Brick Man Wanted in Home Invasion, Stabbing Surrenders

A Brick man, now found to be living in Neptune, has surrendered to police on charges he invaded a man's home, then stabbed him last September.

Mark D. Walker, 24, surrendered and was taken into custody by the Franklin Township Police Department on Monday at 11:35 p.m., according to a joint statement issued Tuesday by Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of Detectives Stuart Buckman and Somerville Chief of Police Dennis Manning.

According to the prosecutor's office, a Somerville man called police shortly before 1 a.m. Sept. 17 reporting a home invasion. When they arrived at the Cliff Street home, responding officers found the male caller bleeding from a laceration to his neck and stab wounds to his shoulder and leg.

The victim reported that his attacker knocked on his front door and asked for directions to the police station. The suspect left the area and returned approximately 10 minutes later when the victim heard several loud bangs and the sound of breaking glass coming from the area of his front door. The suspect stormed into the victim's apartment, pointed a handgun at him and demanded his car keys. As the victim was searching for his car keys, the intruder took the victim's cell phone and then removed a black knife from his belt and began to slash and stab the victim. The suspect left the residence, at which point the victim called the police.

Paramedics transported the victim to Somerset Medical Center for emergency medical treatment, Soriano said.

An investigation into the home invasion revealed that blood stains from the intruder were located on the broken glass of the front door. A blood sample was submitted to the New Jersey State Police Central Regional Laboratory for forensic analysis, according to prosecutors, which revealed that Walker was the DNA source for the blood collected from the front door.

Walker's last known address before he surrendered was on Mulberry Place in Brick. The statement issued Monday indicated he had taken up a new address on Fabio Place in Neptune. He faces charges of armed robbery, burglary and aggravated assault.

Soriano and Manning thanked the Franklin Township Police Department, NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force-Trenton Division, Neptune Township Police Department and the Brick Township Police Department for assisting in Walker's apprehension.