Man Burns Woman In Ocean County and Leaves Her in Woods

New Jersey Man Arrested In Connection With Burn Crime

Woman Attacked and Burned in Ocean County

Bergen County Man Remains In Ocean County Jail in Toms River

Authorities were called to the scene of a horrific crime in Ocean County, and a woman remains hospitalized following an incident that left her at the Temple University Burn Center in Philadelphia.

According to a report from Patch, a woman was burned in Plumstead Township, and her alleged attacker fled the scene.

The accused, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Bilheimer, was captured in Asbury Park, Monmouth County. "Justin D. Martin, 36, of Saddle Brook, was arrested early Friday in Asbury Park" and is now being held in Toms River at the Ocean County Jail.

According to the report, "Plumsted Township police and emergency medical services were called to a wooded area near Hawkin Road and Success Road at 1:36 p.m. Thursday for a report of a woman who was a burn victim, the prosecutor's office said."

The woman who was attacked was listed in stable condition Friday.

An investigation is ongoing.

Investigators did not reveal how she had been burned.