A man charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing near the Jersey Shore two weeks ago has been taken into custody in Mississippi, authorities said Wednesday.
Police in Wayne County on Tuesday arrested Imani Goodman, 26. He allegedly stabbed a person during an argument at a home in Lower Township in Cape May County.
Goodman is awaiting extradition to New Jersey, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said. The agency said his capture resulted from a “multi-jurisdictional” investigation.
He is charged with second-degree attempted murder, as well as aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes. Attorney information for Goodman was not immediately available Wednesday.
Police were called on April 3 to a home on Oregon Avenue in the township’s Villas neighborhood, finding one person who had been repeatedly stabbed. They were brought to Cape Regional Medical Center in critical but stable condition, prosecutors said.
An update on the victim was not released Wednesday.
Police learned Goodman fled New Jersey, prosecutors said, but did not elaborate further on how investigators learned he was in Mississippi.
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