincroft Road
7. Stabbing Victim In 'Good' Condition; Husband Thanks Supporters
8. Middletown, NJ Police Blotter: Jan. 14-20
9. 'Middletown Is a Safe Place' Say Shoppers and Merchants
10. Three Middletown Residents Facing Heroin Charges
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