PEMBERTON, NJ – A Browns Mills man who stabbed a Pemberton police officer in January has been set free by a judge following his pre-trial hearing, in accordance with New Jersey’s Bail Reform Act.
Chief Jay Watters said prosecutors sought to keep Alfred Desole behind bars, but learned that the suspect who stabbed a police officer had already been released.
Pemberton Township Police Department officers were stabbed in the line of duty on January 26th, 2023. At the time of the incident, the officer was working a plain-clothes detail in Browns Mills in Pemberton Township. As reported on social media, the officer suffered serious bodily injury during the attack. Another officer who arrived at the scene arrested Alfred Delsole, the suspect. The incident did not result in a shooting.
As part of the investigation into the incident, the New Jersey State Police Major Crimes Unit responded. Delsole, 48, was charged with Aggravated Assault (Second Degree), Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (Third Degree), and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (Fourth Degree) following the completion of the investigation. Following his arrest, he was lodged in the Burlington County Jail.
Delsole was detained by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. After being heard in Superior Court on February 3rd, 2023, Delsole was released from custody.