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UPDATE: Linden Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of Township Woman, $500,000 Bail Set

April 29, 2014 Crime News

Wilson Winston
Winston Wilson Jr. 
Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office

A 24-year-old Linden man arrested for brutally stabbing and beating a township woman with a barbell last weekend remains in Somerset County Jail on $500,000 cash bail.

Winston Wilson Jr., also known as “Jesus,” was charged with 1st Degree Attempted Murder,  1st Degree Robbery,  two counts of 3rd Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose and 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun.

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