A 20-year-old woman in New Jersey is accused of trying to kill her 2-year-old brother, allegedly stabbing the child in the chest while inside their family home over the weekend.

Marlene Rodriguez was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with a spate of felonies, including one count each of attempted murder and endangering the welfare of a child, in connection with the attack.

According to a news release from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, at around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, officers from the Brick Township Police Department responded to a residence on Burke Lane after receiving a 911 call reporting a medical emergency. Brick Township is about a 65-mile drive south of Manhattan. Upon arriving, first responders said they found a 2-year-old boy who appeared to be suffering from "a

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