GUESS HE'S PLAYING TOO MANY VIDEO GAMES OR MAYBE HE HAD AN ABUSIVE ALCOHOLIC MOTHER THAT LEFT HIM WITH A PRIEST THAT RAPED HIM. 'CAUSE IS CAN'T BE HIS FAULT HE TURNED OUT THIS WAY.

So sad. Was leaving ShopRite yesterday with my kids this all the cops outside of bed bath and beyond I am so sorry this woman got stabbed. The young people these days you can't trust.

Maybe someone will set him on fire in jail! That's what he deserves!

This is why we don't need low income housing in Middletown, we have enough dirtbags here already

Given this guy set a cat on fire prior to this incident, it's clear he has mental issues. He should have been made to complete a psychiatric evaluation before being released after the last incident. Thankfully, this woman will be physically okay. However, this attack will no doubt leave lasting effects on her and possibly anyone who witnessed it. It's about time we make changes to the laws regarding those with certain types of mental illnesses as well as get harsher jail sentences for those who commit violent crimes

If you're not going to lock up violent insane people in NJ then at least allow us to protect ourselves against this kind of violence. Not saying this poor woman could have protected herself against somebody who comes up from behind with a knife. But think if people were allowed to carry tasers for protection at least one person in the store could have subdued him before he could stab her again. They don't kill but they are illegal in NJ. Not other states, only here. Why do you think that is? Why aren't we allowed to protect ourselves in this great state?

Low income housing has nothing to do with the fact that some people are sick in the head...this kind of housing was to help people that for whatever reason needed it. What we failed to do was put this man in jail for lighting a cat on fire. This shows a he was a creep capable of doing more harm. Ever notice these freaks that kill or abuse animals go on to murdering people! If they were taken to jail for the first offense of animal cruelty then this man would never be on the streets to do what he did to this innocent woman.

They want to take the guns away and they'll arm themselves with knives. It's the nuts out there. I hope to God they don't let him out ever!

The townhouse complex that he lives in isn't considered low income housing, so although it would be nice to use this as a reason, I don't think it is accurate.

"However, this attack will no doubt leave lasting effects on her and possibly anyone who witnessed it."

I hope the witnesses have to struggle with wondering why they didn't pick up a knife of their own or a frying pan (it was Bed Bath and Beyond) and help the poor woman.

What he did was NOT a surprise to the people who live in the same complex as him. Hes known as a sick animal. Once again the authorities in town didnt do their diligence by making this cat torching pigs crime indictible. Disgusting. Keep bringing these low income out of town ghetto monsters in...now we can add attempted murderers to the fast growing list of crimes we now have in middletown.

What is this world coming too!? Can't go shopping without getting stabbed now? after everything that's been going on I think staying home is probably where everyone will be the safest now a days, it shouldn't have to be that way.. Very sad &disgusting that people don't feel safe leaving home. &that women was shopping with her child; that witnessed her poor mother being stabbed in front of her.. I hope this piece of trash gets what he deserves!!!! &my deepest thoughts and prayers are with the victim and her family , stay strong!!!!!!!

one or two well placed rounds would have ended the problem

So people with money don't commit violent crimes??? I am a working middle class man with a family. I can't believe not only that these crimes are occurring, but the reaction of the people in the town. I can't believe that some of you are so ignorant you should all be ashamed! Unfortunately, violent crimes can happen anywhere at any time regardless of how much money someone is making. It is a real shame to see what is happening to the town I grew up in I hope you can all pull together and clean it up the right way! Take care of ALL of your own people regardless of financial status and make Middletown the nice town it used to be!

Armed guards at every Bed Bath and Beyond!

Heh... Should allow concealed carry in Nj. Someone might have stopped him after the first stab or put him down and saved us tax dollars! Or possibly he might have thought twice knowing people carried firearms and he only had a knife... Hummmm... Food for though

It's so sad that many of you are missing the biggest point/problem and more concerned with what tax bracket this man is in. To that I say WOW! in response to the add I say its kinda of scary that someone can basically set a living creature on fire less then a month ago and still be free to harm another living creature. The problem is nothing was done mental illness or not to correct this behavior. Every animal and human being were at risk after this man was free to wander our streets after setting a living creature on fire. This is kind of a huge alert signal this hey this guy may potentially be a danger to but humans and animals. My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to the victim and her family. Its a shame this happened, its a bigger shame it was preventable.

Dont blame it on young people! Our society as a whole young, old, men, women is extremely messed up and no one can be trusted not just young people. It also has nothing to do with class or race! Some of the most notorious serial killers were the most articulate, and intelligent and had $. This guy was cleay mentally unstable. You have to be to light a cat on fire. Stop making ignorant comments and adding to the worlds stupidity!

They should have locked this nutbag up after he killed poor innocent cats! You can tell alot about people from the way they treat animals and obviously this guy needs a boot to the head! I hope the girl is doing better and I sure hope her child is young enough to get over this horrible act.

How did Petco sell him a cat without checking him out thoroughly? If you go to a Humane Shelter, you are asked a million questions and need to provide proof of your integrity, where you live and if you rent, you cannot adopt an animal unless you get written permission from your landlord. So why then, does this kid, obviously mental,allowed to purchase a cat, torch it and still be out on the streets until February 11. This makes no sense at all. Maybe if he was locked up until his court day, this young lady would not have been attacked. Someone dropped the ball on this one.... Also, I am so tired of everyone having mental illness and committing crimes. Does he leave alone, pay his own rent or does he live with family or friends. No one could figure out that their family member who he lives with or friends has a mental issued. Come on! Mary

When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.

The gunman from Newtown lived in an affluent neighborhood...... affordable housing has nothing to do with this...this is about mental issues not financial status...some of the most affluent people I know have some of the worst moral values that I have ever seen...........

This is why the death penalty is needed and should be used. Claiming rehab will help him be a productive member of society is BS. This sub-human needs to be put down. I have no problem kicking the chair out from under him...

So apparently he has been released on bail. Good work America!

3256825 HAYNES TYRIK 1994-04-08 2013-01-18 Middletown Twp C11-3 MURDER $0

We really need to outlaw knifes . This is crazy.

Bail to be set at 130p he wont be released.

SHAME on the person/people who let him out of jail after all the red flags!Hello....danger to living things....SMH!!!!

Does anyone know the name of the manager from bed bath and beyond? I heard that his actions saved that womens life. Thank god for people not being afraid to step in and help.

I guarantee you that this guys family, neighbors, former teachers etc are not surprised one bit. This is the problem with kids who clearly show signs of being disturbed and they just get passed along until they are adults and decide to act on their derranged impulses. Don't tell me that people in his life didn't see signs that something bad was coming. This is why all the energy being put into the gun conversation needs to be refocused on mental health awareness and intervention. Bless the poor victim and her family.

I am sure there were a million signs that indicated that this person had mental issues. It is not because of where he lives, high end or low end housing. To blame his mother or a priest as the above did is another type of of insane behaivior. Maybe, he should not have been released from jail after toturing the poor cats. Maybe, people should think about what they say bofore rattling off at the mouth. Maybe, the fact is, his own demons did this and he alone is responsible for his actions.

Welcome to the neighborhood, Sonic

only a low income piece of white trash would do something like this keep building "affordable" housing so the poor white trash can move into town this is just the start. Staten Island south here we come. My house is going on the market this weekend. BTW good thing we pay our cops 150k each a year to sit in parking lots on rt 35 to give out speeding tickets on the busiest street around or at dunkin donuts

this is exactly the problem with our mental"Health" system-it allolws obviously disturbed people to continue to walk the streets until they do something so heinous(like shoot up a schgool)that even mental health professionals can't excuse the behavior any longer

we have to be responsable for our own actions. i grew up in a house where my father drank, but paid bills by working in a factory, i would lose him when i was in high school. my mom was in a nursing home by the time i was a senior, in the service i lost my right arm , had no no "experts" to talk to and had to make my own way in this world.face reality people, it is always easy to place the blame on someone or something.

Where did he get the knife? Did he pull it from a knives display in BBB? Maybe knives need to be behind the counters! And why was he allowed back into society after burning a cat? It's common knowledge that teenagers who torture animals go onto hurting human beings!!! It is a disgrace this happened; the warning signs were there! Our legal system failed this woman and our society in general.

This guy should have been in jail for lighting cats on fire. He should NOT have been walking free to stab this poor women. There is NO excuse for allowing him to stay out of jail. He should be lit on fire and stabbed since that is his choice of torture!

Most serial killers and sociopaths start off torturing animals. Guess this guy stepped up his game fast from Dec 24th. We need Mental Health facilities to reopen, to put people like this away. People with no humanity do not belong with those who do

It is obvious this is emotional for everyone. I have lived in Middletown for 40 years and this thing just doesn't happen here, until yesterday. Petco did not let this man aopt the cats. he got them somehow over the internet. This has nothing to do with financial status - affordable housing is a completely seperate subject and although necessary needs some reform in itself. In this case however, what we need is Mental Health reform. There is no help for people with mental heath issues. Heathcare companies cover it on a very limited basis making it vertually unaffordable for fmailies and in extreme cases the care is just not there. It is proven that people who are capable of committing violent acts on animals are just as capable of committing violent acts on humans. We need firmer animal abuse laws - these people need to be sent to jail or put into treatment facilities and removed from the genreal population before they commit these acts on people. This is my two cents.

Commonman,

Sounds to me like the cops got there rather quick, identified this creep and took him into custody. Please put your house on the market and get the hell out of town. We don't need people like you here.

Someone out there knew that this guy has mental problems, and I am going to guess probably drug issues.....yet, they let him walk the streets with his problems...just like the guy in Newtown. Where are his parents he is only nineteen?

Maria...in response to "ellen" who would have liked someone to hit him with an iron pan...I was there in the store and there were maybe 5 other customers all spread out.. no-one was close enough to have been able to help her. so you should not assume without knowing the facts.

Everyone here is making assumptions about the state of mind of this individual, believing that only a deranged person could commit such a crime. Let's hope that he is mentally ill and not the perpetrator of a gang initiation ritual.

Arrested Christmas Eve for allegedly setting a cat on fire? I smell an insanity plea coming...

Lighting up a cat was a big, BIG sign this guy had problems.

I don't understand why people are posting under the auspices of social justice. The facts speak for themselves- he lived in the affordable housing and should not be among civilized people. I pay an exorbitant amount of money to live here and raise my child here. As a young mother who brines my child to BBB on a regular basis, I shiver at the thought this man was lurking around our area. Why should I pay so much to live next door to him? And who subsidizes this housing? The tax payers? Am I paying for this man to set cats on fire and stab young mothers in MY neighborhood?

"Arrested Christmas Eve for allegedly setting a cat on fire? I smell an insanity plea coming..."

Unless he posts bail and does something else!!!!

My son remembers him from Middletown North. said he was a trouble maker low life there. Seems he was always in trouble. So now he's not the schools problem anymore, but society's problem.

Need to hurry up and pass those knife control laws. No need to worry about finding and treating crazy people, just pass laws about inantimate objects, then we'll all be safe.

Are some people really stupid enough to think that because he lives in affordable housing that he should not live among civilized people. Just because people can't afford expensive houses in Middletown doesn't make them criminals or sick individuals. This kid obviously is not stable and should be locked up for the rest of his life. But we should not blame anyones socioeconomic status on them being a sick criminal.

BAN KNIVES BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN!! KNIFE CONTROL LAWS MUST BE PASSED!

Mental Health issues need to be reevaluated in our state of NJ. If someone is not a minor and has a mental illness and has an incident, they are evaluated, and if it is found that they are not a danger to themselves or to others they are released usually within four days, not helped. People with mental illness think they are normal and telling them that this is not so, is fruitless. Loved ones and family want to help, but being that the person is not a minor we are actually not allowed to force them. If someone is 18 or older a parent would have to go to court and seek guardianship, which is not an easy process, because the state would appoint the mentally ill person an attorney and you have a battle on your hands which is not easy to accomplish. There are medications that do help, and if you can get your loved one to take them, they cost almost $500 a month. My heart bleeds for Ms. Dalton, her child, her loved ones, and my heart also goes out to the ones that loved this 19 year old boy that may have wanted him to get help, but were not able to. Killing of a cat should have been enough to give our system reason to keep him longer than the customary four days, and this needs to be rectified.
I am scared for my loved one now, people are angry, and rightfully so.
Please remember that being different is not the same as being dangerous.

ban all knives...this obviously was an assault knife.....they are too dangerous!

So he lit a cat on fire - on xmas eve - and was out in the public to stab a woman? Doesn't it make sense that a creep that would attack a pet would also do the same to a human being? This is one good reason why animal cruelty laws need to be much more serious!

"Affordable Housing"..another oxymoron...another liberal term, true meaning: 'Low-income housing', 'welfare', 'let the haves-pay-for the have-nots'....just like, "Affordable Health Care", another liberal oxymoron..true meaning, 'ObamaCare', 'let the haves pay for the have-nots'

None of us can be protected from such wacko incidents. Even if the poor lady had a gun in her pocket she had no idea he was going to stab her in the cheast repeatedly and he caught her totally by surprise. It is also perfectly normal for the other women who were in the store shopping to run to protect themselves from being victim number 2. We do not live in the Garden of Eden__we live in the Real World and %hit happens.
Hopefully the Judge who released this guy understands that he alone is responsible for what happened.

He more than likely attacked her to get to her child or because he saw her with a stroller. We are living in crazy times.

I can't believe what I am reading here aboutthose who live in low income housing. Just because you can't afford to live in a $400,000 home doesn't mean your below everyone else. Many who are on low income housing have good jobs and work hard. Those who are posting these negitive comments should really educate themeselves on this subject. We need a better health system and those with a mental health condition needs to be monitored better; they need to take their med's as subscribed.

Why didn't his mother do something after he was arrested for abusing the cats...was she just going to let the Court take care of the problem? Big mistake.

Howard Johnson.
Helping others who can't help themselves makes a better world all around for all of us. That's why we pay taxes too. You don't like it, cause you can't see past your nose, but, in the long run, helping others means better families, happier kids, less crime hopefully. I've heard your arguement my whole life "they're getting what we don't get, they're getting this, we're footin' the bill.. blah, blah. It takes a village to raise child, and taxes to make it better for all of us.

Affordable housing has nothing to do with this incident, he was mentally ill and probably not treated. I lived in his complex and I pay a good deal for rent, it's not free living and the property owners get huge tax breaks and money from the government for building them. I fit into a bracket based off my income where rent is slightly reduced (more like what it should really be but that's another story). We pay taxes and buy into as we'll and this was passed by people you vote for. The kid from Connecticut came from a well off family, as did the Colorado nut. Not treating mentally ill and broken families are a big part of the issues, all of these mass killers had divorced families ironically. A strong family will help prevent stuff like this and treating mentall illness as well. Re open mental hospitals and make it affordable or have insurance cover it otherwise more unstable people will be flourishing in your community.

let me ask something, if these people are such a burden and seem to multiply whether they can afford kids or not, why and I mean this why can't there be a "STERILIZATION" program? I know that the true middle class don't want to have kids unless they can afford them and be home or afford day care to take care of and teach them right from wrong and not lets have as many as we can so we can out number the ones that we hate and then we can take over and have them work for us and give us money for not doing anything except having babies..(whoops to late) By the way Thanks JFK as he was the one who put all this in motion. sorry but true.

You are all ignorant if you believe that because his family may not of been able to afford a 400,000 dollar home. Unless you know their story and finances, you have no room to talk. Like many said, some of the most notorious killers had high IQ and came from well off families. The issue is the fact this was sick and no one took it into consideration to get him help. The cat incident is sickening and should've been the first sign of personality disorder/mental illness. Jeffrey dahmer starting killing animals at a young age before he upgraded to people. The mother should've took the incident more seriously and got him the help he needed. Being black, white, rich or more means nothing. Stop Judging and being so ridiculous and look at the bigger picture. Someone's clearly mentally ill and needs to be locked away from the public.

"laura bremekamp
10:14 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013
It appears there are enough of ignorant bigots in Middletown. I am embarassed by your discourse sir. I am originally from the Chapel Hill area of Middletown, have owned 2 homes in the township in "desirable" areas and currently have an application for affordable housing in Middletown as my current salary is sadly within the range of such housing. And, yes, as the working poor, I can attest to a housing shortage, particularly after Sandy, rents are too high for me to eat as well. I, for one, would prefer my neighbors be economically limited over intellectually limited"

So you would prefer" my neighbors be economically limited over intellectually limited""

Let me guess you aren't moving to Keansburg just as an example, where you can afford housing without a subsidy. No, you want to live in Middletown still and have others pick up part of the tab.

You prefer " economically limited" might I suggest, Newark, Paterson, Jersey City, Trenton as just a few. Let me guess, you don't like those areas so much...yet that's what you can afford without the help of those "intellectually limited ones" that subsidize you.

All our laws are a joke and they all need to be updated for the times, other wise we are all sitting ducks just waiting to be targeted by people that are out of touch with humanity.

oh, Howard, really. You say I sing the Kumbaya song cause the attempted murderer was black? There is where you show your bigotry. Now that you have to go for affordable housing, you hate those people that you have to live along side of.. The man is mentally ill, and hopefully will spend lots of time in prison. You're ridiculous. This has nothing to do with affordable housing-- Folks like you bring up the "you are a liberal" accusation whenever you can for your own needs. I'm hoping that the good folks of Middletown don't care who lives beside them as long as they are good neighbors. Are you saying that African Americans can't live in Middletown?

On a similar topic, the township is planning on building very low-income housing on Unity Court (Rd) off of Woodland Road. They are building this housing for blind and disabled (read: mentally ill) as a way to fulfill part of the COAH requirement and the Fair Share Plan. They’ve already done a similar tactic by rehabilitating a house in Port Monmouth which houses mentally ill persons. This sleight of hand tactic by publishing it in the Two River Times as opposed to the press is similar to what they did in the opening of the methadone clinic on Apple Farm Road and Highway #35. People only learned of it when it opened at which point made it too late to stop it from happening.
Please check out the 3-acre property at the end of Unity Court, which is where the proposed housing will go. The public noticed appeared in the January 11th edition of the Two River Times.Coincidentally, this type of COAH finagling is also going on with our public housing originally designated for seniors and the disabled. Having spoken with an 80-year-old woman who lives in Tomaso Plaza who expressed fear at the number of threatening mentally ill residents who now live there, the township appears to have little concern for the health, welfare and property values of their residents.
The meeting to grant final passage and allow for public comment takes place this Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 8:00 pm in the main meeting room at Township Hall.

@debbie. There are ways to protect yourself in this great state. Cabelas sells pepper spray that someone could have used on this person. Or if your in the military you can carry a gun around I believe.

Poor girl.
Watch for new bill to ban knives. Obviously the problem is an evil assault knife, not liberal approach to protect rights of psychos.

@naomi-

People didn't only learn of the methadone clinic when it opened, I live within feet of this clinic and they sent out flyers daily door to door for people to fight opening this clinic bc of how close we are to it. They had down meetings weekly so people could boycott this opening. You didn't know about it because you don't live close enough for it to effect you the way they believed it would for us.

For those of you who do not want low income housing in your community what do you suppose God or your higher power proposes you do with the pour? Kill them at birth? Who would do the low level - just above minimum wage earner - that allow the well to do to aquire wealth? The dish washes, restaurant workers, care givers in the restaurants and homes in my town, (Montclair) cannot afford to live here. How about if your children grow up to be wait staff and bus boys and??? Live on the streets. I do not wish that on anyone. Mental illness actually affects everyone of every class (i.e. Connecticut school shooter). If you worship anything today. Give thanks that you might have escaped it, mental illness, that is. And consider this, might not.being homeless cause you to lose it, might not lack of nutrition make you delusional?

Very simple death penalty ,no trial for teas, no jail term on the good tax payers money.

That was years no teas..... Sorry

This all comes down to one's support, or lack of support, for legal firearms. The northeast will NEVER let people carry legal guns.

I don't care, I don't worry about the liberal law. If someone tries to stab me, or my wife, or any innocent person...they are getting shot...period...end of story.

Obviously he's a person filled with rage and without a conscience of any sort. Two strikes...burning the cat and escalating to attacking a defenseless woman who was with her child...and heaven knows what he did in between the two incidents. He needs to be jailed...permanently. Isn't it about time that society starts taking care of the innocent people, rather than letting this type of garbage back out on the street to commit their crimes over and over again? Better yet...hang'em high...one more blight to society dealt with and done with.

This is a very unfortunate incident. Almost every post here consists of blaming someone. This could happen anywhere and the suspect could be white, black, brown, yellow and could be wealthy, mid income or poor. I am quite sure if anyone was able to help this poor woman they would have. He could have had a gun, could have begun stabbing someone else or even the baby. Many 911 calls were placed. Instead of voicing many ignorant opinions and incorrect facts think to yourself, how can I help this situation? Maybe send a card with a gift to the poor woman. This will scar her for the rest of her life.

EVERYBODY MUST BE ARMED,GOVT CHRISTIE PLEASE PASS CCW IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

Why wasn't he placed in a mental hospital after setting fire to cats? Hard to believe some sick stranger can start stabbing you in Bed, Bath and Beyond. Glad she is going to live. Same day a stranger threw a woman on the subway tracks in Philadelphia. Luckily, she climbed out in time. They got the guy. Another sickie. Notice guns weren't involved in these attacks.

To all whom believe being armed will help; the suspect was armed and did this. If she retaliated with a weapon he may have harmed her baby. We should not add weapons we should take away weapons. If there was a law passed to carry a weapon the injury and death count would multiply. That is not the answer.

middletowngirl;

You make sense. You can't afford to be PC...your too busy living your life in a legal & normal way. Let others exist in their own dream world, let them tell each other(and themselves)how very PC, how very "insperational" their lives are. You are just trying to survive in a very tough world.

I'm not exactly sure how low income/affordable housing is even an issue in this case. The point is...the man is nuts! I wouldn't care if he lived in Beverly Hills. Sane people don't set cats on fire and most certainly don't go to BB&B and stab a random woman pushing a stroller. And I'm not exactly sure what democrats have to do with this either. He is a sick man, carrying (or taking) a knife from the store and committed a random act of violence. People actually suggested that BB&B should not sell knives. For real?? Why don't we ban water too because you can drown in a glass of it!

Wow Joe you really don't sound bright at all . And Jennifer isnt it already illegal for him to be armed? Didn't seem to stop him...

I can't even believe you are mentioning that he was black . The thing is he is mentally disturbed (he set cats on fire). He should have been hospitalized and treated. Maybe he has schizophrenia. No normal person anywhere would kill or try to kill a complete stranger, or set fire to cats for that matter. No normal person would throw complete strangers on subway tracks or shoot children in school. There's got to be more watchfulness for signs of mental illness. Instead the government is pushing for gun control for people who have had guns for years and never committted a crime. What about all these shootings in the inner cities done with illegal guns? What about crime and gang control? No, they just want to take guns away from sportsmen and hobbyists, so the government can have total control. This is as bad as prohibition. The banned alcohol, so people made their own or bought in on the black market. Crime was rampant from all the bootleggers. And then the people in Congress missed their cocktails and got rid of the law.

To all that condone weapons: the more weapons being carried the more violence. A simple whistle could have alerted for help and most likely make the suspect run. I am quite sure he was stronger than she and if she had a gun he would have gotten it and most likely killed her and the baby. We have all lost our patience while shopping, driving, waiting in lines and if we had guns in our pockets who the hell knows what could happen. Our country would literally become the "wild west".

I am wondering if the "knife" was property of Bed Bath & Beyond???

@ Lasrnw: Ofcourse he was to blame. Pls do not assume I was placing blame on anyone besides the suspect. I was just wondering if he brought the knife from home or picked one up in the store. There are so many crazy people out there that if more were legally permitted to carry weapons, many more people would be harmed. And yes, many people do have guns and that is exactly why there are so so many shootings. Pls check your facts on how many shootings there are in the US annually.

I'm still not seeing how affordable housing has anything to do with this. Sure SOME people may have rental assistance but the property itself is not subsidized housing.. It's not state or federal funded. It is PRIVATELY owned in which the state of New Jersey holds the mortgage for the property. Before you go and say all people that come from low income housing are scum and come from scum or that anyone should be thanking anyone for subsidizing their housing please educate yourself on what you're talking about and don't pass judgement of everyone when you dont even know what you're talking about. It's obvious that this kid had something wrong with him. I don't believe it had anything to do with race. It was a very random act of violence that no person should have to witness or fall victim to. We are all faced with the same reality that this is what the world is coming to; random acts of violence, people stabbing innocent people, shooting up a school and killing innocent children and school faculty, and shooting up movie theaters full of innocent people just trying to see a movie. Still wanna tell me this had to do with the fact that this kid lived in affordable housing.. Please, get a reality check. Crime happens EVERYWHERE, and criminals come in all different types black, white, rich, poor it doesn't matter. That's reality

Affordable housing, low income housing, rent subsidized housing etc. = lower rents. Yes it is a fact that there is more crime in lower income or poorer neighborhoods. Watch the news, read a paper, google it. Google the crime rate in Asbury Park and google the crime rate in Colts Neck or Spring Lake. Google a low income neighborhood in Harlem and google the upper east side. Noone is being racist, these are the facts. And yes crime does happen everywhere, but the crime rate is much higher in the lower income area.

Thank you Jennifer, finally someone else who can read without being biased. If only the other literate people could understand facts and use their common sense then perhaps this sort of crap wouldnt go on like it continues to do.

@Stacie Bohr - You're off base, I was simply stating that there is MORE crime in lower income neighborhoods plain and simple. The suspect could be white, black, yellow, brown and be wealthy, middle income or poor. He may educated or not. We realize that. He is psychologically impaired and should be confined for the remainder of his life. Rather than be judgmental read the comments prior to posting.

And I wonder why something nansy hasn't been said about where this young woman lives,Keansburg.Why no comments about the riff-raff from Keansburg coming into their much-more-affluent-and-therefore-better town to shop?

Ok marylou...he's riff-raff. Feel better now?

Let's all agree to disagree. This isn't going anywhere. The only important factor right now is that the victim physically recovers and is mentally able to cope with this tragedy. It is a terrible act of violence that noone should be subject to in a poor, middle income or wealthy neighborhood by an individual of any color, race, religion or socio economic background.

@middletowngirl
I've followed this thread from the start and you're spot on middletowngirl. Don't let the "pc" crowd deter you. Marylou is a perfect example of what you've been saying. She has no defense so she tries strawman arguments because she in fact is an example of one who the rest has to subsidize. I also love those defenders of low income housing. It's always all good with them UNTIL some low income person moves next door to THEM.

Everyone here is a bunch of idiots blaming low income housing, NY Benneys.. really my goodness, how completely stupid.. its called DRUGS!!!!!!!!!!!! Drugs make people do these sick things.. Drugs messes with your brain.. That is the problem.. no low income, not race etc.. DRUGS make you think things are real.. mental illness.. and the problem is NJ (NOT BENNEYS YOU IDIOT) after lighting cats on fire dont you think that he deserves a mental health check.. dont u think this sick person needed to be evaluated.. NOPE - LET GO AND PUT BACK IN THE STREETS.. WTG NJ!!

My earlier comment was rejected: Please consider, look at this critically and then comment. This past weekend a youngster from a good family perpetrated this terrible act: MURDERED 5 Family members.
But, family members say, Nehemiah Griego is no monster. They can't fathom what could have gone so terribly wrong.

"Whether it was a mental breakdown or some deeper undiagnosed psychological issue, we can't be sure yet," his uncle, former New Mexico state Sen. Eric Griego, said.
Tyrik Haynes desires the same consideration. Had he been admitted for Psych Evaluation after burning the cat this crime might not have occurred. Mental Illness affects all economic & ethnic groups.

Tyrik Haynes does not deserve anything but to go to prison for the remainder of his life. He knows right from wrong. He deserves NO consideration for what he put this woman, baby, husband and family through and what they will continue to battle for the remainder of their lives. If he did not he would have went on his merry way and lingered in the store rather than going straight home and hiding. This happened a little past 4p last Thursday and the police were at BB&B within minutes and at his home across the street. He was taken out of his home and placed in the back of the police car within 15 min of the stabbing.

Drugs? Mental illness? Parental nurture? Environment? Society? Are we jumping to excuses already? Let's consider accountability. He did it and should be [pick your description: punished or rehabilitated, or society should be able to pursue some retribution and/or deterrent]. There is evil in this world and ignoring or denying it won't make it go away. Instead of focusing on banning implements, how about promoting morals, ethics, civic responsibility - issues we've stripped from our schools because of some misguided attempt to appease a very small, but very vocal, minority and apply a twisted reading of our founding documents and the Constitution.

High school drop out, single parent in the home. Mom pretty sure noticed something was wrong with her demon posses son at an early age. And ignored all the teacher parent conference meetings. And was also one mimicking not my son, not my baby. Me personally don't give him any medicine for crazy people, let him get the crap beat out of him. For the parent you should have got help long time ago. My son stole at a very young age. 14 I took him to jail, punished him big time and the fact I was a single parent. I got him a mentor he's 22 and doing just fine now working and thank me for what I did. To this animal parent (s) show the mutt tough love ignore Phone calls , avoid going too see him.

There are a lot of comments about low income housing on this forum, so I would like to give my 2 cent opinion. In my town we have insane taxes and a section of low income housing. A majority of this housing gets handed down to family members that do not need it. So if a single household with children get it (and obviously need it), years later when the housing is no longer needed, they hold on to it and pass it on to their kids that own fancy cars, sell drugs or rent it out for profit to illegals etc.... We have a whole section of drug addicts and prostitutes that live in them now, amongst all the hard working families with children that NEED low income housing. This type of housing needs to be seen as temporary and watched and checked on. It's amazing how hard working and TAX paying citizens are more monitored than the people that mooch off the system and abuse it. All you liberals are a joke, this nation is a mess. We have people that aspire to nothing and just have kids to collect welfare and create generations of low life's.