Crime & Safety

Bloomingdale Stabbing Victim in Stable Condition

Police are investigating aggravated assault of 29-year-old Jonathan Ulises Lopez Gallegos.

Police are investigating what they've now labeled an aggravated assault incident after they found  resident Jonathan Ulises Lopez Gallegos, 29, unconscious and covered in blood with stab wounds Tuesday morning.

When police arrived at the scene, they found Gallegos at the intersection of Birch Street and Union Avenue at about 12:40 a.m. Police said he had injuries on his face and stab wounds on his arm and torso. It is not yet known if the victim and alleged assaulter knew each other and what caused the altercation.

He was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson, where police said he has now been released from the Intensive Care Unit and is listed in stable condition.

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Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 973-838-0158.


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