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Attempted Murder Suspect Commits 4 Violent Sexual Assaults, 2 on Same Day in New Jersey: Prosecutors

Bail is set at $1 million for a man accused of sexually assaulting four women in Trenton, including two on the same day.

Mercer County Prosecutors charged 27-year-old Andre Wesley of Willingboro with aggravated sexual assault, attempted murder, criminal restraint and weapons offenses.

Officials say the first attack occurred in March when a woman was attacked -- cut on her neck and leg -- on Elmer Street. Authorities say a woman escaped out a second-floor window after Wesley sexually assaulted her in a home on Chestnut Avenue in September

Two women were attacked on Nov. 17 -- one stabbed in the neck with scissors and the other beaten on the face and choked, said prosecutors.

It was not known if Wesley has a lawyer who can comment on the charges. [[238427591, C]]

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