On Tuesday, Stephen James Franklin, 40, of Taft Road in Chesapeake, pleaded guilty in Virginia Beach Circuit Court to aggravated malicious wounding and unlawful wounding in the commission of a felony.
According to the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney’s Office, the attack occurred around 2:00 a.m. on August 21, as a woman walked along the oceanfront near the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel.
Franklin grabbed the woman from behind and cut a three-inch gash in the woman’s throat. He then shoved the victim to the ground and fled the scene.
A doctor living nearby heard the woman’s cries for help and rendered first aid until paramedics arrived.
The woman was able to give a detailed description of her attacker, and a few days later, Franklin was discovered already in jail on an unrelated burglary charge.
He eventually confessed to the attack.
Franklin will be sentenced in August.
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