Brick Man Hospitalized After Howell House Party Stabbing: Police

HOWELL, NJ — An Ocean County man has been arrested in a double stabbing that happened at a house party in Howell on Friday night, Howell police said Saturday.

Ricardo Cruickshank, 26, of Jackson Township, was arrested by Jackson Township police on Saturday afternoon, Howell police said in an update on the department's Facebook page.

The stabbing left a 26-year-old Brick Township man hospitalized with multiple wounds, police said, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Cruickshank is accused of stabbing the Brick man and a Howell man during a fight at a party at 358 Ford Road in Howell about 11 p.m. on Friday. Police had spoken with Cruickshank and given him a chance to turn himself in, but as of 1 p.m. Saturday he had not done so.

The 27-year-old Howell man suffered a cut to his hand, and the Brick man was stabbed multiple times in the back, Howell police said. Both were taken to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood by personal vehicles and Lakewood police were called to the hospital after medical personnel reported the stabbings. Lakewood police called Howell police after learning the stabbings happened in Howell.

Police said the fight began when the two men intervened after Cruickshank became aggressive with a woman who was at the house party. The fight turned physical and Cruickshank pulled out a knife and stabbed both men.

Cruickshank has been charged with second-degree aggravated assault with a weapon, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree possession of a weapon.

Anyone with additional information on this case or on other cases can call Howell police at 732-938-4111, send them a message via Facebook Messenger or use their anonymous tip line, www.p3tips.com.

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