Montgomery Township, NJ, officials will honor several police officers as heroes on Thursday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 pm at town hall in Skillman. The officers risked their own lives in the line of duty this year by rescuing a woman from a smoke-filled burning home; saving a dog from an icy pond; rendering lifesaving aid to a stabbing victim and then safely apprehending and arresting the suspect — who was charged with attempted murder.

The suspect who was arrested after stabbing a Montgomery, NJ, resident outside a Willow Run home on June 16 at 1:30 pm is now charged with Attempted Murder, police said. The victim was transported to an area hospital for stab wounds to the shoulder and abdomen, underwent emergency surgery, and luckily is expected to survive.