{"id":348900,"date":"2026-09-17T02:24:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348900\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T02:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:24:56","slug":"news-12-bronx-man-accused-of-stabbing-bronx-mother-22-times-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-murder-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348900\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Man Accused Of Stabbing Bronx Mother 22 Times Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A man accused of stabbing a Bronx mother 22 times pleaded guilty to attempted murder on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police say Christopher Joseph was arrested after stabbing Kaitlynn Berman inside her home in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">According to the Bronx District Attorney&#8217;s Office, the judge recommends a sentence of 8\u00bd years in state prison followed by five years of supervised release.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Joseph was charged with attempted murder, attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon and other offenses following the attack. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Berman survived the stabbing but said <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/2026\/09\/17\/man-accused-of-stabbing-bronx-mother-22-times-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-murder\/News 12\" long=\"\" island=\"\" stabbing=\"\" survivor=\"\" speaks=\"\" out=\"\" after=\"\" alleged=\"\" attacked=\"\" released=\"\" without=\"\" bail=\"\" with rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she suffered permanent nerve damage and PTSD in a previous interview with News 12.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Berman says Joseph, someone she once considered a friend, stabbed her repeatedly inside her home while her 3-year-old daughter was in the next room.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">She says the attack left her nearly blind and with permanent nerve damage on the right side of her face.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The case experienced multiple delays before reaching a plea agreement.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Most recently, a trial scheduled to begin in July 2026 was postponed after Joseph&#8217;s defense attorney failed to appear due to an ongoing strike.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">During that court appearance, attorneys indicated there was a plea offer under consideration.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">During the plea proceeding, Joseph admitted to attempting to cause Berman&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The judge noted that Berman&#8217;s survival was fortunate and described the proposed punishment as a significant sentence.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Joseph remains in custody pending sentencing, which is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man accused of stabbing a Bronx mother 22 times pleaded guilty to attempted murder on Wednesday. Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-348900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}