Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Thomas J. Bryan of the Edison Police Department said an Elizabeth man was arrested today and charged with beating a 30-year-old Newark woman.
Mickey Vanderpool, 61, of Elizabeth was charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and endangering an injured victim.
Vanderpool remains in custody and is waiting for bail to be set.
The case is being investigated by Detective Joseph Kenney of the Edison Police Department and Sgt. Wayne Canastra of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
During the investigation it was determined that Vanderpool met the woman in Newark and beat her sometime in June 2016.
The investigation showed Vanderpool repeatedly struck the woman about the head and body and abandoned her at Raritan Center in Edison, leaving her for dead.
After a day or more, the woman wandered around the industrial complex before she saw a utility worker and asked for help. Police were called to the scene.
The woman was taken to JFK Medical Center in Edison, where she was treated and released.
The investigation is active and is continuing.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Kenney of the Edison Police Department at (732) 248-7400, or Sgt. Canastra of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4312.