Friday afternoon at approximately 3:30 pm Howell Police Communications received multiple 9-1–1 calls reporting a disturbance at a residence on Newton’s Corner Road in the Ramtown section of Howell.
Upon patrol arrival, they were met by a female who displayed signs of a violent assault. Her clothing was torn, she was bleeding while holding ice to her face.
The victim, who is a registration nurse at Monmouth Medical Center – Kimball in Lakewood stated the suspect was a patient she had seen the previous night.
A suspect description was broadcasted and within minutes Sgt. Bondarew with his K9 partner Vito located the suspect. He was taken into custody without resistance.
Back at the scene, the victim explained she heard a knocking on the door. As she went downstairs, her 64yo mother had already let the suspect inside. The victim immediately noticed it was a male she had admitted the previous evening and demanded he leave. The suspect refused. He then assaulted her mother then went after the victim. Meanwhile the victims friend who was upstairs heard the assault and called 9-1-1 but didn’t know the house number. Howell police officers were enroute to the area where the cell call was made.
Downstairs, the assault was violent. The suspect claimed the victim was his wife and demanded she come with him or he would kill her mother. The victim grabbed a knife from the kitchen and attempted to defend herself by stabbing the suspect. The suspect was able to avoid being stabbed but continued to punch and choke the victim.
Finally, after the victim refused to quit, the suspect left the residence. Neighbors heard the commotion and called 9-1-1.
The suspect is 37yo Leonardo Larrarte of Lakewood.
Larrarte was subsequently charged with 1st degree attempted kidnapping, 2nd degree burglary, 3rd degree terroristic threats, 4th degree possession of synthetic marijuana and simple assault.
After processing, Larrarte was transported to Monmouth County Correctional Institution where he will be held pending a hearing.
At this time, it is not known how Larrarte found where the victim lived. He did provide a statement implicating himself. We seized his two cellphones as part of the investigation. Howell Police has the technology to analyze cellphones.
The victim and her mother were treated and released from the hospital.
“Our homes are our sanctuary. A place that should always be safe. No one should have to go through such a traumatic, life altering incident such as this. Fortunately, she fought back and refused to quit. As a result she survived. Predators such as Larrarte should never be allowed to see another day of freedom to victimize another innocent person.” -Chief Kudrick
And this is why we shouldn’t have to have our last names on our name badges !!!
Natalie Mazzacca agree
Natalie Mazzacca I was writing the same when I noticed your comnent.
Natalie Mazzacca our job makes us have our last names on them too.
Natalie Mazzacca I think he just knew where she worked and followed her home.
Tammy Watson maybe he did maybe he didn’t. I’ve always thought we shouldn’t have last names on our badges just an initial.
Natalie Mazzacca agreed. There’s many resources to find that type of information out through names. I would just cover your last name up. Medical professionals don’t deserve that type of exposure.
Tammy I don’t think so I know her and she completed her shift midnight when he was still at the hospital. I feel so bad for her
Tammy Watson you can search names on Google
Natalie Mazzacca I said that for years when I worked at the jail. They know our first names, they know the officers last names. It should be one or the other but not both
Katie Krawiec when I worked in the jail I turned my badge backwards
Natalie Mazzacca I did too. Especially since I worked in county and my husband was DOC. Lots of contact with unstable people between the two of us. Sick world we live in.
Katie Krawiec sane here I was in county and my fiancée was a sergeant
Holy chit!! That is crazy scary!!????
Make sure your mothers sit in when you talk to your kids about not opening the door for strangers or letting them in the house.
Paul Povinelli how do you know she doesn’t have dementia?Victims and their families have to read the comments of pathetically unfunny people like this.have some respect
It’s not funny, it’s a simple rule everyone in the house should know that people take for granted all the time, just like keeping doors locked.
Whoa!!… Did he stalk her shift?… Scary!… Thankfully her and her mother survived and ok!
Why wasn’t he charged with attempted murder? Sounds like he was trying to kill this woman. Glad she was able to fight back.
Most likely a pess patient. Very sad
Jackie Mullaney NOT NECESSARILY
Jelaina Craddock Rachel Rose Jaleesa Craddock
Janieda Velez well glad im not working for kimball ????
Janieda Velez kkkkkk that’s so scary
you have to be so careful with any info you share with your patients. Dont tell them your shift hours, last name, or where you live
you have to be so careful with any info you share with your patients. Dont tell them your shift hours, last name, or where you live
He needs to be taken outback of jail and sealed into a drum
Make sure he gets life
He’s a closer at BK and he attacks the nurse?
Glad they got him.
Warren
Why are some of the same comments posting twice on this page?
Jessica Hempel Kopenhafer
JoAnn Kopenhafer Robillard scary
Was this a psychiatric patient? Very scary. So glad no one was hurt seriously.
Wow throw away the key
POS!
Prayers for her complete recovery physically. .mentally it will take time and always be with her. ????
Good grief! ????
Synthetic weed made him crazy???? scary he was able to find the nurses address
Sharon Lynn Huber Google
Another example of why Jersey is an unsafe place because they do not give people many choices to buying a gun and defending themselves. A firearm would’ve ended that shit real quick
We really need live PD in ocean county!!!!
Live PD on A&E I been saying this!????????????
Patient could have followed her from the hospital.
Why we carry in Virginia!
Lauren Kemnah is this what the cops were about?!?
Allison Metz Holeman no this happened Friday lol not sure what happened yesterday
Nancy Polhemus Havens omg!
Simple assault? Really. Ummm aggravated assault should be the charge as well
Has to be more to this story, how does a random patient find out your personal information and where you live ???? nope we will find out more to this story.
David McCallum by the first and last name
David McCallum or following them home ????
Finding out their first and last name, then googling it.
Still think there is more to it
David McCallum not really. Google makes it to easy to find info on someone.
Guess your all right on this topic sad world we live in these days
Michael Masucci you aren’t kidding. I was absolutely shocked the other night when my husband was telling me about it and I put in our names and up came everything; address and all.
Rachel David Freer
Wow everything came up. Definitely don’t feel safe ????
Rachel David Freer it brings up more too. Past address, phone number, people you know , etc.
Michael Masucci
I see that, so I guess tracking cell phones is really not a big deal after seeing all this information online
Rachel David Freer yep.
It’s scary easy to find out where someone lives. So scary. Hope they are both recovering well.
OMG ????
Shreya
This is why every American should be able to have a gun
James Higgins not everyone.
She had a knife and was very lucky he didn’t use it on her.
A gun would not be on the kitchen counter. It would be locked up in the bedroom where she originally was
Screw the key. we need the DEATH PENALTY BACK!
Don’t know how he found the victim? Really just seach the name on Google and you can find it.
this is scary anyone can find out where u live google it glad they r ok
Need better mental health care
Throw the dirtball into a wood chipper!
Hospital workers should not have to have their last names on their badges, first name and last initial that’s it. If the patient has the legal right to not be mine by other people in the hospital so do the employees
Rich Marshall Elizabeth Maldonado
Name tags should not have full names!
Alexis Caufield
Yesenia Duarte
This guy has an active Facebook account…
just saying.
Caitlin Farley