Man Locked Up Child, Stabbed Mother Repeatedly: Prosecutor

A Mercer County man who attempted to stab a female friend to death while her 3-year-old son and another man were locked in a bathroom earlier this year has been indicted for attempted murder and other counts, authorities announced.

“Today is the day you die,” 53-year-old John Bragg, of Trenton, told a woman as he stabbed her repeatedly all over her body on Oct. 1, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. Bragg is accused of attacking the woman after she spurned his advances at a friend’s apartment in Kingsbury Square East.

The man who was locked inside the bathroom was able to escape and hit Bragg with a toilet tank cover, Onofri said. However, Bragg then stabbed that man several times. A neighbor called the police around 3:30 a.m. and Bragg was arrested at the scene. The two victims were taken to the hospital and treated for their injuries. The child wasn’t harmed.

Bragg remains in the Mercer County Correction Center following his arrest. On Friday, he was indicted on two counts of first-degree attempted murder, three counts of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of second-degree aggravated assault, multiple terroristic threats and weapons offenses, and one count of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

The woman is Bragg's ex-girlfriend, according to nj.com. They were visiting the man, who was their friend, at the time that the fight broke out.

The attached image of John Bragg was provided by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office