Prosecutor: Man Convicted of Attempted Murder in Ex-Girlfriend’s 2023 Stabbing

An Asbury Park man has been convicted of the 2023 attempted murder by stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.

Following a week’s trial before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Jill G. O’Malley that concluded Friday, Amando Miguel-Ortiz, 37, was found guilty of first-degree attempted murder and a third and fourth-degree weapons offense in the stabbing incident.

Sentencing in the case has been tentatively scheduled for Friday, May 10, when Miguel-Ortiz will face a term of up to 20 years in state prison.

The case background …

At 5:15 p.m. on Monday, March 6, 2023, Asbury Park police were dispatched to a home on the 600 block of Second Avenue on a report of assault. Upon arrival, they found the victim, the mother of Miguel-Ortiz’s child, who was transported to a local hospital for emergency treatment of a head injury.

Minutes later, Miguel-Ortiz was found outside a home on the 400 block of Langford Street, about a half-mile away, and he was arrested and taken into custody.

The investigation by the Asbury Park Police Department determined that the victim was cooking at a friend’s home when Miguel-Ortiz entered the residence armed with a utility knife. Miguel-Ortiz then stabbed the victim once in the torso before grabbing her by the hair and stabbing her again in the back of the head. The victim’s friend then intervened, at which point Miguel-Ortiz fled the scene.

Miguel-Ortiz remained incarcerated at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution (MCCI) pending the trial.

— Edited press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office