FREEHOLD – A man who violently stabbed a relative within their Middletown home was sentenced to 15 years in a New Jersey State prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.
Timothy J. Sauers, 38, of Middletown, was sentenced on Thursday, February 20, 2025, by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon, having pleaded guilty in January to one count of first-degree Attempted Murder. Sauers must serve a minimum of 85 percent of that sentence before the possibility of parole, in accordance with New Jersey’s No Early Release Act (NERA). Under the terms of the plea, Sauers will have no further contact with the victim and cannot return to the scene where the crime took place.
On July 5, 2023, members of the Middletown Township Police Department were called to a residence on Hillside Street for a report of a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival, the officers discovered a victim suffering from a single stab wound to the neck. The victim was transported to a local hospital for her injury, along with another resident, who stepped in to stop the attack. The victim’s two minor grandchildren were present at the time of the stabbing but were unharmed.
An investigation by members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Bureau and the Middletown Township Police Department determined Sauers was responsible for the stabbing.
This case has been handled by MCPO Assistant Prosecutor Hoda Soliman, Director of Investigations, along with Assistant Prosecutor Jamie Fitzgerald of the Office’s Trial Division. Sauers was represented by Michael A. Policastro, Esq., with an office in Milltown.
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