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AG: Suspect, 18, charged with attempted murder in attack on man he thought was gay
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. - An 18-year-old man from Maryland has been charged with attempted murder and bias intimidation after New Jersey authorities allege that he beat and choked a man he suspected of being gay earlier this month. Jose Tobias Carranza Serrano, also known as Kevin Lopez, was arrested on June 23 and has been charged with attempted homicide, bias intimidation, robbery, and aggravated assault. Authorities say during the early morning hours of June 22, Carranza Serrano attacked the victim near the south end of a lake in North Hudson Park in North Bergen.According to investigators, Carranza Serrano allegedly wanted to kill the victim, a stranger he had just met, because he suspected the victim was gay. Carranza Serrano is accused of