🔺 NJ man attacked ex-girlfriend

🔺 Victim, also a mom, was stabbed twice

🔺 Convicted attacker faces prison

A 37-year-old Asbury Park man will face up to two decades in prison after being convicted of his ex-girlfriend’s attempted murder, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago.

Following a weeklong trial in Monmouth County Superior Court, Amando Miguel-Ortiz was found guilty of first-degree attempted murder and two weapons offenses in connection with the violent stabbing of the victim — who also is the mother of his child.

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Asbury Park police respond to stabbing

On March 6, 2023, around 5:15 p.m, Asbury Park Police were called to an assault at a home on the 600 block of Second Avenue.

Investigators said moments earlier, the victim had been cooking at her friend’s home, when Miguel-Ortiz showed up with a utility knife.

He entered the home and stabbed the victim once in the torso before grabbing her by the hair and stabbing her again, in the back of the head.

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The victim’s friend then stepped in, according to police, at which point Miguel-Ortiz fled.

Minutes later, he was found about a half-mile away, outside a home on Langford Street, just a couple blocks west of Route 71.

Miguel-Ortiz was taken into custody and held at the Monmouth County Jail, ahead of his trial.

When sentenced on May 10, Miguel-Ortiz would face a term of up to 20 years in state prison.

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