GLOUCESTER TWP. — Authorities have charged a township man with attempted murder after he allegedly held two knives to a woman during a domestic dispute Sunday night.

Ronald McGrath, 54, is also charged with terroristic threats, resisting arrest, criminal mischief and weapons offenses in connection with the incident at Cherrywood Apartments on Little Gloucester Road.

He was committed to Camden County Jail in default of $1,000,000 full cash bail.

Police were dispatched to the 1500 building at Cherrywood at 11:21 p.m. on a report of a fight. Officers reported hearing a woman screaming and the sound of objects breaking in an apartment.

They said they entered to find McGrath holding two large knives — one to the victim’s chest and the other to her leg. He allegedly threatened to kill her and told the officers they’d have to kill him.

He eventually dropped the knives, authorities said, but struggled with officers as they arrested him. Two officers were treated for minor injuries at Virtua Hospital Voorhees and released.

The woman was treated for a laceration to her hand.

Gloucester Township police have programs intended to help alleviate the damage done by domestic violence and to keep violence from escalating.

They include numerous community-based programs to help victims, like victim counseling, the Family Violence Prevention Program, a domestic violence response team and a domestic violence advocate in the township’s municipal court.

Any resident seeking information about such programs can call Gloucester Township police at 856-228-4500 or call the domestic violence hotline at 856-227-1234.

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